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Caleb Porzio vs Jason McCreary

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Caleb Porzio

Creator of Livewire, Alpine.js and Flux UI, funded by sponsors and component sales

@calebporzio United States

Jason McCreary

Creator of Laravel Shift, the automated upgrade service that passed $1M in revenue

@gonedark United States

Caleb Porzio vs Jason McCreary at a glance

Both Caleb Porzio and Jason McCreary are bootstrapped solo founders. They overlap in Developer Tools and Educators & Course Creators. Caleb is based in Buffalo, United States, Jason in Louisville, United States. Caleb started in 2019 and Jason in 2015. Caleb Porzio has 5 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Jason McCreary's 6. On revenue, Caleb self-reports $112K/yr from GitHub Sponsors (as of 2020) and Jason $267K in 2020; $1M lifetime by Nov 2021. They share 2 tools in their stacks: PHP and Laravel.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in: Caleb Porzio: Buffalo, United States; Jason McCreary: Louisville, United States
Started: Caleb Porzio: 2019 (7 yrs indie); Jason McCreary: 2015 (11 yrs indie)
Revenue (self-reported): Caleb Porzio: $112K/yr from GitHub Sponsorsself-reported, as of 2020 · source for Caleb Porzio's revenue; Jason McCreary: $267K in 2020; $1M lifetime by Nov 2021self-reported, as of 2020 · source for Jason McCreary's revenue
Products listed: Caleb Porzio: 5; Jason McCreary: 6
Product status: Caleb Porzio: 5 active; Jason McCreary: 6 active
X followers: Caleb Porzio: 53K; Jason McCreary: —
Categories: Caleb Porzio: Open Source Makers Developer Tools Educators & Course Creators; Jason McCreary: Developer Tools SaaS Founders Educators & Course Creators
Style: Caleb Porzio: solobootstrapped; Jason McCreary: solobootstrappedbuilds in public
Courses & resources: Caleb Porzio: 4; Jason McCreary: 4

Revenue figures are self-reported by each maker and not audited; dates and scope differ. Highlighted categories are shared by both.

Tech stack

2 shared tools, marked with ★: PHP, Laravel. See the indie maker tech stack.

Caleb Porzio

PHP LaravelJavaScriptAlpine.jsLivewire

JMJason McCreary

PHP Laravel

How they build

Caleb Porzio

Make open source pay by bundling education (screencasts) with sponsorship
Sponsorware: release to sponsors first, open source once a goal is hit
Keep tools simple enough to fit in your head

JMJason McCreary

Talk to every customer and turn bug reports into improvements.
A mundane, time-saving tool can be a great business.
Price for the developer hours you save, not for what feels cheap.
Keep complexity low and readability high in code.

Learn from Caleb and Jason

Caleb Porzio

[template] Flux UI · $149 per project / $299 unlimited / $799 team
[course] Alpine UI Components · $49
[course] Livewire Screencasts · Free / sponsors
[podcast] No Plans To Merge · Free

JMJason McCreary

[book] BaseCode
[course] Getting Git
[course] Confident Laravel
[course] Fast Laravel

Caleb Porzio vs Jason McCreary FAQ

Who makes more money, Caleb Porzio or Jason McCreary?

Caleb Porzio self-reports $112K/yr from GitHub Sponsors (as of 2020) and Jason McCreary self-reports $267K in 2020; $1M lifetime by Nov 2021. By these self-reported figures, Jason McCreary's reported monthly revenue is higher. Figures are unaudited and may cover different periods or businesses, so treat them as rough indicators.

Who has built more products, Caleb Porzio or Jason McCreary?

Caleb Porzio has 5 products listed (including Livewire, Alpine.js and Flux); Jason McCreary has 6 products listed (including Laravel Shift, Blueprint and BaseCode).