Indie Hackers: Work Together to Build Profitable Online Businesses

Launched my first SaaS - AI programmatic SEO tool

lynchpinlabs

9 upvotes 20 comments

The coordination tax: six years watching a one-day feature take four months

max_flowly_run

23 upvotes 48 comments

My users are making my product better without knowing it. Here's how I designed that.

JoshBlythe

1 upvote 12 comments

LeadSynth will show you what your users actually type (not what you think they do)

DataMine007

18 upvotes 7 comments

I built a tool that shows what a contract could cost you before signing

vidifounder

23 upvotes 86 comments

Spectry.io: Have you ever wanted to ask "How is it going?" from your website?

Spectry

12 upvotes 4 comments

I checked 3 SaaS products built with Cursor this week. All 3 had the same silent billing bug.

clawback

9 upvotes 18 comments

Building WinnerSpy: reducing noise in Facebook Ads Library product research

truong87432

10 upvotes 5 comments

IbexAI: How to find your first paying user

Hotzenplotz

47 upvotes 61 comments

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Hitting $500k ARR in four months

Yatharth Sejpal had an idea, demoed it, and partnered with an acquaintance to build the tech. Four months later, they're at $500k ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

6 upvotes 1 comment

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Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

When Fernando Pessagno got fired, he left the corporate world behind him and built a portfolio of design products. In 3 years, it has brought in $500k.

IndieJames

67 upvotes 37 comments

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Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business

After a succesful exit, Henry Poydar built a portfolio of apps. One gained traction, so he doubled down. Now, it's at a 7-figure ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

55 upvotes 37 comments

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Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio

Caleb Porzio is at a five-figure MRR from an open-source ecosystem. Here's how.

IndieJames

66 upvotes 44 comments

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Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Brennan Dunn built a tool that flopped. Then, he bought his cofounder out, rebuilt it from scratch, and hit $30k MRR within a year. Here's the story.

IndieJames

82 upvotes 74 comments

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Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing

Andrew Alex grew a tool to an 8-figure ARR in three years. Here's how.

IndieJames

80 upvotes 55 comments

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Revenue Recovery Engine Find and fix $1k–$10k/month leaks in your funnel — in 14 day 1

I found a $7,800/month leak in a founder’s funnel — fixed it in 6 days

IbexAI Finds high-intent leads on LinkedIn 2

How to do cold outreach on LinkedIn without getting banned

IndieDeck One page that proves you actually ship. 3

Launching IndieDeck on Product Hunt today, would love your support

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Revenue Recovery Engine: I found a $7,800/month leak in a founder’s funnel — fixed it in 6 days

growthleakfix

2 upvotes 3 comments

Pantr AI: Why I’m betting against "Spaghetti AI" (And why nodes are a creative trap)

andrevaillant

5 upvotes 2 comments

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Gravonix ai: I built an AI that creates PPTs, images & videos from one command — need honest feedback

Sam094

3 upvotes 1 comment

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GirlGeneratorAI: I built an AI girl image generator that got featured on 20+ directories

NicheSeeker

3 upvotes 3 comments

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Galinia: I just launched my first app. Here's what launch day actually feels like.

Pthrasou

6 upvotes 4 comments

20h

How I Lost a $12K/yr Customer in 48 Hours — and What It Taught Me About Customer Trust

_lakshmi_

2 upvotes 7 comments

Remote Jobs

Jobs for industrious indie hackers.

Full-stack Engineer

Tuco AI • $200 - $800/month • Part Time

Co-Founder — Growth & GTM

Aerostack • $0/month • Flexible Hours

Integration Experts

IntegrateStack • $19 - $49/hour • Part Time

Growth Marketing Partner

Bookscope • $0/month • Part Time

Video Creator & Editor for AI Product Content

MorphMind • $25 - $50/hour • Part Time

SaaS Operator / Builder (Equity + Rev Share)

BADCAFE • Up to $20/hour • Part Time

Founding Full Stack Engineer (Equity)

Tvrtle • $0/year • Flexible Hours

Remote AI Trainer

aitrainer.work • $20 - $200/hour • Part Time

Product Engineer

Featurebase • $40k - $100k/year • Full Time

Backend Engineer

MockReal • $3.5k - $5k/month • Full Time

Founders Associate (Devtools Startup)

ElectricSQL • $140k - $160k/year • Full Time

Founding Engineer

3DAPI • Up to $40/hour • Flexible Hours

Marketing Specialist

BigIdeasDB • $25 - $30/hour • Part Time

Founding Go-To-Market Lead

NForce • Starting at $30/hour • Part Time

Partner Up

Meet your co-founders, start something new, or lend a helping hand.

