Running a bootstrapped empire of 24+ SaaS products and directories
Unicorn Platform, SEObot, ListingBott +20$3M/yr
🤖 126 makers · 171 products
Best AI Builders in 2026
Makers shipping AI-powered apps, wrappers, agents and tools. This list features 126 indie makers in this space, led by John Rush, Pieter Levels and Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo), ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Top AI builders
126 makers, ranked.
Solo maker behind Photo AI, Nomads.com, Remote OK, Interior AI and the MAKE book
Photo AI, Vibe Jam, Interior AI +5~$219K/mo across products
Built and sold Tweet Hunter and Taplio; now runs a $1M/month AI portfolio led by Revid
Revid, Outrank, SuperX +6~$1M/mo across products
SaaS marketer behind Swipe Files, Conversion Factory and the top AI marketing skills repo
Conversion Factory, Swipe Files, Marketing Skills +5$1M ARR
One-person business writer behind The Art of Focus and co-founder of the Eden content app
Eden, The 2 Hour Writer$1M-$1.5M/yr
Vietnamese indie hacker behind TypingMind, DevUtils, and exits Black Magic and Xnapper
TypingMind, DevUtils, Black Magic +3$142K/mo
Serial maker behind BetaList, WIP and Startup Jobs, shipping online for 20+ years
BetaList, WIP, Startup Jobs +11
SEO veteran and serial internet entrepreneur shipping AI-coded SEO tools
ian.is SEO tools, URL Monitor (now Cromojo), Keyword Metrics +1$100K ARR
TypeScript and AI engineering educator behind Total TypeScript and AI Hero
AI Hero, Total TypeScript, ts-reset +3
Ex-Cisco engineer who built Testimonial.to and grew acquired PDF.ai into a top AI PDF tool
Testimonial.to, PDF.ai, Chat.sh +5$1.3M ARR
Co-founder of Academind, bestselling coding instructor with 3.5M+ students
Academind, AI Enhanced Dev, Business Headshots AI
Co-founder of Elephas and Voibe, runs Superframeworks and Indie Masterminds
Elephas, Voibe, OutlierKit +2$150K/yr
Serial dabbler who built and sold Baremetrics for $4M, now shipping AI products
Baremetrics, Maybe, Knockoff +5
Serial bootstrapper behind Audience Ops, Clarityflow and Builder Methods
Builder Methods, Agent OS, Clarityflow (formerly ZipMessage) +2
SEO-first serial maker behind GenPPT, LinkDR, AI SEO Tracker and MagicSpace
GenPPT, LinkDR, AI SEO Tracker +5$8.1K MRR
CEO of Late Checkout, host of The Startup Ideas Podcast, creator of Ideabrowser
Late Checkout, Ideabrowser, The Vibe Marketer +3
Ex-LEGO engineer building a bootstrapped SaaS portfolio: FeedHive, Aidbase, LinkDrip
FeedHive, Aidbase, LinkDrip +2$400K ARR
Vietnamese solopreneur bootstrapping BoltAI, a native AI workspace for Mac
BoltAI, PDF Pals, KTool +1$33.5K/mo
Brazil's self-styled first digital nomad, serial AI app builder and Dolafy co-founder
Dolafy, Ready For Mars, Viralist.ai +3
Co-founded Senja to $800K ARR; now building Ferndesk, self-updating AI help docs
Ferndesk, Senja$5K MRR
Sold FeedbackPanda, wrote Zero to Sold, built Podscan in public (acquired 2026)
Podscan, FeedbackPanda
Goa-based maker of AudioPen, the AI voice-to-text notes app
AudioPen, Read Something Great, Tiny Testimonial$73K in first 2 months
Designer and serial maker behind Humaaans, Blush and Lummi, which Udemy acquired
Lummi, Blush, Humaaans +5
Solo founder of ScreenshotOne, a screenshot API for developers and AI agents
ScreenshotOne, How Browsers Work, Open Graph Examples & Debugger +1~$36K MRR
Solo founder who bootstrapped Chatbase from a student project to $10M ARR
Chatbase$864K MRR
Software engineer turned indie hacker behind AI Directories, TransClipper and ColdConvert
AI Directories, TransClipper, ColdConvert +2$7.7K in the last 30 days
Product Hunt Maker of the Year 2018 behind Sheet2Site, Web3 Jobs and SearchConsole.ai
SearchConsole.ai, Applicant AI, Web3 Jobs +5
Solo founder of Postiz, the open-source agentic social media scheduler
Postiz, agent-media$250K MRR
PSPDFKit founder turned creator of OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI agent
OpenClaw, PSPDFKit (Nutrient), CodexBar +2
Prolific Dutch indie Apple developer behind MacWhisper, Navi and Posture Pal
MacWhisper, Whisper Transcription, Navi +7
