Indie Developers Use
Discover the tools and technologies that indie developers and bootstrapped founders use to build their products. Profiles are self-submitted or owner-curated from public sources.
Boon aka Hwee-Boon Yar
Solopreneur building AI-assisted products with Claude Code, TypeScript, Vue.js, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL, Render, and Stripe.
Devarno
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go
Benny
TypeBoost, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, React
Andrei Hudovich
Founder bootstrapping Listing Cat with React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, Vercel, Cloudflare, Supabase, PostHog, and Stripe.
Lars
TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js
Danny
TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, DaisyUI
Phil Keller
next.js, PostgreSQL, Hetzner, Cursor IDE
Christopher
Next.js, Supabase, Stripe, Resend
Chris Shennan
Backend developer and indie hacker using Symfony, PHP, Docker, MySQL, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Sentry, AWS, and GitLab CI/CD.
Grip Fast Gameworks
Godot Game Engine, GDScript, GodotSteam, GitLab CI/CD
Razvan Muntian
Astro, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, Node.js
Yoann Gueny
Cursor, React, Next.js, Supabase
Steve
Fullstack developer and founder building apps and webapps with Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, PHP, Tailwind CSS, AlpineJS, Redis, Docker, and Vue.js.
Mathias Michel
Maker of RewriteBar using Swift, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Supabase, Vercel, OpenAI, Stripe, Gumroad, and GitHub.
Jan Lavička
Indie hacker building jobs and directory products with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Remix, Tailwind CSS, SQL, PostgreSQL, Vite, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and VS Code.
Aleksey Razbakov
Builder of AI agent systems and community products using Vue.js, Nuxt, Firebase, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Claude Code, Markdown, tmux, Git worktrees, Notion, and Telegram.
Jouke Siekman
Indie hacker building web and network tools with PHP, Bash, Python, SQL, MariaDB, Kubernetes, k3s, Proxmox VE, MikroTik, WireGuard, Forgejo, Matomo, Grafana, Prometheus, tmux, Neovim, Kitty, and Arch Linux.
Rebecca Owen
Indie Apple platforms developer building Chronicling with Swift, iOS, Xcode, VS Code, iTerm2, Git, GitHub, Bash, Python, Vim, and Eleventy.
Kilian Valkhof
Founder of Polypane building developer and design tools with WordPress, DigitalOcean, Fastmail, Atom, Fira Code, Vim, FromScratch, Trello, Firefox, Tridactyl, Polypane, Chrome, Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Ubuntu, Electron, and Chromium.
Thibault Louis-Lucas
SaaS founder building AI, SEO, video, social, and publishing tools with Vercel, Next.js, Firebase, Lemon Squeezy, Amplitude, and Gleap.
Marc Lou
Solopreneur building ShipFast, DataFast, CodeFast, TrustMRR, Indie Page, and other products with React, Tailwind CSS, Next.js, daisyUI, NextAuth, MongoDB Atlas, Mongoose, Mailgun, Stripe, Vercel, Plausible, GitHub Copilot, GPT-4, AWS, Lemon Squeezy, and Supabase.
Pieter Levels
Indie maker building Nomad List, Remote OK, Photo AI, Hoodmaps, and other products with PHP, JavaScript, jQuery, SQLite, HTML, CSS, Nginx, Ubuntu, Linode, SCSS, Chrome, Namecheap, Photoshop, and Sketch.
Ben Robertson
Solo founder building ColorBliss with Cursor, Ghostty, Supabase, Laravel, Next.js, Astro, WordPress, Replicate, FAL.ai, OpenAI, Cerebras, Netlify, Laravel Forge, Stripe, Ahrefs, Bento, Resend, PostHog, Obsidian, Linear, Raycast, and ChatGPT.
Arvid Kahl
Bootstrapped founder building Podscan and The Bootstrapped Founder with PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Meilisearch, AWS, Laravel Forge, Envoyer, ScrapingBee, Sentry, Flare, Resend, Kit, Paddle, Remote.com, Alt Space, Mercury, WordPress, Notion, Claude Code, and MacBook Air.
Joe Masilotti
Independent Rails developer building Hotwire Native, Ruby Native, PurchaseKit, RailsDevs, DailyLog, and mobile tooling with Ruby on Rails, Hotwire Native, Turbo, Stimulus, Swift, Kotlin, StoreKit, Play Billing, Xcode, Android Studio, and Stripe.
Josh Pigford
Indie maker building Baremetrics, Maybe, Clearly, ProxyUser, Rumored.ai, KeptWell, Granite, and other products with Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, Swift, JavaScript, AI coding agents, Claude, OpenAI, GitHub, and open-source Rails apps.
Christoph Miksche
Startup founder and full-stack developer building Alphalerts with Angular, Svelte, React, Vue.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, Kotlin, Java, Git, Linux, macOS, Windows, and VPS infrastructure.
Jared Rigby
Creative programmer and indie game developer building Gameful, Mithra, and web projects with Godot, Hugo, PNPM, GitHub, VS Code, Netlify, Next.js, Obsidian, WordPress, JavaScript, Full Stack, and Tailwind CSS.
