How to find, evaluate, and acquire abandoned SaaS products before they hit the marketplace markup machine. Real deal teardowns from our production database.
Verify ownership, confirm real MRR, audit the codebase, check SEO health, understand seller motivation — the full SaaS due diligence checklist before you wire a dollar. With valuation math and adjustment table.
Read guideYou just closed. Here's the 30-day sprint: Week 1 locks down credentials and infrastructure, Week 2 maps the technical system, Week 3 audits customers and churn, Week 4 executes the first growth move.
Read guidepyowm scored 88/100. 2,000+ monthly PyPI downloads, GitHub Sponsors active, maintainer seeking new owner. We break down every signal and the full acquisition economics — including the path to $25K–$40K exit.
Read teardownthefuck scored 85/100. The most famous abandoned developer tool on GitHub — $1,500/mo Sponsors revenue, 20,000+ monthly downloads. Full scoring breakdown, acquisition math, and what a new owner builds in year one.
Read teardownface_recognition scored 82/100. 779 open issues proving massive engagement. The full acquisition economics, risk factors, and why the issue queue is actually a product roadmap in disguise.
Read teardowndatabase_cleaner scored 77/100. 5,000+ monthly downloads, GitHub Sponsors at ~$500/mo, embedded in 50,000+ Rails repos. Full scoring breakdown and the path to a $30K–$50K exit in 24 months.
Read teardowncombine_pdf scored 76/100. Zero-dependency pure Ruby PDF manipulation, Gumroad passive revenue already flowing, and a serverless moat no competitor has touched. Full acquisition economics inside.
Read teardownrrule.js scored 73/100. The only complete JavaScript iCalendar RRULE implementation — used in enterprise calendar integrations, growing with the scheduling SaaS boom. Full scoring breakdown and the hosting API opportunity.
Read teardownThe GitHub methodology for finding monetized abandoned SaaS projects with real revenue — dormancy filters, monetization signals, fork-to-star validation — before they appear on Acquire.com at 10x the price.
Read articleWhile Acquire.com lists deals at $500K+, there are 500+ monetized GitHub repos generating $1K–$5K MRR with zero marketplace presence. The math on $3–5K acquisitions, 2-week rebuilds, and 28–100x ROI exits.
Read articleGitHub search operators, commit history dormancy checks, Gumroad/Sponsors monetization validation, fork-to-star ratio analysis, founder reachability, and pricing anchoring via Acquire.com/Microns.io.
Read articleReviveHQ surfaces 10–15 scored opportunities per week from GitHub, Gumroad, and acquisition marketplaces. Free email digest to start.
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