Physicist turned permissionless entrepreneur, co-founder of Sales.co
Sales.co, Founder Flywheel, Opportunities.so +5$90K/mo
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Maker Couples & Duos: indie makers to know in 2026
Partners and duos who build products together. This curated list has 41 makers, including Jakob Greenfeld, Maximilian Schwarzmüller and Justin Jackson.
Makers in Maker Couples & Duos
41 makers, ranked.
Co-founder of Academind, bestselling coding instructor with 3.5M+ students
Academind, AI Enhanced Dev, Business Headshots AI
Co-founder and CEO of Transistor.fm, the bootstrapped 'calm company' for podcast hosting
Transistor.fm, MegaMaker, Marketing for Developers +2
Designer and co-founder of Typefully; previously built and sold Mailbrew
Typefully, Mailbrew, Boxy Suite +3Typefully: ~$2M ARR
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
Co-founder of Noko (Freckle) and Stacking the Bricks, creator of 30x500 and Sales Safari
Noko (formerly Freckle), 30x500, Stacking the Bricks
Author of The Mom Test and Write Useful Books, building beta-reading software for authors
The Mom Test, Write Useful Books, The Workshop Survival Guide +1
Co-founder of Paperform, a bootstrapped form builder grown to $3.5M+ ARR
Paperform$3.5M ARR
Co-founder of ScrapingBee, bootstrapped to $5M ARR and sold to Oxylabs
ScrapingBee, PricingBot~$5M ARR
Co-founder and CEO of Userlist, host of the UI Breakfast podcast
Userlist, The UI Audit, UI Breakfast
The startup meme king: co-founded Logology, runs LaunchDay, wore a 26-sponsor wedding suit
LaunchDay, Logology, How to Dominate Twitter/X
German indie dev and YouTuber behind Islanders, Will You Snail? and Thronefall
Thronefall, Will You Snail?, Islanders +1
Developer-educator behind Mastering Postgres, High Performance SQLite and Solo
Database School, Solo, Screencasting.com +1
Co-founder of Plausible Analytics, writer on privacy and bootstrapped marketing
Plausible Analytics$1M+ ARR
Co-founder of Senja, bootstrapping a testimonial tool in public to $1M ARR
Senja$1M ARR
Designer behind Refactoring UI, Heroicons and Tailwind's look, now at Shopify
Refactoring UI, Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI), Heroicons +1
Creator of Plausible, the open source and privacy-first Google Analytics alternative
Plausible Analytics$1M+ ARR
Co-founder of ScrapingBee and author of The Java Web Scraping Handbook
ScrapingBee$5M+ ARR
Creator of the Notion Mastery course and co-founder of Oki Doki
Notion Mastery, Oki Doki
Co-founder of GrowSurf, bootstrapped referral and affiliate software
GrowSurf$24K MRR
Writer and co-founder of Ship 30 for 30, author of The Art & Business of Online Writing
Ship 30 for 30, Premium Ghostwriting Academy, Typeshare
Founder of Indie Hackers, the community and podcast that named the movement
Indie Hackers
Co-founder and CEO of Explosion, the company behind spaCy and Prodigy
spaCy, Prodigy, Ellf
Founder of Paperbell coaching software; bootstrapped and sold MeetEdgar
Paperbell, MeetEdgar
Pilot turned developer, co-founder of Oscar Stories and the RUN LABS AI studio
Oscar Stories, Branding5, Intellipaper (FragDasPDF) +4
Former BlackRock trader who co-founded Ship 30 for 30 to teach online writing
Ship 30 for 30, Premium Ghostwriting Academy
Co-founder of Oscar Stories, Branding5 and the Vienna startup studio RUN LABS
Oscar Stories, Branding5, Intellipaper (FragDasPDF) +4
Colombo-based Elixir developer bootstrapping WallStRank and imgDeliver; exited from inkl
WallStRank, imgDeliver, phoenix-diff +2
Co-founder and CEO of Geocodio and author of Deploy Empathy
Geocodio
Co-founder and CTO of Userlist; co-host of the Slow & Steady podcast
Userlist, Stage CMS
Co-founder of open-source finance app Midday (acquired by Ramp) and Cursor Directory
Midday, Cursor Directory, Languine
Co-founder of Indie Hackers, now building the Hatch AI workspace
Indie Hackers, Hatch
London-based indie SaaS maker behind Pop Invoice and the Indie and Profitable newsletter
Pop Invoice, Bunni AI, Hey New +1
Founder of Flying Meat, two-decade indie Mac maker of Acorn and Retrobatch
Acorn, Retrobatch, VoodooPad +1
Founder of FilterGrade, a marketplace for photo and video editing assets
FilterGrade, Moloney Creative Agency
UX designer who co-founded Nusii proposal software and now runs Beyond the Pixel
Nusii, Beyond the Pixel
Author of Company of One and co-founder of Fathom Analytics (retired 2024)
Fathom Analytics
Spanish co-founder of Orbe, a geolocation and Shopify Markets app for global stores
Orbe, Mushdesk
Co-founder of PlaceKit, the geocoding API that succeeded Algolia Places
PlaceKit
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Maker Couples & Duos FAQ
Who is in the Maker Couples & Duos collection?
41 indie makers are in this collection, including Jakob Greenfeld, Maximilian Schwarzmüller, Justin Jackson, Fabrizio Rinaldi and Eduardo Borges.
What qualifies a maker for Maker Couples & Duos?
Partners and duos who build products together.
What do makers in Maker Couples & Duos build?
The most common categories are SaaS Founders (25), Creators & Writers (19) and Educators & Course Creators (16).
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