Looking for a technical co-founder to build mobile games together 1d Looking for a long-term technical partner (Client-facing role) 5d Looking for partner to relaunch $130K+ Shopify store (bedding niche) 6d Looking for a long term Collaborator 7d Looking for a Growth Engineer 9d Looking to Partner Up - Founders to Enterprise Coaching Platform 9d Seeking a marketing partner to grow a live Automotive niche 11d Seeking 1 stalled async decision 13d Looking for long-term partner(s) for exciting startup projects! 14d Looking for mech-e cofounder in SoCal - innovative appliance startup 15d I am looking for a freelancing partner. 16d Looking for collaborator 16d Looking for a Technical Co-Founder to build Tyle 19d Need a Dev to Move Your Startup Forward? 23d Looking for Technical Cofounder for Heavy Civil SaaS 24d Looking for cofounder for AI + product growth 1m Looking to help find your first customers for free 1m Looking for technical co founder 1m Combo Fantasy Sports - Solo founder looking for a founding engineer 1m Looking for: SaaS founders launching for the first time 1m Looking for SaaS founders running a single VPS 1m Looking for a UI/UX Designer Co-Founder 1m Seeking Technical Cofounder for B2B SaaS Project 1m Seeking Technical Co-Founder/Partner for B2C Mobile Project 2m Looking for a Video Subscription Platform to Launch? 2m Looking for a Customizable Uber Clone App with Advanced Features? 2m Looking for someone in need of UX/UI Product Design 2m Looking for co-founder in Ottawa/Gatineau 2m A Synthetic Data Engine for VLM/OCR Cases – Seeking Partners 2m Looking for partner for milliondollar day project 2m Looking for a fintech expert for partnering 2m Looking to Partner Up on an OnlyFans Clone (Creator Economy SaaS) 2m Looking for non-technical founders 2m Looking for Mobile Developer to Co-Create App 2m Looking for honest feedback on a new way to reduce tool overload 2m I study market patterns. Looking for a partner. 2m Looking for growth hacker for X prediction tracker 3m Seeking GTM/COO Cofounder (Equity) — ReceptionOS 3m

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Chicago Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online) Remote

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Accelerating Hardware Design with Kipo AI (Online) Remote

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Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online) Remote

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Silicon Valley Bootstrappers Breakfast (Online) Remote

May 10

De Connectie Code - AI Hackathon for moms & kids Amsterdam, Netherlands

Jan 1

Any Hartford area hackers around here? Hartford, USA

The Build Board 🪧

A daily leaderboard of build-in-public posts.

Revenue Recovery Engine Find and fix $1k–$10k/month leaks in your funnel — in 14 day 1

I found a $7,800/month leak in a founder’s funnel — fixed it in 6 days

IbexAI Finds high-intent leads on LinkedIn 2

How to do cold outreach on LinkedIn without getting banned

IndieDeck One page that proves you actually ship. 3

Launching IndieDeck on Product Hunt today, would love your support

Launched my first SaaS - AI programmatic SEO tool

lynchpinlabs

9 upvotes 20 comments

The coordination tax: six years watching a one-day feature take four months

max_flowly_run

23 upvotes 48 comments

My users are making my product better without knowing it. Here's how I designed that.

JoshBlythe

2 upvotes 12 comments

LeadSynth will show you what your users actually type (not what you think they do)

DataMine007

18 upvotes 7 comments

I built a tool that shows what a contract could cost you before signing

vidifounder

23 upvotes 86 comments

Spectry.io: Have you ever wanted to ask "How is it going?" from your website?

