7 Free GitHub Repos That Make You Money (I Set Up Every One)

Author: Hyperautomation Labs · Watch on YouTube

Video authored by the channel shown, not by IANIA; all rights belong to the creator. Transcript and summary generated automatically; the original-language content is preserved.

Original language: English

Original video: 7 Free GitHub Repos That Make You Money (I Set Up Every One) · Channel: Hyperautomation Labs · 07:21 · Watch on YouTube

Topics: Enterprise AI applications, Task and workflow automation, Open source and software ecosystems

Summary

The video presents seven free, open-source GitHub projects that can replace paid software for small businesses and creators, and suggests earning money by setting them up for clients. The examples include a website chatbot, online store, event ticketing platform, newsletter and membership service, website builder, local voice-generation tool, and AI phone receptionist. The presenter demonstrates features and gives example setup prices or costs, while noting relevant licensing, hosting, and AI-model expenses. The closing advice is to choose one tool that solves a problem for a business you already know, set it up, and then offer the service to others.

Key points

Defy can power a website chatbot trained on a business’s information; the presenter advises using a separate copy for each client and checking its license.
The bakery store example uses Barto as a free, open-source alternative to Shopify; the presenter cites store setup and custom-work prices.
High Events provides event pages, checkout, and QR-code tickets without taking a platform fee, with a requirement to keep its powered-by line.
Ghost supports newsletters and paid memberships; it collects no payment fees, though Stripe still charges its normal card fee.
Web Studio is an open-source visual website builder that can be self-hosted or used through its hosted version.
Voice Studio runs locally and offers voice cloning, dubbing, and audiobook capabilities; the presenter stresses getting permission to clone a voice.
Door lets users build AI call flows and book appointments; connecting a real phone number and using AI models incur costs.
The presenter recommends pricing above costs and starting with the tool that addresses a known business’s specific problem.

Chapters

Start	Chapter	Summary
00:00	Why free open-source tools can become services	The presenter frames common small-business software expenses as opportunities to offer setup services using free GitHub projects.
01:35	Online stores and event tickets	The video demonstrates an open-source bakery store and introduces an event platform for selling and checking in tickets.
03:08	Newsletters, websites, and voice tools	The presenter covers Ghost, Web Studio, and Voice Studio, including their features and practical limitations.
04:43	An AI receptionist that books a call	The Door demo books a dental cleaning in a test call, followed by notes about phone-provider and AI costs.
06:18	Pick one service and find a client	The presenter recommends starting with one tool, pricing above costs, and offering it to a business with a matching need.

Quotes

And they will pay someone to set it up. — 00:00

Copy one script tag into the cafe’s website and the chat bubble is live. — 01:03

Ghost collects no fees on any payment. — 03:08

It booked Sam for Tuesday at 3 and saved the name, the reason, and the time in the call log. — 05:46

Pick one, the one where you already know a business with that exact problem. — 06:18

Concepts and entities

Defy, Bagisto, Hi.Events, Ghost, Webstudio, Voice Studio, Door, Chatbase, Shopify, Eventbrite, Substack, Stripe, ElevenLabs, Vapi, Retell, Twilio, Claude Code, Upwork

Full transcript (original language)

00:00 Every make money with AI video ends the same way. Buy a $99 tool, then good luck finding a customer. But look at your own street. The dentist pays every month for someone to answer the phone. The bakery pays Shopify. The pottery studio loses a cut of every single ticket. The software they rent has free open-source versions on GitHub. And they will pay someone to set it up. By the end of this video, you’ll know seven of them, what each one

00:32 replaces, and what people charge. I set up everyone myself, and the last one took a real voice call and booked the appointment on its own. Let’s start with the one you could sell this week. Number one, defy. Every small business website has the same problem. Customers ask the same 20 questions at night when nobody’s there. Chatbase charges up to $150 a month to fix that. Defy does it for free. I gave

01:03 it one PDF, a cafe’s menu and opening hours, and in seconds it was ready. Ask, “Are you open on Sunday?” and it answers 9 to3 and shows you the exact line it came from. Copy one script tag into the cafe’s website and the chat bubble is live. On Upwork AI chatbot, projects like this run about $150 to $300. The rule, run one copy per client because Defi’s license doesn’t let you resell it as your own platform and you pay for the AI model you plug in. Number two,

