French solopreneur from Bali behind TrustMRR, DataFast, ShipFast and 30+ startups
TrustMRR, DataFast, CodeFast +7$98K/mo
🦄 Collection · 129 makers
Solo Founders: indie makers to know in 2026
One-person businesses — no co-founder, no employees (or almost none). This curated list has 129 makers, including Marc Lou, Pieter Levels and Julia Evans.
Makers in Solo Founders
129 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
Montreal developer behind Wizard Zines, illustrated guides to computing fundamentals
Wizard Zines, Mess With DNS, Memory Spy +2$101,558 in 2018
Serial maker of Sizzy, Benji and Tinkerer Club who teaches devs to ship
Sizzy, Benji, Tinkerer Club +6$223K in 30 days
patio11: Bingo Card Creator, Appointment Reminder, Stripe Atlas and Bits about Money
Bingo Card Creator, Appointment Reminder, Starfighter +2~$275K/yr sales, ~$200K pro…
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
Self-taught Canadian solo builder of Post Bridge and a string of consumer apps
Post Bridge, Lovelee, Curiosity Quench +4$48.9K MRR
Serial maker behind BetaList, WIP and Startup Jobs, shipping online for 20+ years
BetaList, WIP, Startup Jobs +11
Coined micro-SaaS, sold Storemapper, then founded Calm Company Fund for bootstrappers
Storemapper, Calm Company Fund (formerly Earnest Capital), BK UP~$40K MRR
Creator of Livewire, Alpine.js and Flux UI, funded by sponsors and component sales
Livewire, Alpine.js, Flux +2$112K/yr from GitHub Sponso…
MicroConf co-founder, Bluetick founder and author of The Single Founder Handbook
Bluetick, MicroConf, FounderCafe +1Five-figure MRR
Singapore-based Notion template creator behind Second Brain and SyncTasks
Notion Second Brain, Finance Tracker, Easlo Templates +2$239K in 2022
Australian indie dev running a portfolio of 30+ simple iOS apps
Card Value Scanner for Pokemon, Swipe the cat, PIANORUN +3$70K/mo
Ex-Amazon engineer who popularized the small bets portfolio approach
Small Bets, Userbase, Single Server +1$210K profit in 9 months
Solopreneur who passed $10M in revenue with a one-person business
The LinkedIn Operating System, The Content Operating System, The Saturday Essay$10M+ total revenue
Musician who accidentally built CD Baby, sold it for $22M, and writes books on how to live
CD Baby, HostBaby, Wood Egg
Solo founder who bootstrapped Bannerbear, an image and video automation API, to $81K MRR
Bannerbear, Redacted$81K MRR
Solo designer running Designjoy, a $1M+/yr one-person design subscription
Designjoy, Productize Yourself, GatherOS +1$100K MRR
Greek design engineer running bootstrapped tools MagicPattern, BrandBird and SuperMotion
MagicPattern, BrandBird, SuperMotion +3~$6.5K MRR across three pro…
Top-rated Udemy instructor teaching JavaScript, React, Node.js and CSS to 2M+ students
jonas.io, The Complete JavaScript Course, The Ultimate React Course
Vietnamese solopreneur bootstrapping BoltAI, a native AI workspace for Mac
BoltAI, PDF Pals, KTool +1$33.5K/mo
Solo founder of Key Values, the job board matching engineers with values-aligned teams
Key Values~$300K–350K/yr
Domain investor who turns premium .com names into businesses — and sells onions online
VidaliaOnions.com, Onions.com, RanchWork.com +3
Hong Kong educator who taught building in public, now building AI learning tools for kids
Public Lab, Chatty Bestie, AlphaStage
Founder of Visualize Value: minimalist visuals, courses on leverage, and digital art
Visualize Value, Checks VV Edition, jackbutcher.md
Warsaw-based author of The Product Compass, a top AI and product management newsletter
The Product Compass$126K ARR
Italian developer in Taipei who built Makerkit, the B2B SaaS starter kit
Makerkit, Formtoro, ngx-chips$8,606 in a month
