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2 sourced case studies tagged #developer-tools. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.
- Tailwind UI: $2M in 5 months, then AI cut revenue by nearly 80%
- LLM Gateway: an AGPL LLM router that passed $1M verified revenue in about a year
Developer tools4 sources · 2 min
Tailwind UI: $2M in 5 months, then AI cut revenue by nearly 80%
Adam Wathan turned a free CSS framework into a paid component library that sold $2M in five months. In 2026, AI cut docs traffic and most of the revenue.
open-source-businessdeveloper-toolscss
Developer tools7 sources · 2 min
LLM Gateway: an AGPL LLM router that passed $1M verified revenue in about a year
LLM Gateway gives developers one API for many model providers, open source with a paid cloud. TrustMRR shows it crossed $1M in Stripe-verified revenue within roughly a year of its 2025 founding.
llmapi-gatewayopen-core
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