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8 GitHub repos and AI tools to build side projects and earn money

Greg Isenberg walks through free open-source AI projects he tests nights and weekends, showing how to use each one to launch products or services.

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In this video, Greg Isenberg reviews eight GitHub repositories and AI skills he experiments with outside work hours. The tools cover video generation, customer research automation, AI voice and dubbing, slide deck creation, multi-agent coding systems, and AI-powered design feedback. Most are free to download; costs come from the underlying AI models you run them with.

Isenberg explains a concrete way to monetize each tool: launch videos can replace cold emails, translated onboarding videos become recurring services, and small tools fix manual tasks people still do by hand. He emphasizes starting with services—offering custom work like a launch video or design fix—to build initial revenue, then transitioning toward productized offerings. He highlights that ten clients paying $1,000 monthly generates $10,000 recurring revenue, which can fund a shift from services to full-time software.

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