Goa-based maker of AudioPen, the AI voice-to-text notes app
AudioPen, Read Something Great, Tiny Testimonial$73K in first 2 months
Singapore solopreneur behind Jason's Plugins for Carrd, Lifelog, Lists Kit and Commit365
Jason's Plugins for Carrd, Lifelog, Lists Kit +1~$12K/yr
Solo founder of ScreenshotOne, a screenshot API for developers and AI agents
ScreenshotOne, How Browsers Work, Open Graph Examples & Debugger +1~$36K MRR
German founder of supastarter, the SaaS starter kit for Next.js, Nuxt and TanStack
supastarter, supatools, Outbid +1$12K/mo
Software engineer turned solopreneur behind BlackTwist and Shipped.club
BlackTwist, Shipped.club, Latentcam +3$2.5K/mo
Developer turned indie hacker on a public $1M revenue journey
iCodeThis, Content Copilot, Indie Action$445K lifetime across proje…
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
French solo maker of Capgo, open-source live updates for Capacitor apps
Capgo, Naturopia$30K MRR
Dutch no-code maker of Startup Stash who built and sold five curation products
Startup Stash, StartupWatching, Road to Scale +2
Prolific Dutch indie Apple developer behind MacWhisper, Navi and Posture Pal
MacWhisper, Whisper Transcription, Navi +7
Founder of Trends.vc, the market research newsletter and Trends Pro community
Trends.vc, HeadsUp, Multi
AI-first builder behind TrendFeed and CodeSpring, teaching non-coders to vibe code
CodeSpring, TrendFeed, ChatIQ$29K/mo
Osaka-based solo developer of Inkdrop and the Dev as Life YouTube channel
Inkdrop$10K+ MRR
Kerala-based front-end maker of Web3Forms and Web3Templates (Astroship, Stablo)
Web3Forms, Web3Templates, Astroship +3$75.7K all-time
Copywriting teacher behind Marketing Examples and its 130K-reader newsletter
Marketing Examples, Copywriting Examples
Full-time open-sourcer maintaining 1,000+ npm packages and dozens of indie Mac apps
Supercharge, Dato, Gifski +6
Singapore maker who sold OpenGraph.xyz, now runs a portfolio of directory sites
OpenGraph.xyz, ClinicGeek, Dental Clinics Malaysia +4S$5K/mo
Polish engineer-turned-indie hacker behind Visualizee.ai AI renders
Visualizee.ai, VizTunr, Morga.ai +3$8.2K MRR
Directory website builder and SEO teacher behind Ship Your Directory
Ship Your Directory$2K+/mo
French solo mobile developer running a portfolio of iOS apps and app-dev tools
AcceptMyApp, Mobiqo, CapWrapp +1~$2K/mo
Indie iOS developer of Overcast, previously Instapaper and Tumblr
Overcast, Unforgetful, Instapaper +1
Indie iOS developer of Callsheet and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast
Callsheet, MaskerAid, Peek-a-View +1
WeddingLovely founder, Hello Web books author, GM at TinySeed and MicroConf
WeddingLovely, Hello Web App, Hello Web Design
Solo developer of Stardew Valley, now making Haunted Chocolatier
Stardew Valley, Haunted Chocolatier
Denmark-based serial maker of Shipixen, Page UI and the Morning Maker Show
Shipixen, Page UI, Page AI +5
Solo developer of Photopea, the free browser-based Photoshop alternative
Photopea~$200K/mo
Slovakia-based 'Coding Dinosaur' who has shipped 200+ web projects
Featurenest, Download3000, Colorion +3
Indie iOS dev of Dark Noise and host of the Launched podcast
Dark Noise, Overviewer
Solo founder who bootstrapped Unicorn Platform to $16K MRR and sold it for $800K
Unicorn Platform, saas.page, Paracast +1
Former Apple engineer running Red Sweater Software, maker of MarsEdit
MarsEdit, FastScripts, Black Ink +2
Brazilian indie Mac and iOS developer behind AirBuddy and VirtualBuddy
AirBuddy, VirtualBuddy, WWDC for macOS +1
Pakistani solo founder of Fore Studio: Vitals and Flit Mac apps, StartupBase, Depost AI
Vitals, Flit, StartupBase +2$13.3K all-time
