Built and sold Tweet Hunter and Taplio; now runs a $1M/month AI portfolio led by Revid
Revid, Outrank, SuperX +6~$1M/mo across products
🇫🇷 16 makers · 46 products
Top 16 indie makers in France (2026)
France is home to 16 indie makers listed on IndieMakerList — #4 of 50 countries — led by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo), Guillaume Moubeche and Thomas Sanlis. Together they have shipped 46 products, 6 of them acquired. Most build in saas founders, and the most listed tool is Next.js. Makers are ranked by profile depth, audience and self-reported revenue.
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46
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$5.2M/mo
combined revenue*
6
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Top indie makers from France
16 makers, ranked.
Co-founder of lemlist, bootstrapped from $1K to tens of millions in ARR
lemlist, lemwarm, lemcal +3~$40M ARR
French developer-designer behind the Uneed launch platform and Writizzy
Uneed, Uneed Residency, Writizzy$134K in 2025
Co-founder of ScrapingBee, bootstrapped to $5M ARR and sold to Oxylabs
ScrapingBee, PricingBot~$5M ARR
The startup meme king: co-founded Logology, runs LaunchDay, wore a 26-sponsor wedding suit
LaunchDay, Logology, How to Dominate Twitter/X
French solo mobile developer running a portfolio of iOS apps and app-dev tools
AcceptMyApp, Mobiqo, CapWrapp +1~$2K/mo
Co-founder of ScrapingBee and author of The Java Web Scraping Handbook
ScrapingBee$5M+ ARR
Paris-based solo founder of Hyperping, bootstrapped uptime monitoring and status pages
Hyperping$11K MRR
Australian engineer in France running OnlineOrNot, a self-funded uptime monitoring SaaS
OnlineOrNot
ISO 27001 consultant building ISMS Copilot, heyGRC and Aevral without investors
ISMS Copilot, heyGRC, Aevral +1
Paris designer, CPO and co-founder of book social network Hardcover
Hardcover, LOOT, June
Solo founder of Typebot, the open, self-hostable chatbot builder
Typebot
Serial bootstrapped SaaS founder: Mailparser, Docparser and now Refiner
Refiner, Docparser, Mailparser
International SEO and web performance consultant who founded Speetals
Speetals, Sawtly, Mongo Pilot
manuscria.io, the AI copilot for publishing professionals
Manuscria
snapvid.ai, create viral shorts fast with ai
Snapvid
Cities in France
Where makers in this country say they are based.
📍 Paris · 6📍 Lille · 2📍 Bordeaux · 1📍 Toulouse · 1
Revenue leaders in France
*Self-reported by the makers, at different dates, covering their whole business. Combined: about $5.2M/mo.
- 01
Guillaume MoubecheCo-founder of lemlist, bootstrapped from $1K to tens of millions in ARR
~$40M ARRas of 2025 - 02
Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)Built and sold Tweet Hunter and Taplio; now runs a $1M/month AI portfolio led by Revid
~$1M/mo across productsas of 2026 - 03
Pierre de WulfCo-founder of ScrapingBee, bootstrapped to $5M ARR and sold to Oxylabs
~$5M ARRas of 2025 - 04
Kevin SahinCo-founder of ScrapingBee and author of The Java Web Scraping Handbook
$5M+ ARRas of 2025 - 05
Thomas SanlisFrench developer-designer behind the Uneed launch platform and Writizzy
$134K in 2025as of 2025 - 06
Léo BaeckerParis-based solo founder of Hyperping, bootstrapped uptime monitoring and status pages
$11K MRRas of 2023-09 - 07
Alexandre GriseyFrench solo mobile developer running a portfolio of iOS apps and app-dev tools
~$2K/moas of 2025-11
Exits by indie makers in France
Twitter growth tool for finding viral content, writing with AI and scheduling tweets; sold to lempire.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
LinkedIn personal branding and content tool; sold to lempire alongside Tweet Hunter.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Web scraping API that handles headless browsers, proxies and anti-bot measures.
by Pierre de Wulf
Web scraping API that handles headless browsers, proxies and anti-bot measures.
by Kevin Sahin
Extracts structured data from PDFs and business documents.
by Moritz Dausinger
Parses recurring emails and pulls out data into spreadsheets and apps.
by Moritz Dausinger
Tech stack of indie makers in France
Most listed tools, by number of makers.
Products built in France
Revid
revid.ai
AI tool that automatically creates short-form videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
$600K+/moby Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Outrank
outrank.so
Generates and publishes SEO articles to grow organic traffic on autopilot.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
SuperX
superx.so
Analytics and growth tools for creators on X.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
PostSyncer
postsyncer.com
Publish and schedule content across social platforms from one place.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Feather
feather.so
Turns Notion pages into a fast, SEO-friendly blog.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Squad
squad.so
AI teammates that take on work for you.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Bazzly
bazzly.ai
Finds customers on Reddit on autopilot.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Twitter growth tool for finding viral content, writing with AI and scheduling tweets; sold to lempire.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
LinkedIn personal branding and content tool; sold to lempire alongside Tweet Hunter.
by Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
Popular niches in France
Indie makers in nearby countries
Western Europe first, then the largest communities.
Indie makers in France FAQ
Who are the best-known indie makers in France?
The best-known indie makers from France on IndieMakerList are Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo), Guillaume Moubeche, Thomas Sanlis, Pierre de Wulf and Dagobert Renouf.
How many indie makers are from France?
16 indie makers from France are listed, ranking #4 of 50 countries in the directory.
What do indie makers in France build?
The most common niches are SaaS Founders (11), Developer Tools (7) and AI Builders (4). Together they have shipped 46 listed products.
Which cities in France do indie makers live in?
Cities mentioned in maker profiles include Paris, Lille, Bordeaux and Toulouse.
How much do indie makers in France earn?
7 makers from France share revenue publicly, adding up to roughly $5.2M per month combined across 7 makers with a monthly figure. Reported figures include Guillaume Moubeche (~$40M ARR (lempire)), Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo) (~$1M/mo across products) and Pierre de Wulf (~$5M ARR (at exit)). Revenue is self-reported and from different dates.
Have indie makers in France sold their products?
Yes. 6 products by 4 makers from France are listed as acquired, including Tweet Hunter (Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)), Taplio (Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)) and ScrapingBee (Pierre de Wulf).
What tech stack do indie makers in France use?
The most listed tools among makers from France are Next.js (3), Tailwind CSS (2), React (1) and TypeScript (1).
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