DevCut shows a single sponsored line in your VS Code status bar while you wait on builds, tests, and deploys — and pays you a share of the revenue. No subscriptions. No bloat. Just quiet income.
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Every developer stares at a terminal for thousands of hours a year. We put that attention to work — transparently and opt-in.
DevCut is in private beta — download the .vsix file and install it straight into VS Code. Completely free. Open source. No personal data beyond a pseudonymous user ID.
Build, test, install — exactly as you do today. When a task takes longer than 3 seconds, a single sponsored line appears in the status bar.
Every 30-second slot is an impression. Clicks earn more. Your tally accumulates in real time, visible from the Command Palette.
Set your UPI ID and request a withdrawal once your balance crosses ₹50. Every withdrawal shows its status on your dashboard.
Drag the slider — see your estimated monthly payout.
Estimate: ~12 ad slots/hr × ~₹0.25/slot (the current beta rate — each advertiser's bid sets it) × 22 working days. Actual depends on active build/test time and the advertiser's rate. See full breakdown →
DevCut is in private beta, so it's not on the Marketplace yet. You install it from a file:
Self-identify — the calculator above adapts to your actual usage.
Side projects on weekends. 1–2h of builds/tests per day.
Full-time dev, 4–6h of active build / test / install time daily.
8–10h/day, heavy CI, multiple repos, Docker builds constantly.
Estimates at 12 slots/hr × ~₹0.25/slot (current beta rate) × 22 days. Full earnings breakdown →
Whether you write code or fund products, there is a seat at the table for you.
Turn the time you already spend waiting on builds into a passive income stream. Zero effort after install.
Reach developers at the exact moment they are attentive and idle — not scrolling a feed, not watching a video.
The split is hardcoded in the open-source server — anyone can audit it on GitHub.
No agency needed. Set a bid, choose a slot type, and your message starts running the moment you win the auction.
| Slot Type | When It Runs | Typical Audience | Suggested Bid | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build Slot | During npm run build, cargo build, webpack… |
Frontend & fullstack devs | ₹2–8 / 1K impr. | Prime |
| Test Slot | During jest, pytest, go test… |
Backend & platform engineers | ₹1.5–6 / 1K impr. | Active |
| Install Slot | During npm install, pip install, docker pull… |
All developers | ₹1–4 / 1K impr. | Active |
| Custom / Retargeting | Specific task patterns (regex match) | Your target persona | Custom | Coming Soon |
Developers generate billions of dollars in value every day. They also spend a significant chunk of that day waiting — for builds to finish, tests to pass, images to pull. That wait time is attention. And attention has always been worth something.
DevCut routes a slice of that value back to the creators who generate it, through a system that is transparent, opt-in, and open source. No dark patterns. No data harvesting. Just a fair exchange: you give an advertiser a few seconds of eyeballs, you get paid, they get a qualified lead.
A developer ad platform built around UPI payouts, INR pricing, and Indian advertisers — because the global ad rails were not built for developers here.
Request a withdrawal to any UPI ID — GPay, PhonePe, Paytm, bank UPI. No dollar conversion, no foreign payout account. During the beta each withdrawal is reviewed and paid by hand, and its status is visible on your dashboard.
Indian SaaS and developer-tool companies already spend on developer audiences. DevCut gives them a channel priced in rupees, billed over UPI, with the audit trail in the open.
India has 17M+ developers on GitHub — the fastest-growing developer community in the world (GitHub Octoverse, 2024). DevCut is built by an Indian developer, for the community he lives in.
Many international creator and ad platforms pay out in dollars through providers that are limited or unavailable in India, so earnings sit unwithdrawn. DevCut pays in rupees, to UPI — the rail Indian developers already use every day.
The extension, the server, the bidding logic — all of it is on GitHub under an MIT licence. Audit the code, fork it, run your own instance, or send a PR. If you are running an ad inside someone's editor, you owe them complete transparency about how it works.
This is not a waiting list. Fill this in and a working invite code lands in your inbox right away — paste it into the extension and you start earning on your next build.
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No. It only makes a single lightweight HTTP call when a task starts (to fetch the ad line) and another when it ends (to record the impression). No background polling, no analytics SDK.
Yes. One command — DevCut: Toggle — or flip the setting devcut.enabled to false. Earnings pause and resume when you re-enable.
Only a pseudonymous user ID generated locally on first install and a UPI handle if you set one for payouts. No email required to earn. No keystroke or code content ever leaves your machine.
You set a maximum CPM bid per slot type. At each impression, a second-price auction runs server-side — you pay ₹0.01 above the second-highest bid, never more than your max.
Balances accumulate as impressions settle. Once your balance reaches ₹50 you can request a withdrawal to your UPI ID from the extension or the dashboard. During the beta withdrawals are reviewed and paid manually, and each one shows as pending until it is paid.
Developer tools, SaaS, hiring, infrastructure, and courses are all welcome. Each ad is one line of text, one logo, and a clickable link. We don't accept gambling, adult content, or speculative crypto/NFT ads — DevCut has no age verification, so we don't run categories that would require one. See our advertiser policy for the full list.
The impression counter, earnings tally, and withdrawal ledger are all in the open-source server repo. If you would rather not trust ours, run your own backend — the extension lets you point at any server URL.
Any Indian bank account comes with a UPI ID automatically (check your bank app → Payments → UPI). Supported: GPay, PhonePe, Paytm, BHIM, Cred, and any UPI-enabled banking app. Non-Indian developers: international payout options are on the roadmap for Q3 2026.