Designer behind Design+Code, teaching designers to code, now building the AI builder Aura
Design+Code, Aura, Spring +2
AI-first builder behind TrendFeed and CodeSpring, teaching non-coders to vibe code
CodeSpring, TrendFeed, ChatIQ$29K/mo
Dutch founder of HeadshotPro who sold AI copywriter Headlime for seven figures
HeadshotPro, Headlime, Landingfolio +1
AI YouTuber and founder of Future Tools, the AI tool directory and newsletter
Future Tools, Future Tools Newsletter, The Next Wave
Polish engineer-turned-indie hacker behind Visualizee.ai AI renders
Visualizee.ai, VizTunr, Morga.ai +3$8.2K MRR
Denmark-based serial maker of Shipixen, Page UI and the Morning Maker Show
Shipixen, Page UI, Page AI +5
Builds and teaches AI coding; creator of Chatbot UI and founder of Takeoff
Takeoff / MagicLearn, Chatbot UI, Mckay's App Template +1
AI-first builder running the IgnytLabs MVP agency, a community and an AI newsletter
IgnytLabs, AI MVP Builders, The AI Head Start
Learn-in-public advocate, Coding Career Handbook author and Latent Space host
Latent Space, AI Engineer, smol.ai
Vietnamese builder behind UI UX Pro Max, AgentKit and GoClaw AI agent tools
UI UX Pro Max, AgentKit, GoClaw +3
Non-technical builder who sold Makerpad to Zapier and now runs Ben's Bites
Makerpad, Ben's Bites
Pakistani solo founder of Fore Studio: Vitals and Flit Mac apps, StartupBase, Depost AI
Vitals, Flit, StartupBase +2$13.3K all-time
Co-founder and CEO of Explosion, the company behind spaCy and Prodigy
spaCy, Prodigy, Ellf
AI creator and vibe coder who co-founded Vibecode and now builds Agent Native
Vibecode, Agent Native
Ex-DoorDash staff engineer building Watchdog AI moderation and flightschools.fyi
Watchdog, flightschools.fyi, Hackayork +1$444 MRR
Pilot turned developer, co-founder of Oscar Stories and the RUN LABS AI studio
Oscar Stories, Branding5, Intellipaper (FragDasPDF) +4
Co-founder of Oscar Stories, Branding5 and the Vienna startup studio RUN LABS
Oscar Stories, Branding5, Intellipaper (FragDasPDF) +4
Upstate New York maker running a solo product studio with 100+ side projects
Bluesky Directory, I Worked On, Side Project MVP +3
Co-founder of Indie Hackers, now building the Hatch AI workspace
Indie Hackers, Hatch
Founder of Velora, Heights Platform for course creators, and LatchLoop AI agents
Heights Platform, LatchLoop, Velora
Ex-big-tech data engineer who built DataExpert.io into a $4.7M+ education business
DataExpert.io$56K MRR + cohorts
Sold bootstrapped privacy startup Removaly to DuckDuckGo, now runs Sabbath Ventures
Removaly, Bible Answers AI, Ruth & Boaz
Build-in-public maker of DeskHub, the CNVS agent canvas and QuickClaw
CNVS, QuickClaw, DeskHub
Egyptian automation designer selling Claude Fast and SEO Boost kits for Claude users
Claude Fast, SEO Boost$24.7K all-time
Nomad indie maker who sold Remote3 and Promptmonitor, now building open-source Dray
Dray, Thinking Orbs, Promptmonitor +2
Indian solo founder of SiteGPT; sold Notion-blog tool Feather for $250K
SiteGPT, Squad, Feather
Ads-first indie hacker who sold Talknotes for $200K, now building AdKit
AdKit, Talknotes
Multi-exit engineer behind Zero BS CRM, now building a 100% AI-run business
Profit Swarm, Strew, Zero BS CRM (Jetpack CRM)
Young Indian developer building Subscut after selling PostScheduler and MathUnlock
Subscut, PostScheduler, MathUnlock +3
Solo developer who built and sold PromptHero; now making RailsFast
RailsFast, PromptHero, Hustl +1
ISO 27001 consultant building ISMS Copilot, heyGRC and Aevral without investors
ISMS Copilot, heyGRC, Aevral +1
Budapest full-stack developer and security trainer shipping AI side projects at night
Fyzz.chat, LetterBox, ReadSonic +1
Designer turned builder shipping AI agent tools; works on Agent Experience at Cloudflare
inbox.dog, FormDrift, t2t +2
Former Twilio and Circle DevRel lead; founder of DevRel Bridge and LinkIntel
LinkIntel, DevRel Bridge, MicroWidgets +1
Agency veteran building a holding company of AI products, incl. TranscriptAPI and CRHQ
TranscriptAPI, Recapio, CRHQ +1
