RepRap Bounties

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Contributing to Open Source Development with Bounties

If you want to support Open Source projects, it couldn't be easier! Simply sign up to Bountysource, find the project and the issue you want to support. Then just pledge money for that issue. When the issue is closed, the reward will be paid to the developer.

Bountysource administer all the details, for that they take a 10% fee. If you pledge $110, the developer will receive $100. Other Open Source bounty sites are available, if you wish to use an alternative.

Popular RepRap projects at Bountysource

Slic3r

Marlin firmware

Teacup firmware


Project exists, but is not listed

Ask the developer if they will add their projects to a bounty site. Note, the project may need to have an acceptable Open Source licence to qualify.

Issue not listed

If a project does not have the issue that you want, you can raise an issue. Before raising a new issue, it is best to try to discuss with the developers first, as your request may already be in work, or unfeasible, or needs clarifying as to what the request is. If you decide a new issue, you will need to sign up to Github, or wherever the project is hosted, and create a new issue in their issues tracker. Mark it "Feature Request" as appropriate.

Request for a new project

It may be that the development you want to support is a new project. In which case, you will need to find a developer to create a project.

Perhaps the way to support creation of new projects is to create a RepRap Meta-project, where people can raise issues which are new projects in themselves.

Does a project have to use Github or git?

No, but using the guthub Issues tracker is the best way for Bountysource to track issues for you. The project files do not need to be stored in git or github, but they must be hosted at a web site that is compatible with Open Source projects.