Spectry

12 upvotes 4 comments

I checked 3 SaaS products built with Cursor this week. All 3 had the same silent billing bug.

clawback

9 upvotes 18 comments

Building WinnerSpy: reducing noise in Facebook Ads Library product research

truong87432

10 upvotes 5 comments

IbexAI: How to find your first paying user

Hotzenplotz

47 upvotes 61 comments

Featured

Hitting $500k ARR in four months

Yatharth Sejpal had an idea, demoed it, and partnered with an acquaintance to build the tech. Four months later, they're at $500k ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

6 upvotes 1 comment

Featured

Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

When Fernando Pessagno got fired, he left the corporate world behind him and built a portfolio of design products. In 3 years, it has brought in $500k.

IndieJames

67 upvotes 37 comments

Featured

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business

After a succesful exit, Henry Poydar built a portfolio of apps. One gained traction, so he doubled down. Now, it's at a 7-figure ARR. Here's how.

IndieJames

55 upvotes 37 comments

Featured

Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio

Caleb Porzio is at a five-figure MRR from an open-source ecosystem. Here's how.

IndieJames

66 upvotes 44 comments

Featured

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Brennan Dunn built a tool that flopped. Then, he bought his cofounder out, rebuilt it from scratch, and hit $30k MRR within a year. Here's the story.

IndieJames

82 upvotes 74 comments

Featured

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing

Andrew Alex grew a tool to an 8-figure ARR in three years. Here's how.

IndieJames

80 upvotes 55 comments

Launched my first SaaS - AI programmatic SEO tool

The coordination tax: six years watching a one-day feature take four months

My users are making my product better without knowing it. Here's how I designed that.

LeadSynth will show you what your users actually type (not what you think they do)

I built a tool that shows what a contract could cost you before signing

Spectry.io: Have you ever wanted to ask "How is it going?" from your website?

I checked 3 SaaS products built with Cursor this week. All 3 had the same silent billing bug.

Building WinnerSpy: reducing noise in Facebook Ads Library product research

IbexAI: How to find your first paying user

Hitting $500k ARR in four months

Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business IH+ Subscribers Only

Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio IH+ Subscribers Only

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year IH+ Subscribers Only

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing IH+ Subscribers Only

I found a $7,800/month leak in a founder’s funnel — fixed it in 6 days

How to do cold outreach on LinkedIn without getting banned

Launching IndieDeck on Product Hunt today, would love your support

Revenue Recovery Engine: I found a $7,800/month leak in a founder’s funnel — fixed it in 6 days

Achiv: Month 2, No Audience, 0 Users: Find Your First SaaS Prospects

How I've Built a Micro Saas Exploiting ChatGPT

I built an AI assistant that doesn't need skills - she builds them herself

Finio.live: Help content added

Pantr AI: Why I’m betting against "Spaghetti AI" (And why nodes are a creative trap)

Gravonix ai: I built an AI that creates PPTs, images & videos from one command — need honest feedback

GirlGeneratorAI: I built an AI girl image generator that got featured on 20+ directories

Galinia: I just launched my first app. Here's what launch day actually feels like.

How I Lost a $12K/yr Customer in 48 Hours — and What It Taught Me About Customer Trust

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year IH+ Subscribers Only

Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

I found a $7,800/month leak in a founder’s funnel — fixed it in 6 days

How to do cold outreach on LinkedIn without getting banned

Launching IndieDeck on Product Hunt today, would love your support

Launched my first SaaS - AI programmatic SEO tool

The coordination tax: six years watching a one-day feature take four months

My users are making my product better without knowing it. Here's how I designed that.

LeadSynth will show you what your users actually type (not what you think they do)

I built a tool that shows what a contract could cost you before signing

Spectry.io: Have you ever wanted to ask "How is it going?" from your website?

I checked 3 SaaS products built with Cursor this week. All 3 had the same silent billing bug.

Building WinnerSpy: reducing noise in Facebook Ads Library product research

IbexAI: How to find your first paying user

Hitting $500k ARR in four months

Getting fired and using it as motivation to build a successful niche portfolio

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business IH+ Subscribers Only

Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio IH+ Subscribers Only

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year IH+ Subscribers Only

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing IH+ Subscribers Only

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business

Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Expanding from a micro-SaaS into a 7-figure-ARR business

Hitting a 5-figure MRR with an open-source portfolio

Building, failing, rebuilding, and then hitting $30k MRR in a year

Growing to an 8-figure ARR in three years with savings-based pricing