SEO veteran and serial internet entrepreneur shipping AI-coded SEO tools
ian.is SEO tools, URL Monitor (now Cromojo), Keyword Metrics +1$100K ARR
stack --tool codex · #59 of 80
Indie makers who build with Codex (2026)
2 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Codex in their stack — 1% of makers who share one — including Ian Nuttall and Peter Steinberger. OpenAI's AI coding agent for writing and reviewing code. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Codex.
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makers
9
products
$8.3K/mo
combined revenue*
2
exits
Official site: openai.com/codex
Top indie makers using Codex
2 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
PSPDFKit founder turned creator of OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI agent
OpenClaw, PSPDFKit (Nutrient), CodexBar +2
Products built by Codex makers
A selection of the 9 products shipped by these makers.
ian.is SEO tools
ian.is
Search Console-powered SEO toolkit: internal links, quick wins, content decay, cannibalisation, rank tracking, index monitoring and AI referral traffic.
by Ian Nuttall
URL Monitor (now Cromojo)
cromojo.com
Monitors URLs in Google, flags indexing issues and bulk-indexes new pages; renamed Cromojo in November 2025.
by Ian Nuttall
OpenClaw
openclaw.ai
Open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent that works through chat apps and acts on your computer.
by Peter Steinberger
CodexBar
codex.bar
macOS menu bar app showing usage limits for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code.
by Peter Steinberger
Revenue of indie makers using Codex
Combined self-reported revenue: about $8.3K/mo across 1 maker. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Codex projects.
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Ian NuttallSEO veteran and serial internet entrepreneur shipping AI-coded SEO tools
$100K ARRas of 2024
Tools commonly used with Codex
How many Codex makers also list each tool.
What Codex makers build
Where Codex makers are based
Other ai tools indie makers use
Codex indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Codex?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Codex in their stack include Ian Nuttall and Peter Steinberger.
How popular is Codex with indie makers?
2 makers — 1% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use Codex, ranking it #59 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Codex?
The tools most often listed alongside Codex are Claude Code (2 makers), TypeScript (1 maker), Swift (1 maker) and Objective-C (1 maker).
How much do indie makers using Codex earn?
1 maker using Codex have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $8.3K per month combined. The highest is Ian Nuttall ($100K ARR (Keyword Metrics + URL Monitor)). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with Codex?
Makers using Codex mostly work in AI Builders (2), Creators & Writers (1) and Developer Tools (1), and have shipped 9 listed products between them.
What is Codex?
OpenAI's AI coding agent for writing and reviewing code. Official site: https://openai.com/codex/
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