I Grew My Open-Source Software Side Project To $3K/Month [$0 Spent On Ads]
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?
My name is Dmitry Barashev and I am the guy who is working on GanttProject, a popular free open-source project scheduling application for desktop operating systems. GanttProject may be thought of as a replacement for Microsoft Project for those who can’t afford to spend $1000 on a Gantt chart drawing software. It is used by small and medium-sized businesses in construction, mechanical engineering, media production, and other industries, as well as at colleges on project management classes.
GanttProject is free for any purpose, however, there is an option to pay-what-you-want and, to my big surprise, quite a few people choose this option. This, along with a few ad banners, generates about $3000-5000 monthly. Quite far from the Forbes list, but not bad for a pet project.
What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?
GanttProject was started in the early 2000s by Alexandre Thomas, a guy from France, during his study at the University of Marne-la-Vallée. I joined a few months later just by coincidence.
We tried to use project management software...
