Public Demand Signals for Indie Developers · 3 Months
Building solo and not sure where to start?
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Writing code isn't the hardest part — the hardest part is spending months on something nobody wants. Idea Miner distills recurring common demands from public outsourcing tasks with posted budgets, tracking mention frequency, median posted budget, and trends to help developers discover potential software opportunities (note: posted budgets do not equal completed transactions or payments).
This Period's Top Features
39753
3 Months collected tasks
5
features in current results
1 / 2
Contributing this period / total integrated
20
Total Mentions This Period
As of 2026-09-11 19:00 · Data methodology
This period's board is sourced from: freelancer. The data reflects that platform's public outsourcing demand, not the entire software market; posted budgets are not verified transactions, and the platform's user base, collection scope, and deduplication method can all affect the results.
Time rangeAggregated across the most recent complete periods
Rank
Common Demand Feature
Trend (MoM)
Mentions
Potential Score
30-Day Trend
1
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High-End Natural Portrait Photo Retouching and Non-Destructive Color Correction
🔥
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $16.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
20 potential
2
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Commercial Product Photo Retouching and Poster Graphic Design
🔥
Why it ranks:This period: 6 mentions, +100% change, median budget $20.
▲ +100%
6 mentions
15 potential
3
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Professional Photo Restoration and Artifact Cleanup
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Why it ranks:This period: 3 mentions, +100% change, median budget $13.
▲ +100%
3 mentions
15 potential
4
—
Seamless Family Portrait Compositing and Missing Person Photo Editing
Why it ranks:This period: 4 mentions, +100% change, median budget $98.
▲ +100%
4 mentions
7 potential
5
—
High-Volume Commercial Studio Product Photo Retouching and Color Grading
Why it ranks:This period: 5 mentions, +100% change, median budget $500.
▲ +100%
5 mentions
6 potential
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