Real Paid-Demand Signal for Indie Developers · 3 Months
Building solo, not sure where to start?
See real paid demand — not a guess
Writing the code isn't the hard part — the hard part is sinking months into something nobody wants. Idea Miner distills 'common demand features' from real paid tasks completed on global outsourcing platforms, using hard data on mention frequency, budget size, and momentum to show indie developers: for this direction, someone is already paying real money.
This Period's Top Features
33836
3 Months collected tasks
12
features in current results
1
Contributing platforms
26
Total Mentions This Period
As of 2026-08-31 19:00 · Data methodology
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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Residential Garage Door Mechanical Design & Prototype Engineering
🔥
Why it ranks:This period: 3 mentions, +100% change, median budget $500.
▲ +100%
3 mentions
39 potential
2
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SolidWorks Mechanical Design for Compact EV Conversion
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Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $270.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
38 potential
3
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Professional Sheet Metal CAD Design Needed
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Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $20.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
34 potential
4
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Two-Layer Battery-Powered Hardware PCB Layout Design in KiCad
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $76.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
31 potential
5
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Industrial 3D CAD Modeling and Manufacture-Ready Product Prototyping
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $400.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
29 potential
6
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Custom PCB Layout and Hardware Engineering for Consumer Electronics
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $220.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
28 potential
7
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Industrial Automation PCB Schematic and Layout Design
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $112.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
28 potential
8
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Parametric 3D CAD Product Modeling for Manufacturing and Prototyping
Why it ranks:This period: 3 mentions, +100% change, median budget $12.
▲ +100%
3 mentions
22 potential
9
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Two-Layer RF PCB Layout and Hardware Circuit Design
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $259.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
21 potential
10
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Large-Format Single-Layer PCB Layout and Gerber Generation
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $127.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
20 potential
11
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High-Frequency Compact PCB Design with Differential Traces and SMA Ports
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $12.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
20 potential
12
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Custom PCB Schematic and Layout for Consumer Electronics
Why it ranks:This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $77.
▲ +100%
2 mentions
18 potential
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