01:35 Bagusto the corner bakery wants to sell online. Shopify basic is $29 a month on a yearly plan 2% of every sale if they use their own payment provider. Barto is a complete online store, free and open source. I added a sardo loaf for $8. Checked out as a customer and order number one landed in the dashboard. On Upwork, store setup gigs start around $80 to $150. And custom store work runs

02:05 $500 to 2,000. If this is useful, hit subscribe because it’s free. And if you want to back the work, hit join here or the supporter button on Facebook. Now, number three. Number three, high events. If you run a class, a workshop, or a meetup, Eventbrite takes 3.7% plus $1.79 on every ticket before card fees. On a $25 ticket, that’s about $270. Gone. High Events gives you the event page, the checkout, and a ticket with a QR code.

02:36 At the door, search the name, tap checkin, done. Self-hosted, and the platform takes nothing. The one condition, keep the small powered by high events line at the bottom. Use it for your own workshops or set it up for every studio in town. Number four, Ghost. If you write, Substack keeps 10% of everything your readers pay you at $5,000 a month. That’s $6,000 a year. Ghost is a newsletter and membership platform you can host yourself. Mark a

03:08 post for members only, and readers hit a payw wall. They sign up with just an email, click the link, and the post unlocks. For paid tiers, you connect your own Stripe account and Ghost collects no fees on any payment. Stripe still takes its normal card fee. Set it up for a coach, a local expert, or for yourself. Number five, Web Studio. Building websites for local businesses is still the easiest service to sell. Web Flow charges $15 to $25 a month per

03:38 site on a yearly plan. Web Studio is a visual drag and drop builder and it’s open source. Drag in a heading, drop in a photo, and the dentist’s new page is taking shape. Host the builder yourself, or use their hosted version, and build sites your clients can keep. Number six, Voice Studio. It’s 6 months old and it already has more than 51,000 stars. It’s a fully local alternative to 11 Labs. Voice cloning, dubbing, and audiobooks

04:10 on your own computer. I gave it 13 seconds of a public domain audiobook reader. Here’s the original. >> On Christmas morning, when he sat wedged in the top of the boy’s stocking with a spring of >> And here’s the clone reading a line it has never seen. >> Welcome to Maple Street Bakery. Fresh sourdough every morning from 7. >> And the same line in Spanish.

04:43 11 Labs Pro is $99 a month. On Upwork, AI voiceover gigs start around $15 to $100. Two rules. Only clone a voice you have permission to use. And on a machine with no graphics card, it’s slow. About 2 minutes for one line. So, a Mac or an Nvidia card makes it practical. And number seven, the one that took the call. Door. Every missed call at a clinic or a plumber is lost money. So they pay answering services or AI voice platforms like Vapi that charge by the

05:14 minute. Door is an open-source alternative to VP and retail. You build the call flow visually. Greet the caller, get their name and the reason. Book the time. Then I called it. Listen. Thanks for calling Maple Street Dental. How can I help? Hi, I’d like to book a cleaning, please. My name is Sam.

05:46 >> Thanks, Sam. What day and time would you prefer for your cleaning? >> Is Tuesday at 3 p.m. free? >> Yes, Tuesday at 3 p.m. is available. I have booked your cleaning for Tuesday at 300 p.m. Sam. >> It booked Sam for Tuesday at 3 and saved the name, the reason, and the time in the call log. That was a test call in the browser. To give it a real phone number, you connect a provider like Twilio, and you pay them. And the AI

06:18 model by the minute. On Upwork, AI receptionist setups are listed from $30 to $300. So, price above your costs. So, don’t try all seven. Pick one, the one where you already know a business with that exact problem. Set it up for them first, then charge the next one. Comment storefront, written as one word, and my bot sends you the free guide. All seven, the setup steps, what people charge, and the license rules that keep you safe. If

06:51 you’re new to Claude Code, my beginner guides are linked below. the complete Claude code guide, the OpenAI codeex guide, the Claude co-work sales guide, and the Claude architect prep kit. On YouTube, hit join to become a member. And on Facebook, hit the supporter button. Follow along on Instagram and Facebook for byte-size AI and the deep dives live here on YouTube. Seven free repos, seven services. Comment storefront, pick one, and go get your

07:21 first client. See you in the next one.