Github Issue hunt

Inspiration

The inspiration for our project, Issue Hunter, came from the observation that many open-source repositories have a large number of open issues with very low response rates. We wanted to create a decentralized crowdfunding platform for GitHub issues that would encourage community developers to contribute to these issues and provide a win-win solution for both the developers and the repository owners.

What it does

Issue Hunter is a platform that allows repository owners or developers to add their GitHub issues to the platform and set a crowdfunding goal for each issue. Other people can then donate to the issue through the platform and developers can see the issue and the amount and start working on it. Once the pull request (PR) that resolves the issue is merged, an automated email is sent to the developer that worked on PR, the email contains the information on how to redeem the amount.

How we built it

We also used NEAR's smart contract functionality to handle the crowdfunding aspect of the platform. We will use Github's API in the future to fetch the issues from the repository and display them on the platform.

Challenges we ran into

We joined the hackathon on last day and had very less time to work on our solution

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of creating a platform that provides a win-win solution for both repository owners and developers. We were able to successfully integrate NEAR's smart contract functionality with Github's API and create a platform that is user-friendly and easy to use.

What we learned

Throughout the development process, we learned a lot about smart contracts and how they can be used to create decentralized applications.

What's next for the Github Issue hunt

In the future, we plan to continue to improve the platform by adding more features such as notifications for developers and repository owners, a leaderboard for top contributors, and the ability to track the progress of an issue. We also plan to expand the platform to support other open-source repositories and to create a more robust ecosystem for decentralized crowdfunding of open-source issues.