We are currently building something that let's you donate / offer a bounty for a specific github issue. You can check it out at https://octotreat.com. Right now the money will go 100% to the owner of the repository, later we might split it so that the contributer receives 80%.
We focus on a simple workflow and to allow small contributions.
If you have any direct comments or want to support us, don't hesitate. :)
I maintain an OS-Project and for me it would be a great feature if contributors could receive the money (up to 100%).
The main problem for me is, that i did not have the time for many request, with or without money, it will not change anything for me, but it could encourage others to do something for the project.
If you would be able to earn a good hourly salary for the issues, could you 'make' time for it?
We believe that merging a PR is work and should be rewarded with around 20% to ensure a good code quality. It's weird to hear you say that you want all that money to go to the contributor. I'll keep that in mind and will ask more people about their opinion. Thanks for the input.
For me it is a side project (got payed from my company to create it), for more than 1 year i could do some support, but since than i work fulltime on other projects.
In my (less) free time i watch for issues and PR, but if somebody could be payed for doing this, i had no problem with that.
For famous projects it is not a huge problem to find free maintainer and contributors, but for smaller projects it is a problem. I did not know if paying a contributor would help, but i think it's worth a try.
I can imagine, that there are some developers that could work fulltime for many small projects and earn money.
We are currently building something that let's you donate / offer a bounty for a specific github issue. You can check it out at https://octotreat.com. Right now the money will go 100% to the owner of the repository, later we might split it so that the contributer receives 80%.
We focus on a simple workflow and to allow small contributions.
If you have any direct comments or want to support us, don't hesitate. :)