iOS indie developer behind Apollo for Reddit, Pixel Pals and Juno
Apollo for Reddit, Pixel Pals, Amplosion +2
Chennai ex-Zoho maker building Guidejar in public to $5K MRR, with two small exits
Guidejar, Cold DM, Support Guy$5K MRR
Creator and composer of Undertale and Deltarune
Undertale, Deltarune
Independent iOS developer behind Widgetsmith, Pedometer++ and Sleep++
Widgetsmith, Pedometer++, Sleep++ +1
Creator of Minecraft, sold Mojang to Microsoft for $2.5B; now making Levers and Chests
Minecraft, Levers and Chests
Apple-featured indie developer of Compresto for Mac and the Steps pedometer app
Compresto, Steps, Grok Bots$73.8K all-time
Solo designer of Papers, Please and Return of the Obra Dinn
Papers, Please, Return of the Obra Dinn, Mars After Midnight +1
Solo developer of the Ellie daily planner and other productivity apps, YouTuber
Ellie, Amy, Luna +1
Belfast founder of Gravity SaaS boilerplate, Alertly and the Zero To Paid course
Gravity, Alertly
Montreal developer-educator behind CSS for JavaScript Developers and The Joy of React
CSS for JavaScript Developers, The Joy of React, Whimsical Animations
Ex-CTO turned solopreneur behind the SaaS Pegasus Django boilerplate
SaaS Pegasus, Place Card Me, Scriv +2
Ex-DoorDash staff engineer building Watchdog AI moderation and flightschools.fyi
Watchdog, flightschools.fyi, Hackayork +1$444 MRR
Paris-based solo founder of Hyperping, bootstrapped uptime monitoring and status pages
Hyperping$11K MRR
Upstate New York maker running a solo product studio with 100+ side projects
Bluesky Directory, I Worked On, Side Project MVP +3
Chicago solo developer who spent seven years building the hit Metroidvania Animal Well
Animal Well
No-code maker behind BuildTheKeyword, launching demand-driven small bets
BuildTheKeyword, Holihounds, SellCheq +3
Bootstrapper who built and sold TinyPilot, now writing Refactoring English
TinyPilot, Refactoring English, Zestful +3
Indonesian Webflow developer and solo maker of Unsection, a website section design library
Unsection, Gita design & Webflow subscription$1.4K MRR
Australian engineer in France running OnlineOrNot, a self-funded uptime monitoring SaaS
OnlineOrNot
Brazilian indie developer behind Public APIs, Dev Resources and the Linkero page builder
Public APIs, Dev Resources, Linkero +1
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
Indie iOS developer since 2011 who has shipped 90+ apps and sold Teleprompter Pro
Teleprompter Pro, Voice Teleprompter, Scrolling Credits Maker Pro +1
Mac indie developer behind Rectangle, Rectangle Pro, Superkey and Hyperkey
Rectangle, Rectangle Pro, Superkey +7
Ads-first indie hacker who sold Talknotes for $200K, now building AdKit
AdKit, Talknotes
Finnish solo game developer known as Hempuli, creator of the puzzle game Baba Is You
Baba Is You, Environmental Station Alpha, Noita +1
19-year-old Pakistani maker of Efferd, premium shadcn/ui blocks for developers
Efferd$17.4K all-time
Indie Safari extension developer behind StopTheMadness at Underpass App Company
StopTheMadness Pro, StopTheScript, StopTheFonts +2
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
Mac developer behind retro Apple Music remotes and PDX Transit
QuickTune, Music Remote, Music MiniPlayer +2
Cebu-based bootstrapped founder of FontVisual, a font preview tool for crafters
FontVisual, Where to Find VA
Marketer turned AI engineer building Depo, an honest daily budget app for iOS
Depo, 9to9, daytone +1
Solo founder of Typebot, the open, self-hostable chatbot builder
Typebot
One-person studio Amphibian Digital, maker of FrogDR and ramen.tools
FrogDR, ramen.tools, twelve.tools +1
Nomadic developer behind Saas UI, the React component library and SaaS starter kits
