[timruffles]

I'd love to but I'm not really at a point in my life where I can do a whole project full time for fun :) Since it'd be cloud based (as you'd be doing things which would be dangerous to do on your home system, under time pressure) it'd have running costs, and I expect the security aspect to be tricky.

[newsisan]

Maybe user chooses how much they pay?

Don't write this on there, but have default at 20, minimum at 1/3/5/10 and obviously no maximum. I'd pay $5 if its good :)

[souperhearo]

What about using something like kickstarter to raise money?

[timruffles]

I wish I could, but Kickstarter is US only. The alternative, invested.in doesn't look that strong.

I think you're right that it's a model that would work well - if I could raise the money to code it I'd happily make it open source after that (running costs means it'd have to cost something to use on someone's server).

[noctrine]

What about IndieGoGo?

[schelle]

I'm not sure exactly what you are looking for, but IndieGoGo has had a lot of successful non-US projects. Community is building every day, and the payment options (e.g. PayPal & direct credit card) are not US only. Check it out.

[rick_2047]

I just wish there was something of non-US citizens (especially India) like kickstarter and with the strong community that kickstarter has

[Yzupnick]

Totally understandable, but $20 seems high for this kind of thing. For me at least...