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 1 | # What is IssueHunt?
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 3 | IssueHunt is an issue-based bounty platform for open source projects.
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 5 | IssueHunt offers a service that pays freelance developers for contributing to the open-source code. We do it through what is called bounties: financial rewards granted to whoever solves a given problem. The funding for these bounties comes from anyone who is willing to donate to have any given bug fixed or feature added.
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 7 | Much popular open-source software such as [AntDesign](https://issuehunt.io/repos/34526884) and [Jekyll](https://issuehunt.io/repos/65252) are using IssueHunt.
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 9 | Initially, we made IssueHunt for contributors of our project [Boostnote](https://github.com/BoostIO/Boostnote). We’ve got over 12k+ GitHub stars in two years and hundreds of contributors.
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11 | At first, we made a prototype of IssueHunt as a bounty program for the Boostnote community. As a result, many issues resolved in a few days and our community has boosted!
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13 | From our use-case we’ve realized IssueHunt could improve the sustainability of the open-source ecosystem overall.
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15 | https://issuehunt.io
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17 | ## Mission
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19 | We organized IssueHunt with a simple mission in mind: to create a sustainable open source ecosystem.
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21 | We think enthusiastic open source developers are not appropriately rewarded no matter how much they contribute to the technology evolution.
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23 | Many leading projects use open-source software, but no matter how they are essential, the owners of those projects juggle multiple jobs to sustain their living.
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25 | We want to fix this situation by nurturing a healthy open-source ecosystem.
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27 | ![image](https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/2000/1*3DIclivvrYJ7_Nh8cXAoUg.jpeg)
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