Web dev educator behind Traversy Media, plus a public lab of indie dev tools
Traversy Media, DevSheets, WebUtils +4
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Indie makers who build with Astro (2026)
10 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Astro in their stack — 6% of makers who share one — including Brad Traversy, Kevin Powell and Surjith S M. A web framework for content-driven sites that ships zero JavaScript by default. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Astro.
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41
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$444/mo
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Official site: astro.build
Top indie makers using Astro
10 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Canadian CSS educator with 1,000+ YouTube videos and The Cascade course platform
The Cascade, CSS Demystified, Kevin Powell YouTube channel
Kerala-based front-end maker of Web3Forms and Web3Templates (Astroship, Stablo)
Web3Forms, Web3Templates, Astroship +3$75.7K all-time
Slovakia-based 'Coding Dinosaur' who has shipped 200+ web projects
Featurenest, Download3000, Colorion +3
Founder of Indie Hackers, the community and podcast that named the movement
Indie Hackers
Barcelona developer-streamer teaching programming and AI in Spanish via midu.dev academy
midu.dev academy, Midudev Tools
Ex-DoorDash staff engineer building Watchdog AI moderation and flightschools.fyi
Watchdog, flightschools.fyi, Hackayork +1$444 MRR
Developer behind DevHunt, Float UI, RapidForms and Wrapifai
DevHunt, Float UI, RapidForms +2
Paris designer, CPO and co-founder of book social network Hardcover
Hardcover, LOOT, June
Munich CPTO and founder of Add to Calendar PRO, built on their open-source calendar button
Add to Calendar PRO, Add to Calendar Button, Add to Calendar Links +1
Products built by Astro makers
A selection of the 41 products shipped by these makers.
Traversy Media
traversymedia.com
Project-based web development course library with single-course and membership access.
by Brad Traversy
DevSheets
devsheets.io
Free, validated developer cheat sheets with search, favorites and learning progress.
by Brad Traversy
The Cascade
thecascade.dev
Kevin Powell's learning platform hosting free and premium CSS courses and learning paths.
by Kevin Powell
CSS Demystified
thecascade.dev
Flagship course on how CSS really works, with lessons and interactive challenges.
by Kevin Powell
Web3Forms
web3forms.com
Contact form API for static and Jamstack websites, no backend required.
TrustMRR ↗by Surjith S M
Web3Templates
web3templates.com
SEO-friendly website templates and landing pages for Astro, Next.js and Tailwind CSS.
Featurenest
featurenest.com
Collect, prioritize and ship feature requests from users.
by Csaba Kissi
Download3000
download3000.com
Software downloads directory that powered his early success through SEO and AdSense.
by Csaba Kissi
Indie Hackers
indiehackers.com
Community, interviews, newsletter and podcast where founders of profitable online businesses share their stories and numbers transparently.
by Courtland Allen
midu.dev academy
midu.dev
Subscription academy of Spanish-language programming and AI courses with challenges and certificates.
by Miguel Ángel Durán
Midudev Tools
midu.dev
Collection of free developer utilities.
by Miguel Ángel Durán
Watchdog
watchdog.chat
AI community moderation for Telegram, Discord, WhatsApp and more that blocks spam, scams and trolls.
$444/moby Ben Katz
Revenue of indie makers using Astro
Combined self-reported revenue: about $444/mo across 1 maker. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Astro projects.
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Ben KatzEx-DoorDash staff engineer building Watchdog AI moderation and flightschools.fyi
$444 MRRas of 2025
Tools commonly used with Astro
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Astro indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Astro?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Astro in their stack include Brad Traversy, Kevin Powell, Surjith S M, Csaba Kissi and Courtland Allen. 10 makers use it in total.
How popular is Astro with indie makers?
10 makers — 6% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use Astro, ranking it #15 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Astro?
The tools most often listed alongside Astro are Tailwind CSS (5 makers), Next.js (4 makers), React (3 makers) and JavaScript (3 makers).
How much do indie makers using Astro earn?
1 maker using Astro have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $444 per month combined. The highest is Ben Katz ($444 MRR). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with Astro?
Makers using Astro mostly work in Creators & Writers (5), Developer Tools (4) and Educators & Course Creators (4), and have shipped 41 listed products between them.
What is Astro?
A web framework for content-driven sites that ships zero JavaScript by default. Official site: https://astro.build
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