# Indie Hackers

Indie Hackers is a founder community with a products database. It lists profitable online businesses, side projects and startup ideas.

- Kind: Forum
- Address: https://indiehackers.com
- Submit page: https://www.indiehackers.com/sign-in?next=%2Fnew-post
- Page: https://getlaunchlist.com/directories/forums/indiehackers

## About

Indie Hackers is a community site where founders of profitable businesses and side projects share their stories and entrepreneurs learn from them. It has a community forum, Case Studies, an Ideas DB and a Products DB. To post, a founder signs in with Google or email and password, or joins, then writes a post. The pages do not state a listing price, a review time, a backlink or badge requirement, or whether pre-launch products are accepted. The home page links to Advertise on Indie Hackers without showing prices. The footer has an Add Yours link under Products. Indie Hackers was created in August 2016 and became independent again in March 2023.

## How to submit

Sign in with Google or email and password, or join, then write a post.

Source: https://www.indiehackers.com/sign-in?next=%2Fnew-post

## What it lists

- Profitable online businesses
- Side projects
- Startup ideas
- Products with revenue figures

## Who visits

Indie Hackers is for founders of profitable businesses and side projects who share their stories, and for entrepreneurs who read and learn from those examples.

_Written from Indie Hackers' own pages on Oct 28, 2026._

## What we found on Oct 28, 2026

- Status: Online; we couldn't find a date on its listings
- Newest listing: Not known
- Price: Not known
- Link: Not known
- Review time: Not known
- Account needed: Yes
- Takes pre-launch: Not known
- Badge required: Not known
- Domain registered: Apr 2015 (11 years ago)
- How often other sites link to it: 43 out of 100 (Common Crawl, Oct 2026)
- Traffic: Among the 100,000 most visited sites (Tranco, Oct 2026)
- Checked: Oct 28, 2026

## Questions

### What does Indie Hackers ask for?

You need an account to submit. As of Oct 28, 2026.

### How do I submit to Indie Hackers?

Sign in or join, then write a post. The submit page says "Sign in to write a post" and offers Google or email and password sign-in.

### Is Indie Hackers free?

Indie Hackers does not say on its site whether posting is free. The pages reviewed show no price for submitting a post.

### Can I advertise on Indie Hackers?

Yes. The home page has an Advertise on Indie Hackers link. The pages reviewed do not show prices or placements.

### What does Indie Hackers list?

Indie Hackers hosts founder posts, Case Studies, an Ideas DB and a Products DB. It focuses on profitable businesses and side projects.

### Who uses Indie Hackers?

Founders of profitable businesses and side projects share their stories there, and entrepreneurs read them to learn. The about page says there are no requirements other than making money independently.

### Who created Indie Hackers?

Courtland Allen created Indie Hackers in August 2016. Stripe acquired it in April 2017, and it was spun back out as an independent business in March 2023.

## History

- Oct 28, 2026: submit page set to indiehackers.com/sign-in?next=%2Fnew-post
- Oct 28, 2026: status changed from Live, blocks checks to Online

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