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by fundamental 3413 days ago
+1 to "desktop (GUI) apps". I've been maintaining one project since 2009 and from what I've seen, it's pretty rare for desktop applications to receive proper funding. They're generally not a great target for corporate funding and they often end up being very incomplete as developers run out of spare/interested time. It doesn't help that for the GUI side of desktop applications there can be a huge amount of time spent on trying to get the UI/UX right.

I've even tried to fund some work on the open source application I maintain, but I haven't been able to get anywhere close to minimum wage for it. Other open source applications in the same space seem to have the same issues with crowdfunding.