Marketer turned AI engineer building Depo, an honest daily budget app for iOS
Depo, 9to9, daytone +1
PostHog product engineer who built and sold BizPlanner AI; now building HandbookHub
HandbookHub, Runopolis, BizPlanner AI +1
Young builder who made and sold the AI slide maker GenPPT, now running CIYA
GenPPT, CIYA
Fractional CTO in Portugal shipping vanilla PHP/JS tools like LLM Overwatch
LLM Overwatch, Toolbox Space, Vanilla Devs +1
Bootstrapped founder of Elmo, open-source AI search visibility; ex-Airbyte first engineer
Elmo, Poach, MealByMeal +1
Bootstrapped founder of CustomGPT.ai and co-founder of the Chitika ad network
CustomGPT.ai, Chitika
CTO and agency owner building AI products on the side: SharpAPI, BrandGEO, Legalnaut
SharpAPI, BrandGEO, Legalnaut +1
Canadian developer building a portfolio of niche directories, AI tools and SaaS
aitools.fyi, Amazing Newsletters, Invoice Mama +2
German developer building RewriteBar, an AI writing assistant for macOS, on the side
RewriteBar, A Wifi Place, SnooScan
IIT Bombay alum behind Dottypost and the Leadplus B2B lead-gen agency
Dottypost, Leadplus
Wrocław frontend engineer and serial maker who sold the InGastro job board for $13.5K
CMS Brew, Kavalerka.pl, Madeira Flight Risk +1
Bucharest-based product engineer building Krumzi, an AI graphic design tool
Krumzi, InstaCarousel
Former Twitter and Amazon PM building Journee, Otto and other AI consumer apps
Journee, Otto, Fantoons
PubNative founder and ex-Verve Group co-CEO, now building HYPD AI for paid media
HYPD, PubNative
Ex-Google Android DevRel engineer, Firebase GDE and maker of ShipFlutter
ShipFlutter, PiBi Studio
Indie mobile developer shipping single-purpose iOS apps built with Flutter
CoinZ, Streaks: Atomic habit tracker, PicFlic +1
Built and sold aiwebdesigner.io, then joined Lovable in marketing and growth
aiwebdesigner.io
Rabat-based solo maker of WittyReply and Surf Forecast Menubar
WittyReply, Surf Forecast Menubar, Eksodos
Berlin-based product manager building AddressHub and RunBatch infrastructure products
AddressHub, RunBatch
Swiss maker of xshot.me, tweet.md, ConfettiSaaS and other tools for X users and founders
xshot.me, tweet.md, ConfettiSaaS +3
Solo founder behind TapRefer, Victrays and ReplyGain
TapRefer, Victrays, ReplyGain
Meta engineer in Dublin who built Fyli, an AI agent tool for finding customers online
Fyli
Dubai programmer building Pabble AI while co-running a car inspection business
Pabble, CopyMedia, CheckAnyCar
Indie founder of HrefLabs, building Kitful AI blogging after selling Minform
Kitful, SignupScore, Minform
Solo founder of Life Note, an AI journaling app with mentors from history
Life Note
Solo founder of Snowball, an AI-assisted growth platform for X creators
Snowball
Berlin developer building dectus for YouTube sponsorships and FZManager
dectus, FZManager
Co-founder and CEO of Matrix OS, a private cloud computer for AI agents
Matrix OS
Amsterdam maker of IndieHackerStacks and SignalScoop
IndieHackerStacks, SignalScoop
Software and product engineer building Clipifai, a documents-to-audiobook app
Clipifai, Ascend
Dallas developer shipping open-source AI agents, MCP servers and automation tools
Clawdbot Security Check, AI File Organizer Agent, MCP Server Starter +1
Co-founder and CTO of Toolhouse, which turns AI chats into AI workers
Toolhouse
Teen maker behind ShipMyBlog, an automated AI blogging platform for SaaS
ShipMyBlog
Brazilian co-founder of FloorPlan-AI, an AI floor plan and architectural concept workspace
FloorPlan-AI
Bootstrapping SpecialX, an agentic AI companion for creating and posting content
SpecialX, Appliful
Micro SaaS maker behind Easy Dictation for English listening practice
Easy Dictation, Type Snapper
sharedocview.com, get leads and analytics sharing docs via links even using your domain
Sharedocview, Calendbook, Salesforza +3
aiboost.dev - 10x your coding speed and happines as developer
Aiboost, Stagetimer
Launching a SaaS every month - mindvid, ai video lessons on any topic you want
Solan, Zazzen
Working on next.js ai templates directory and subreddit analysis tools.