Saas UI, SaaS.js, Trevize +3
Young builder who made and sold the AI slide maker GenPPT, now running CIYA
GenPPT, CIYA
South African Elixir developer building Mailcast email forwarding and Sitesure monitoring
Mailcast, Sitesure
German developer building RewriteBar, an AI writing assistant for macOS, on the side
RewriteBar, A Wifi Place, SnooScan
Founder of 1000.tools, a curated directory capped at 1,000 tools
1000.tools, Picavatar, HuntedWall
Design engineer behind Intent UI (formerly justd), an open-source React component library
Intent UI, Intent UI Design, Intent UI Icons +1
Seoul-based indie Mac developer of Shotomatic, hands-free screenshot automation
Shotomatic$15.8K all-time
Bucharest-based product engineer building Krumzi, an AI graphic design tool
Krumzi, InstaCarousel
Wroclaw-based engineer who built and sold Bluesky Meter and Bluesky Stash
Bluesky Meter, Bluesky Stash, Listing Cat +1
Indie mobile developer shipping single-purpose iOS apps built with Flutter
CoinZ, Streaks: Atomic habit tracker, PicFlic +1
Rabat-based solo maker of WittyReply and Surf Forecast Menubar
WittyReply, Surf Forecast Menubar, Eksodos
Marketer and newsletter writer who built an audience on Product Hunt
Business & Marketing with Nika
Berlin-based product manager building AddressHub and RunBatch infrastructure products
AddressHub, RunBatch
Paid ads expert and CTO at Nanos AI who coaches indie makers through AdsForMakers
AdsForMakers
Canadian developer who spent seven years making Tunic, the fox adventure about secrets
Tunic
Solo founder of Readbetter, which sends newsletters and articles to Kindle
Readbetter, NotionReads
Solo founder behind TapRefer, Victrays and ReplyGain
TapRefer, Victrays, ReplyGain
Hanoi-based product manager and nights-and-weekends maker of SmartGantt and FeedbackGlow
SmartGantt, FeedbackGlow, BskyUtils
Copenhagen software engineer building Race Calendar BG and Amounthly alongside a 9-5
Race Calendar BG, Amounthly, FileBridge
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 creator of PocketBase, the open source backend in a single file
PocketBase, Presentator, Hide Ratings Extension
Solo founder of Snowball, an AI-assisted growth platform for X creators
Snowball
Solo developer recreating retro tech as apps: Win7 Simu and Brick 1100
Win7 Simu, Brick 1100
Independent developer building Taleshape and Shaper, open-source SQL dashboards on DuckDB
Shaper
Jeddah-based software engineer building Allyment, a social memory app for new contacts
Allyment
Amsterdam maker of IndieHackerStacks and SignalScoop
IndieHackerStacks, SignalScoop
Developer behind the Benture remote job board and the Browsynth browser synth
Benture, Browsynth
LA-based engineer at Anyscale behind brew.fm and the tennis app Doyouplay
brew.fm, Doyouplay
Dallas developer shipping open-source AI agents, MCP servers and automation tools
Clawdbot Security Check, AI File Organizer Agent, MCP Server Starter +1
Freelance B2B SaaS engineer and maker of the Everyone Draw collaborative pixel canvas
Everyone Draw
Indie maker from Kolkata building IndieExit, a no-commission micro-startup marketplace
IndieExit
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Solo Founders FAQ
Who is in the Solo Founders collection?
129 indie makers are in this collection, including Marc Lou, Pieter Levels, Julia Evans, Kitze and Patrick McKenzie.
What qualifies a maker for Solo Founders?
One-person businesses — no co-founder, no employees (or almost none).
What do makers in Solo Founders build?
The most common categories are SaaS Founders (47), AI Builders (35) and Creators & Writers (32).
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