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Real Paid-Demand Signal for Indie Developers · Monthly

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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.

20480
Monthly collected tasks
12
features in current results
1
Contributing platforms
17
Total Mentions This Period
As of 2026-08-31 19:00 · Data methodology
Time rangeAggregated across the most recent complete periods
Weekly Monthly 2 Months 3 Months 6 Months 1 Year
Region Global North America Europe Asia Pacific Latin America
Tech Stack AI/LLM React Python
Competitive landscape All Blue ocean Red ocean
Potential band All High (70+) Medium (40-69) Unproven (<40)
Rank Common Demand Feature Trend (MoM) Mentions Potential Score 30-Day Trend
1 NEW Residential Garage Door Mechanical Design & Prototype Engineering 🔥 CAD, Architecture & Engineering SolidWorks Autodesk Fusion 360 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 3 mentions, +100% change, median budget $500. ▲ +100% 3 mentions 39 potential 2 NEW SolidWorks Mechanical Design for Compact EV Conversion 🔥 CAD, Architecture & Engineering SolidWorks Sheet Metal Design 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $500. ▲ +100% 1 mentions 38 potential 3 NEW Professional Sheet Metal CAD Design Needed 🔥 CAD, Architecture & Engineering SolidWorks Autodesk Inventor 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $20. ▲ +100% 2 mentions 34 potential 4 NEW Two-Layer Battery-Powered Hardware PCB Layout Design in KiCad CAD, Architecture & Engineering KiCad PCB Layout 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $12. ▲ +100% 1 mentions 31 potential 5 NEW Industrial 3D CAD Modeling and Manufacture-Ready Product Prototyping CAD, Architecture & Engineering SolidWorks Autodesk Fusion 360 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $300. ▲ +100% 1 mentions 29 potential 6 NEW Industrial Automation PCB Schematic and Layout Design CAD, Architecture & Engineering Altium Designer KiCad 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $85. ▲ +100% 1 mentions 28 potential 7 NEW Custom PCB Layout and Hardware Engineering for Consumer Electronics CAD, Architecture & Engineering Altium Designer KiCad 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $140. ▲ +100% 1 mentions 28 potential 8 NEW Parametric 3D CAD Product Modeling for Manufacturing and Prototyping CAD, Architecture & Engineering SolidWorks Autodesk Fusion 360 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $12. ▲ +100% 2 mentions 22 potential 9 NEW Two-Layer RF PCB Layout and Hardware Circuit Design CAD, Architecture & Engineering KiCad PCB Layout 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $500. ▲ +100% 1 mentions 21 potential 10 NEW High-Frequency Compact PCB Design with Differential Traces and SMA Ports CAD, Architecture & Engineering KiCad Altium Designer 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $12. ▲ +100% 1 mentions 20 potential 11 NEW Large-Format Single-Layer PCB Layout and Gerber Generation CAD, Architecture & Engineering Altium Designer KiCad 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 2 mentions, +100% change, median budget $127. ▲ +100% 2 mentions 20 potential 12 NEW Custom PCB Schematic and Layout for Consumer Electronics CAD, Architecture & Engineering Altium Designer KiCad 🌐 Global Lead Why it ranks：This period: 1 mentions, +100% change, median budget $15. ▲ +100% 1 mentions 18 potential