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When the user wants open source strategy, OSS commercialization, or open source growth. Also use when the user mentions "open source strategy," "OSS strategy," "open source commercialization," "open source to paid," "open core," "COSS," "commercial open source," "GitHub stars strategy," "DevHunt," "open source marketing," "open source growth," "Llama," "Dify," "Cursor," "open source business model," or "developer tools directory." For GitHub tactics, use github.

skills/strategies/commercial/open-source/SKILL.md

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# Strategies: Open Source

Guides open source as a commercialization path: build community and trust first, monetize later. Many products use open source for early growth (Cursor from VSCode, Llama, Qwen, Dify) and later commercialize via managed services or open core. For GitHub (SEO, GEO, README, Awesome lists), see **github**. For directory submission (DevHunt, Awesome lists), see **directory-submission**.

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## Definition & Why

**Open source strategy** = Use open source for distribution, trust, and community; monetize through enterprise features, managed services, or support. 95% of enterprises use open source; 33% increasing usage. Community becomes your marketing force—users self-host, contribute, and recommend.

| Path | Example |
|------|---------|
| **Open source → Commercial product** | Cursor (VSCode fork); Llama, Qwen (enterprise/cloud) |
| **Open core → Managed service** | Dify (self-host free + cloud paid); MongoDB Atlas; Confluent |
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