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Sell a private codebase to AI labs

Labs want to train on how real software gets built: the commits, the reverts, the tickets that explain why. If you own a repo like that outright, it may be worth listing. If it is a tidy weekend project, it is not, and this page says so.

Register what you own Two minutes. No files, no uploads, no cost.

What makes a codebase sell

Buyers price production history over code volume. They look at the record of work: commit density over years, more than one contributor, pull requests with review comments, issues and tickets linked to commits, design docs, tests and deploy history. A repo that shipped to real users and was maintained through bugs is the shape they want.

Context around the code counts. If your Linear or Jira, your design docs and your CI logs still exist, say so in the note. DataVendor lists codebases, datasets, tasksets and agents; HUD, which runs it, says most sales are non-exclusive, so the same repo can sell more than once.

Most repos will not sell. Third-party reviews of the marketplace put the share of codebases that find a buyer in the low single digits. Listing is free, so the cost of trying is the time it takes to register and talk to the buyer.

What does not sell

  • Public open-source. Labs already have it.
  • Code you wrote for an employer. You do not own it. Employees cannot sell employer code or data.
  • Client work without a written release. Agencies and consultants need the client's permission in writing.
  • Forks, templates and generated scaffolding, because there is no history behind them.
  • Repos with customer data committed in them. Possible, but the buyer will treat anonymisation as your problem to explain and theirs to solve.

Where it goes

DataVendor is the route for individuals and small vendors. Sign-up is by invite. When you register here, we take a quick look at the profile and email you the invite, usually within two business days. You list and negotiate on DataVendor directly. DataVendor says the seller keeps 80% of each sale.

If the repo belonged to a company that closed, the whole workspace is worth more than the code alone. See selling a closed company's workspace, where Turing and others buy repos together with tickets, chat and docs.

Prefer to earn by building rather than selling? Prime Intellect pays bounties for RL environments built on its open library, and several labs post agentic-coding work on the software engineering listings here.

Before you register

  • Confirm you own every line, or have written permission from each contributor.
  • Have a GitHub profile link ready. It speeds up the invite.
  • Write one line on what the repo is: years active, rough commit count, what else exists around it (tickets, docs, CI).
  • Do not paste code or send files anywhere on this site. We never take them.

Register once, get routed to every buyer that fits

You tell us who you are and what you own. We show you the buyers that take it, with a plain line on what to expect from each, and email you once if a new program appears later. We never see, hold or transfer the data itself.

Register what you own