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Peter Steinberger vs Tanner Linsley

Products, revenue & stack compared side by side.

Peter Steinberger avatar

Peter Steinberger

PSPDFKit founder turned creator of OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI agent

Tanner Linsley avatar

Tanner Linsley

Creator of TanStack: Query, Table, Router, Start and other open source libraries

Peter Steinberger vs Tanner Linsley at a glance

Peter Steinberger and Tanner Linsley are both indie makers listed on IndieMakerList. They overlap in Developer Tools and Open Source Makers. Peter is based in San Francisco, United States, Tanner in United States. Peter Steinberger has 5 products listed on IndieMakerList vs Tanner Linsley's 9. Peter has sold 1 product. They share 1 tool in their stacks: TypeScript. On X, Peter has about 608K followers and Tanner about 114K.

Side-by-side comparison

Based in
Peter Steinberger: San Francisco, United States
Tanner Linsley: United States
Started
Peter Steinberger: 2011 (15 yrs indie)
Tanner Linsley: —
Revenue (self-reported)
Peter Steinberger: Not public
Tanner Linsley: Not public
Products listed
Peter Steinberger: 5
Tanner Linsley: 9
Product status
Peter Steinberger: 4 active · 1 acquired
Tanner Linsley: 9 active
X followers
Peter Steinberger: 608K
Tanner Linsley: 114K
Style
Peter Steinberger: bootstrappedbuilds in publicexitedserial maker
Tanner Linsley: —
Courses & resources
Peter Steinberger: 1
Tanner Linsley: —

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

Top products

Peter Steinberger avatarPeter Steinberger

OpenClaw logo

OpenClaw

openclaw.ai

Open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent that works through chat apps and acts on your computer.

PSPDFKit (Nutrient) logoacquired

Document and PDF SDK for mobile, web and server, now operating as Nutrient.

CodexBar logo

CodexBar

codex.bar

macOS menu bar app showing usage limits for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code.

summarize logo

summarize

summarize.sh

CLI and Chrome extension that summarizes URLs, YouTube videos, podcasts and files.

See all 5 products by Peter Steinberger →

Tanner Linsley avatarTanner Linsley

TanStack Query logo

TanStack Query

tanstack.com

Async state and server-data fetching, caching and synchronization library, originally released as React Query.

TanStack Table logo

TanStack Table

tanstack.com

Headless table and datagrid library, originally released as React Table.

TanStack Router logo

TanStack Router

tanstack.com

Fully type-safe router for React and other frameworks.

TanStack Start logo

TanStack Start

tanstack.com

Full-stack framework built on TanStack Router with server functions and SSR.

See all 9 products by Tanner Linsley →

Tech stack

1 shared tool, marked with ★: TypeScript. See the indie maker tech stack.

Peter Steinberger avatarPeter Steinberger

SwiftObjective-C TypeScript (shared)CodexClaude Code

Tanner Linsley avatarTanner Linsley

TypeScript (shared)ReactVite

How they build

Peter Steinberger avatarPeter Steinberger

  • Build what excites you and release it as open source.
  • Purpose comes from creating things, not from chasing a new location.
  • Let AI agents do the heavy lifting and ship many small tools fast.
  • Changing how people use software matters more to him than building a big company.

Tanner Linsley avatarTanner Linsley

  • Build the tools you need yourself and solve real problems rather than innovating for its own sake.
  • Keep libraries headless and framework-agnostic so they outlive any one UI framework.
  • Ship early so feedback and outside contributors can improve the project.
  • Separate your identity from your code.
  • Fund open source sustainably through sponsorships that pay maintainers.

Learn from Peter and Tanner

Tanner Linsley avatarTanner Linsley

No courses, books or communities listed.

Peter Steinberger vs Tanner Linsley FAQ

Who makes more money, Peter Steinberger or Tanner Linsley?

Neither Peter Steinberger nor Tanner Linsley has publicly reported a revenue figure that IndieMakerList tracks, so it's not public.

Who has built more products, Peter Steinberger or Tanner Linsley?

Peter Steinberger has 5 products listed (including OpenClaw, PSPDFKit (Nutrient) and CodexBar); Tanner Linsley has 9 products listed (including TanStack Query, TanStack Table and TanStack Router).

What tech stack do Peter Steinberger and Tanner Linsley use?

Peter Steinberger uses Swift, Objective-C, TypeScript, Codex and Claude Code. Tanner Linsley uses TypeScript, React and Vite. Tools they have in common: TypeScript.

Where are Peter Steinberger and Tanner Linsley based?

Peter Steinberger: San Francisco, United States. Tanner Linsley: United States.

Who has been an indie maker longer, Peter Steinberger or Tanner Linsley?

Peter Steinberger started in 2011 (15 years indie); Tanner Linsley's start year isn't listed.

Are Peter Steinberger and Tanner Linsley bootstrapped?

Peter Steinberger is listed as bootstrapped; Tanner Linsley isn't tagged as bootstrapped on IndieMakerList.

Full profiles

Read the full story, timeline and links on Peter Steinberger's profile and Tanner Linsley's profile.

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