The act of making money has already been open-sourced.
I have strictly screened 40 GitHub repositories highly related to making money from a massive pool of repositories based on comprehensive project quality, recent code maintenance activity, and practical application value, including:
- One-person business guides
- Financial investment
- Crypto investment (including prediction markets)
- Social media automation
- Remote work resources
I hope these repositories help you go further on your journey to making money in 2026.
1. One-Person Business Guide
01 one-person-businesses-methodology: A complete methodology for building a one-person company from scratch, covering topic selection, pricing, customer acquisition, and operations, teaching you how to build a business closed loop.
https://github.com/easychen/opc-methodology
02 awesome-indie: A collection of monetization resources for independent developers, gathering money-making ideas, success stories, and related tools. It is a classic introductory reference for independent developers going global.
https://github.com/mezod/awesome-indie
03 indiehackers-steps: A practical guide for independent developers going global, from registering a US LLC and applying for an EIN to opening Stripe and Mercury bank accounts. The project guides you through every key step of starting abroad.
https://github.com/hua1995116/indiehackers-steps
04 chinese-independent-developer: A summary list of Chinese independent developer projects. See what domestic peers are doing and how they make money, providing real project topic references.
https://github.com/1c7/chinese-independent-developer
05 howto-make-more-money: A practical guide for programmers to make money through side hustles, combined with domestic scenarios, covering various monetization paths such as taking orders, social media, and digital products.
https://github.com/easychen/howto-make-more-money
06 ai-money-maker-handbook: A comprehensive collection of AI side hustle ideas, organizing various ways to play and cases of using AI tools for side projects.
https://github.com/XiaomingX/ai-money-maker-handbook
07 lemonade-stand: A guide to monetizing open-source projects, detailing all the ways to get paid for open-source work, suitable for developers of open-source projects to get monetization ideas.
https://github.com/nayafia/lemonade-stand
08 MoneyPrinterV2: A collection of automated monetization methods for multiple overseas channels. It can automatically create short videos, post promotions to earn Amazon commissions, and send development emails to overseas merchants. It is suitable for those who want to explore overseas side hustles.
https://github.com/FujiwaraChoki/MoneyPrinterV2
09 open-saas: A free full-stack SaaS starter template with built-in Stripe payments, user authentication, email, subscription management, and AI access. Using the React + NodeJS + Prisma stack, developers who want to monetize SaaS products can fork and use it directly.
https://github.com/wasp-lang/open-saas
10 nextjs/saas-starter: The official SaaS starter template from Next.js, integrating Postgres, Stripe, and shadcn/ui. It is lightweight and clean, suitable for developers who want to quickly launch a subscription-based paid product.
https://github.com/nextjs/saas-starter
11 Ghost: An open-source content subscription monetization platform that supports blog publishing, paid memberships, and newsletters. You have complete control over your data, making it suitable for creators doing knowledge payment, independent blogs, or subscription-based content monetization.
https://github.com/TryGhost/Ghost
2. Financial Investment
12 yfinance: The most popular Python financial data scraping library. Pull historical market prices and financial data for stocks, cryptocurrencies, and ETFs from Yahoo Finance with one line of code. An essential tool for investment research.
https://github.com/ranaroussi/yfinance
13 Qlib: An AI quantitative investment research platform from Microsoft, covering the entire chain from factor mining to model training, backtesting, portfolio optimization, and order execution. Suitable for assisting in quantitative research.
https://github.com/microsoft/qlib
14 vnpy (VeighNa): The most popular open-source quantitative trading platform development framework in China. It supports multiple trading varieties such as stocks, futures, and options, with over ten mature strategies like arbitrage and grid trading built-in. Suitable for investors who want to practice automated trading in the domestic market.
15 TradingAgents / TradingAgents-CN (Chinese Enhanced Version): A multi-agent stock trading framework. Use multiple Agents to simulate fundamental, emotional, and technical analysts, allowing retail investors to have institutional-level analysis teams at zero cost.
https://github.com/TauricResearch/TradingAgents
https://github.com/hsliuping/TradingAgents-CN
16 Dexter: A professional financial deep investment research Agent that can automatically plan research tasks, call real-time data, and verify analysis conclusions, completing in-depth fundamental research for you.
https://github.com/virattt/dexter
17 ai-hedge-fund: A simulated AI hedge fund team with 12 built-in investment analysis Agents, including Buffett, Munger, and Peter Lynch, working together to analyze from multiple perspectives and provide investment advice.
https://github.com/virattt/ai-hedge-fund
18 daily_stock_analysis: An LLM-driven daily smart analyzer for A-share / H-share / US stocks. It automatically scrapes real-time market prices and news and pushes them regularly through channels like Telegram. Suitable for retail investors who want to build a personal stock selection assistant at zero cost.
https://github.com/ZhuLinsen/daily_stock_analysis
3. Crypto Investment (including Prediction Markets)
19 CCXT: A unified access library for cryptocurrency exchanges. One set of APIs connects to 100+ mainstream exchanges. It is the industry standard base library for building quantitative strategies, arbitrage bots, and automated trading systems. However, note the previously exposed commission issues; if you use it, you might need to rewrite the relevant source code.
