Sneaky $3K/Month Niche Site (Open Source Piggyback)

scrcpy is a popular open-source tool for mirroring your Android screen on a computer.

136K stars on GitHub. No official website – just a repo.

Someone spotted the gap. They registered scrcpy.org, built a landing page with download links and tutorials, and plastered it with display ads.

Per SimilarWeb, the site now gets 479K monthly visits 👀

70% of that is organic search. It ranks #1 for “scrcpy” – above the actual GitHub repo.

Even better: 89% of referral traffic comes from AI chatbots. ChatGPT and Perplexity both send visitors there.

💰 With ~480K monthly visitors and ads everywhere, estimated monthly revenue is $2500 to $3500.

Looks like the site owner contributes zero code to the actual project. They just filled a gap and let Google (and now AI) do the rest.

A little sneaky? Maybe. But there’s nothing stopping the original developers from launching their own site.

The playbook 👇

• Find an open-source tool with lots of GitHub stars but no dedicated website
• Register the matching domain
• Build a clean resource page – downloads, guides, FAQ
• Rank for the brand keyword
• Monetize with display ads

Thousands of open-source projects have no proper website. And now AI chatbots are sending traffic to whoever fills that gap first 🤔

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