Founder of SavvyCal; co-founded Drip, which sold to Leadpages
SavvyCal, Drip, Codetree +2$20K MRR
stack --tool elixir · #33 of 80
Indie makers who build with Elixir (2026)
4 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Elixir in their stack — 2% of makers who share one — including Derrick Reimer, Uku Täht and Navin Peiris. A functional language running on the Erlang VM for scalable, fault-tolerant systems. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Elixir.
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$105K/mo
combined revenue*
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exits
Official site: elixir-lang.org
Top indie makers using Elixir
4 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Creator of Plausible, the open source and privacy-first Google Analytics alternative
Plausible Analytics$1M+ ARR
Colombo-based Elixir developer bootstrapping WallStRank and imgDeliver; exited from inkl
WallStRank, imgDeliver, phoenix-diff +2
South African Elixir developer building Mailcast email forwarding and Sitesure monitoring
Mailcast, Sitesure
Products built by Elixir makers
A selection of the 13 products shipped by these makers.
SavvyCal
savvycal.com
Scheduling links that let recipients overlay their own calendar to pick a time.
$20K MRRby Derrick Reimer
Email marketing automation platform co-founded with Rob Walling.
by Derrick Reimer
Plausible Analytics
plausible.io
Simple, cookie-free, open source web analytics that respects visitor privacy.
by Uku Täht
WallStRank
wallstrank.com
Latest stock portfolios, rankings and estimated returns of top investors and hedge funds from 13F filings.
by Navin Peiris
imgDeliver
imgdeliver.io
Affordable global image CDN that auto-optimizes, transforms and delivers images in the ideal format for each device.
by Navin Peiris
Mailcast
mailcast.io
Email forwarding for custom domains plus SMTP sending and incoming email to webhooks for apps.
by Andrew Timberlake
Sitesure
sitesure.net
Uptime, API, SSL, DNS and background job heartbeat monitoring with status pages.
by Andrew Timberlake
Revenue of indie makers using Elixir
Combined self-reported revenue: about $105K/mo across 2 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Elixir projects.
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Uku TähtCreator of Plausible, the open source and privacy-first Google Analytics alternative
$1M+ ARRas of 2022 - 02
Derrick ReimerFounder of SavvyCal; co-founded Drip, which sold to Leadpages
$20K MRRas of 2021-10
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Elixir indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Elixir?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Elixir in their stack include Derrick Reimer, Uku Täht, Navin Peiris and Andrew Timberlake.
How popular is Elixir with indie makers?
4 makers — 2% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use Elixir, ranking it #33 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Elixir?
The tools most often listed alongside Elixir are Phoenix (4 makers), PostgreSQL (3 makers), React (1 maker) and TypeScript (1 maker).
How much do indie makers using Elixir earn?
2 makers using Elixir have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $105K per month combined. The highest is Uku Täht ($1M+ ARR). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with Elixir?
Makers using Elixir mostly work in SaaS Founders (4), Analytics & Data (2) and Developer Tools (1), and have shipped 13 listed products between them.
What is Elixir?
A functional language running on the Erlang VM for scalable, fault-tolerant systems. Official site: https://elixir-lang.org
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