20 Nautilus Trader: A high-performance quantitative trading framework built with Python and Rust. It has a built-in complete backtesting engine and live execution module, supports multiple exchanges, and is designed for low-latency and high-throughput scenarios. Suitable for advanced quantitative traders with high performance requirements.
https://github.com/nautechsystems/nautilus_trader
21 Freqtrade: A cryptocurrency trading bot written in Python, with built-in strategy backtesting and machine learning parameter optimization. It supports mainstream exchanges and can be managed at any time via Telegram or a web interface.
https://github.com/freqtrade/freqtrade
22 Hummingbot: A crypto strategy framework focusing on high-frequency trading, supporting both CEX and DEX. Suitable for strategy automation and quantitative trading.
https://github.com/hummingbot/hummingbot
23 NOFX: A fully automated AI trading assistant promoted by Teacher Tinkle (@Web3Tinkle). AI independently selects models, scrapes data, and executes strategies, supporting mainstream CEX/DEX such as Binance, OKX, and Hyperliquid.
https://github.com/NoFxAiOS/nofx
24 py-clob-client (Polymarket): The official Polymarket Python SDK, encapsulating a complete limit order book API. It supports querying market prices, placing orders, and canceling orders. It is an essential starting point for those who want to automate trading on Polymarket.
https://github.com/Polymarket/py-clob-client
25 prediction-market-analysis: Currently the largest publicly available historical dataset for Polymarket + Kalshi, with a complete data collection framework and analysis tools, making it convenient for historical strategy backtesting.
https://github.com/Jon-Becker/prediction-market-analysis
26 pmxt: A unified trading development library for prediction markets. One set of APIs connects to multiple platforms like Polymarket, Kalshi, and Limitless. Essential for cross-platform quantitative trading.
https://github.com/pmxt-dev/pmxt
4. Social Media Automation
27 MoneyPrinterTurbo: The most popular AI short video generation project. Enter a topic or keyword to automatically generate copy, voiceover, subtitles, and stitch related materials. Note that the current maintenance of this project is poor; it is recommended that friends interested in video generation monetization fork or refactor it based on the project's ideas.
https://github.com/harry0703/MoneyPrinterTurbo
28 NarratoAI: A one-stop AI film commentary and automated editing tool. Use large models to automate the entire process of copywriting, video editing, voiceover, and subtitle generation. Start a film commentary social media account with zero threshold.
https://github.com/linyqh/NarratoAI
29 VideoLingo: A fully automated video re-uploading, translation, and dubbing tool, providing Netflix-level subtitle cutting, translation, alignment, and high-quality cloned dubbing.
https://github.com/Huanshere/VideoLingo
30 social-auto-upload: An automated publishing assistant for short videos on multiple platforms. It supports one-click uploading and scheduled publishing to platforms like Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and Bilibili. Suitable for social media operators who need to distribute content in bulk across the web.
https://github.com/dreammis/social-auto-upload
31 md2wechat-skill: An automation skill for WeChat Official Account content creation. Complete exquisite article layout, image uploading, and draft publishing with one click for efficient writing.
https://github.com/geekjourneyx/md2wechat-skill
32 XiaohongshuSkills: A full-process automated operation skill for Xiaohongshu. It supports automatic posting, automatic commenting, automatic retrieval, multi-account management, and content data scraping. Essential for Xiaohongshu matrix account players.
https://github.com/white0dew/XiaohongshuSkills
33 baoyu-skills: A collection of content creation skills open-sourced by Teacher Baoyu (@dotey), a magic tool for image generation and content publishing. Suitable for content creators on platforms like Xiaohongshu, X, and WeChat Official Accounts.
https://github.com/JimLiu/baoyu-skills
34 huobao-drama: A one-stop short drama generation platform. Enter a theme or script to automatically complete character generation, storyboard design, AI image generation, and video synthesis. Friends interested in short drama creation can experience the basic creation process.
https://github.com/chatfire-AI/huobao-drama
35 Toonflow: An automated AI tool for converting novel text into short drama creation. It supports automatically converting novels into scripts, combined with AI image and video generation, to achieve efficient short drama and comic drama creation.
https://github.com/HBAI-Ltd/Toonflow-app
5. Remote Work Resources
36 awesome-remote-job: A comprehensive collection of remote work resources, including remote job platforms, tools, communities, articles, and more. It is the most comprehensive remote work navigation list overseas.
https://github.com/lukasz-madon/awesome-remote-job
37 remote-jobs (remoteintech): A directory of remote-friendly tech companies maintained by the community, including a large number of tech companies that explicitly support remote work and their recruitment pages.
https://github.com/remoteintech/remote-jobs
38 remote-working: A collection of remote work materials in China, covering recruitment platform resources, experience sharing, etc. The first choice for domestic developers looking for remote opportunities.
https://github.com/greatghoul/remote-working
39 TheRemoteFreelancer: A navigation of remote freelance platforms for developers and designers, featuring selected community and platform resources for outsourcing and contract projects. Suitable for technical people who want to take orders independently.
https://github.com/engineerapart/TheRemoteFreelancer
40 established-remote: A continuously maintained list of established remote companies, including well-known enterprises that have long supported remote work. Suitable for job seekers who want to find stable remote positions to apply directly.
https://github.com/yanirs/established-remote
These 40 repositories have an overall average star count of over 20k. They are all high-quality projects that are being used and continuously maintained.
The data is based on real-time verification in March 2026 and will be dynamically updated. You are also welcome to share and supplement in the comments section.