Cal
chatthing.ai, AI agents & co-pilots in minutes not months
Chatthing, Pixelhop
20 y/o| Building something Cool | Follow to know more
launchlemonade.app, turn your expertise, services and workflows into AI powered tools.
Launchlemonade
100daysofcode.io, challenge is a structured way to improve your coding skills
Puzznest, Devterms, 100daysofcode
dawntales.com, Start your day with inspiration, one story at a time.
Dawntales
stocktide.app, All your business expenses and sales in one place.
Stocktide, Abderraouf-mimoune
founderepo.com, become a startup insider, fast.
Founderepo
manuscria.io, the AI copilot for publishing professionals
Manuscria
bentofy.xyz, Grab eyeballs, showcase your business progress, milestones, and wins.
Bentofy
Data products that help people understand federal technology spending, investment, and innovation faster and better.
Building AI based SaaS
Bannermrr
RizzScoreApp.com (iOS): Up your dating text game and get more matches.
Rizzscoreapp, Pickeraiapp, Roleway
snapvid.ai, create viral shorts fast with ai
Snapvid
Ratio App
Photo https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1817532594541518848/v2f6aMcU_400x400.jpg
Pbs, Iosappfinder
convertcase.net, calorie and nutrition ai pal foodintake
Convertcase
betterpic.io -> Best 4K AI Headshot Generator
Betterpic
docq.ai, private chatgpt for your business.
Docq
anymodel.xyz, AI Aggregator Tool
Anymodel
Get 1-minute AI paper summaries, growth hacks, news & tools 👉 https://curatorpom.streamlit.app
15 year old AI enthusiast.
Products by AI builders
171 products in this category.
AI landing page generator, sold for $35K.
by Marc Lou
Photo AI
photoai.com
AI photo generator that trains a model on your selfies to create realistic photos and videos of you.
$86K/moby Pieter Levels
Interior AI
interiorai.com
AI interior design tool that redesigns rooms from a single photo.
$21K/moby Pieter Levels
Collection of task-oriented prompts and workflows for building good-looking UIs with AI.
by Adam Wathan
Revid
revid.ai
AI tool that automatically creates short-form videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
$600K+/moby Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Squad
squad.so
AI teammates that take on work for you.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Marketing Skills
marketing-skills.com
Open-source library of 50 marketing skills for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other AI agents, with 50K+ GitHub stars.
by Corey Haines
Eden
eden.so
AI canvas and drive that acts as a content brain for creators and marketers, with research, writing, scheduling and course sales in one place.
by Dan Koe
TypingMind
typingmind.com
Chat frontend for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other LLMs, with agents, plugins and local data, sold as a lifetime license plus team plans.
$137K/moby Tony Dinh
Vidpipe
bradtraversy.dev
YouTube-to-content SaaS with authenticated MCP access for AI agents, in beta.
by Brad Traversy
SkillPass
bradtraversy.dev
Directory, validator and CLI for AI agent skills.
by Brad Traversy
Room AI
roomai.com
Generates interior design ideas for your rooms with AI.
by Marc Köhlbrugge
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AI Builders FAQ
Who are the most popular indie AI builders?
The best-known AI builders on IndieMakerList are John Rush, Pieter Levels, Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo), Corey Haines and Dan Koe. In total 126 makers are listed in this category.
What products do indie AI builders build?
Notable products include MakeLanding by Marc Lou, Photo AI by Pieter Levels, Interior AI by Pieter Levels, ui.sh by Adam Wathan and Revid by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo). 171 products are listed in this category.
How much do indie AI builders earn?
Publicly reported revenue varies widely. Examples: John Rush ($3M/yr), Pieter Levels (~$219K/mo across products), Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo) (~$1M/mo across products) and Corey Haines ($1M ARR (Conversion Factory)). Figures are self-reported and sourced from public posts.
Where are indie AI builders based?
The most common countries in this category are United States (22), Germany (7) and United Kingdom (5).
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