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Kitze vs Marc Lou

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Kitze avatar

Kitze

Serial maker of Sizzy, Benji and Tinkerer Club who teaches devs to ship

@thekitze
Marc Lou avatar

Marc Lou

French solopreneur from Bali behind TrustMRR, DataFast, ShipFast and 30+ startups

@marclou Indonesia

Kitze vs Marc Lou at a glance

Both Kitze and Marc Lou are bootstrapped solo founders, build in public and are serial makers. They overlap in Boilerplate & Starter Kit Makers. Kitze has 9 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Marc Lou's 10. Marc has sold 1 product. On revenue, Kitze self-reports $223K in 30 days (verified, Tinkerer Club launch); $400K+ total verified (as of 2026) and Marc $98K/mo (July 2026). They share 3 tools in their stacks: React, Next.js and Tailwind CSS. On X, Kitze has about 104K followers and Marc about 407K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in
Kitze: —
Marc Lou: Bali, Indonesia
Started
Kitze: —
Marc Lou: —
Revenue (self-reported)
Kitze: $223K in 30 days (verified, Tinkerer Club launch); $400K+ total verifiedself-reported, as of 2026 · source for Kitze's revenue
Marc Lou: $98K/mo (July 2026)self-reported, as of 2026-07 · source for Marc Lou's revenue
Products listed
Kitze: 9
Marc Lou: 10
Product status
Kitze: 9 active
Marc Lou: 8 active · 1 acquired · 1 shut down
X followers
Kitze: 104K
Marc Lou: 407K
Categories
Kitze: Developer ToolsProductivity ToolsCommunity BuildersBoilerplate & Starter Kit Makers
Marc Lou: SaaS FoundersBoilerplate & Starter Kit MakersAnalytics & DataEducators & Course Creators
Style
Kitze: solobootstrappedbuilds in publicserial maker
Marc Lou: solobootstrappedbuilds in publicexitedserial maker
Courses & resources
Kitze: 5
Marc Lou: 6

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

Top products

Kitze avatarKitze

Benji logo

Benji

benji.so

All-in-one Life OS for tasks, habits, routines, journaling, fasting, workouts and nutrition across web, mobile and desktop.

$29K totalTrustMRR ↗
T

Tinkerer Club

tinkerer.club

Private lifetime community for people who automate their lives, run local AI and self-host their software.

$223K in 30 days
Zero To Shipped logo

Zero To Shipped

zerotoshipped.com

Full-stack starter kit with a Next.js web app and Expo mobile app on one shared backend.

$144K totalTrustMRR ↗
Sizzy logo

Sizzy

sizzy.co

Browser for web developers with synchronized devices, project workspaces, isolated sessions, debugging and coding agents.

See all 9 products by Kitze →

Marc Lou avatarMarc Lou

TrustMRR logo

TrustMRR

trustmrr.com

Database of Stripe-verified startup revenues that doubles as a marketplace for buying and selling startups.

$44K/moTrustMRR ↗
DataFast logo

DataFast

datafa.st

Revenue-first web analytics that shows which traffic sources bring paying customers.

$31K/moTrustMRR ↗
CodeFast logo

CodeFast

codefa.st

Course that teaches founders to code and ship their own web apps in weeks.

$7K/moTrustMRR ↗
ShipFast logo

ShipFast

shipfa.st

Next.js boilerplate with auth, payments, emails and SEO to launch a SaaS in days.

$1.3M+ lifetimeTrustMRR ↗
See all 10 products by Marc Lou →

Tech stack

3 shared tools, marked with ★: React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS. See the indie maker tech stack.

Kitze avatarKitze

React (shared) Next.js (shared)TypeScripttRPCPrisma Tailwind CSS (shared)ExpoElectron

Marc Lou avatarMarc Lou

Next.js (shared) React (shared) Tailwind CSS (shared)MongoDBStripeVercel

How they build

Kitze avatarKitze

  • Build the tools you personally need, then sell them.
  • Ship many small, focused apps instead of one sprawling product.
  • Own your stack: self-host and avoid endless subscriptions where you can.
  • AI agents are powerful, but engineering discipline still matters.

Marc Lou avatarMarc Lou

  • Ship tiny products fast and let the market decide which ones deserve more time.
  • Build in public and share every revenue number, including failures.
  • Use a reusable codebase so each new launch takes days, not months.
  • Marketing and storytelling matter as much as code; make launches fun and memorable.

Learn from Kitze and Marc

Kitze avatarKitze

Marc Lou avatarMarc Lou

Kitze vs Marc Lou FAQ

Who makes more money, Kitze or Marc Lou?

Kitze self-reports $223K in 30 days (verified, Tinkerer Club launch); $400K+ total verified (as of 2026) and Marc Lou self-reports $98K/mo (July 2026). By these self-reported figures, Kitze'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, Kitze or Marc Lou?

Kitze has 9 products listed (including Benji, Tinkerer Club and Zero To Shipped); Marc Lou has 10 products listed (including TrustMRR, DataFast and CodeFast).

What tech stack do Kitze and Marc Lou use?

Kitze uses React, Next.js, TypeScript, tRPC, Prisma and Tailwind CSS. Marc Lou uses Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, MongoDB, Stripe and Vercel. Tools they have in common: React, Next.js and Tailwind CSS.

Where are Kitze and Marc Lou based?

Kitze: not listed. Marc Lou: Bali, Indonesia.

Are Kitze and Marc Lou bootstrapped?

Yes, both are listed as bootstrapped founders on IndieMakerList.

Full profiles

Read the full story, timeline and links on Kitze's profile and Marc Lou's profile.

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