Zilvinas Kucinskas
Independent Ruby on Rails developer building ExportData and Rails products with Ruby on Rails, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, Hotwire, Stimulus, Turbo, Tailwind CSS, Redis, ElasticSearch, Docker, Terraform, AWS, React, JavaScript, and Stripe.
Jakob Greenfeld
Indie hacker building What to Tweet, Under The Radar, News Predictions, Founder Reads, and How I Operate with Airtable, Tailwind CSS, Vercel, JavaScript, Gumroad, Substack, podcasting, and trend research workflows.
Jon Yongfook
Bootstrapped founder building Bannerbear with Ruby on Rails, Ruby, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass, Bulma, GitHub, Stripe, and API integrations.
Damon Chen
Indie maker building Testimonial, PDF.ai, PDFgen, ConversionOS, Mailcheep, QuickyAI, Docsium, and other products with Node.js, MongoDB, Heroku, Versoly, React, Chargebee, Stripe, Firebase, OpenAI, Dub, Feather, and Simple Analytics.
Andrew Culver
Rails product builder creating Bullet Train and Churn Buster with Ruby on Rails, Rails 8, JavaScript, esbuild, Tailwind CSS, PostCSS, multi-tenancy, OAuth, webhooks, billing, Heroku, ngrok, GitHub, and open-source Rails templates.
Tony Dinh
Indie hacker building TypingMind, Xnapper, DevUtils, BlackMagic, and other products with React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Express, PM2, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Vercel, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, Sentry, Pirsch Analytics, Paddle, Mailgun, and Fastmail.
Daniel Nguyen
Solopreneur building BoltAI, PDF Pals, KTool, ShotSolve, and other products with macOS, iOS, SQLite, OpenAI API, OpenAI-compatible APIs, Claude, Gemini, xAI, Ollama, Whisper, MCP, Apple Keychain, local AI models, and Simple Analytics.
Dmytro Krasun
Solo founder building ScreenshotOne with TypeScript, Node.js, Puppeteer, Playwright, Docker, S3-compatible storage, LocalStack, AWS SDK for JavaScript, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Run, bare metal servers, GPU infrastructure, browser automation, and public SDKs.
Mouad Ennaciri
Founder and engineer building Rowslint and Sprint14 with Go, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Angular, React, Tailwind CSS, Taiga UI, Render, Cloudflare, and AI-assisted column mapping for spreadsheet imports.
Tom Dallimore
Full-stack developer and product engineer building JotJab and Fetch Hive with Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, Flutter, Shopify, Tailwind CSS, Stripe, Hetzner, Dokku, Cloudflare Pages, Cloudflare R2, and AWS.
Rodrigo Rocco
Solo builder behind JobBoardSearch and related small web products using Core PHP, raw CSS, vanilla JavaScript, jQuery, HTML, SQLite, and simple programmatic SEO workflows.
Uwe Dreissigacker
Bootstrapped SaaS founder behind InvoiceBerry, BlogHandy, and LinkHandy with PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Bootstrap, Stripe, Mailchimp, Zapier, Trello, Ahrefs, Semrush, Hotjar, Google Search Console, and content SEO workflows.
Anton Medviediev
Software engineer building Shy Editor with Angular, Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AI writing assistance, planning tools, knowledge bases, writing styles, and context management for long-form writing.
Andris Reinman
Solo developer building EmailEngine and open-source email infrastructure with Node.js, Redis, Docusaurus, GitHub Pages, Umso, and Claude Code.
Harvey Carpenter
Growform founder with a publicly documented product stack using Heroku, React, Node.js, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, and Better Uptime.
Valérian de Thézan de Gaussan
Independent developer building YouTube Summary and open-source tools with SvelteKit, Svelte, Nginx, Umami, Python, and JavaScript.
Wes Bos
Independent developer and course creator using Visual Studio Code, Warp, GitHub, ESLint, Prettier, and Raycast for his JavaScript products and teaching business.
Dominik Schröter
BubbleTax co-founder and paperless-gpt maintainer working with Go, TypeScript, Python, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and GitHub Actions.
Adam Wathan
Tailwind CSS creator and Refactoring UI co-author using Visual Studio Code, Sublime Text, GitHub, Figma, iTerm2, and Laravel Forge for product development and publishing.
Ahmad Awais
Command Code and Langbase founder using Visual Studio Code, GitHub, Grammarly, Maccy, Hazel, and Balsamiq to build and publish developer products.
Alexander Isora
Unicorn Platform creator and independent SaaS founder using Unicorn Platform, Substack, YouTube, Product Hunt, Reddit, and GitHub across his products.
Josh Comeau
Independent course creator using Next.js, React, MDX, TypeScript, MongoDB, and Framer Motion for his publishing and course platform.
Sindre Sorhus
Independent app maker and open-source developer working with Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Xcode, GitHub, and the macOS App Store.
Jack McDade
Statamic creator and independent course maker working with PHP, Laravel, Antlers, Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, and Vite for product development and design.
