Solo maker behind Photo AI, Nomads.com, Remote OK, Interior AI and the MAKE book
Photo AI, Vibe Jam, Interior AI +5~$219K/mo across products
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Indie makers who build with JavaScript (2026)
26 indie makers on IndieMakerList list JavaScript in their stack — 15% of makers who share one — including Pieter Levels, Thomas Frank and Brad Traversy. The scripting language of the web, running in every browser and on servers via Node.js. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with JavaScript.
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92
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$1.5M/mo
combined revenue*
5
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Official site: developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
Top indie makers using JavaScript
26 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Productivity YouTuber behind Ultimate Brain, Notion tutorials and the Flylighter clipper
Ultimate Brain, Creator's Companion, Flylighter +2$1M in Notion template sales
Web dev educator behind Traversy Media, plus a public lab of indie dev tools
Traversy Media, DevSheets, WebUtils +4
Creator of Livewire, Alpine.js and Flux UI, funded by sponsors and component sales
Livewire, Alpine.js, Flux +2$112K/yr from GitHub Sponso…
Founder and CEO of Ghost, the open source, non-profit publishing platform
Ghost, AlcoveGhost: ~$11.1M ARR
Canadian full-stack JavaScript teacher behind JavaScript30 and the Syntax podcast
Syntax, Wes Bos Courses
Greek design engineer running bootstrapped tools MagicPattern, BrandBird and SuperMotion
MagicPattern, BrandBird, SuperMotion +3~$6.5K MRR across three pro…
Top-rated Udemy instructor teaching JavaScript, React, Node.js and CSS to 2M+ students
jonas.io, The Complete JavaScript Course, The Ultimate React Course
Syntax podcast co-host and creator of Level Up Tutorials
Level Up Tutorials, Syntax, Phases +1
Singapore solopreneur behind Jason's Plugins for Carrd, Lifelog, Lists Kit and Commit365
Jason's Plugins for Carrd, Lifelog, Lists Kit +1~$12K/yr
Osaka-based solo developer of Inkdrop and the Dev as Life YouTube channel
Inkdrop$10K+ MRR
Creator and voice of Fireship, the fast-paced coding YouTube channel, merged with ui.dev
Fireship, Fireship PRO, Bytes
Ex-Uber engineer who built NamasteDev, India's popular 'Namaste' coding courses
NamasteDev
Solo developer of Photopea, the free browser-based Photoshop alternative
Photopea~$200K/mo
Slovakia-based 'Coding Dinosaur' who has shipped 200+ web projects
Featurenest, Download3000, Colorion +3
Jaipur-based coding YouTuber behind Chai aur Code and ChaiCode cohorts; LCO founder
ChaiCode, LearnCodeOnline
Pakistani solo founder of Fore Studio: Vitals and Flit Mac apps, StartupBase, Depost AI
Vitals, Flit, StartupBase +2$13.3K all-time
Brazilian programming YouTuber, ex-Pagar.me CTO, creator of curso.dev and TabNews
curso.dev, TabNews, cep-promise
Barcelona developer-streamer teaching programming and AI in Spanish via midu.dev academy
midu.dev academy, Midudev Tools
Indie Safari extension developer behind StopTheMadness at Underpass App Company
StopTheMadness Pro, StopTheScript, StopTheFonts +2
Italian developer known as poncle, creator of Vampire Survivors
Vampire Survivors, Vampire Survivors: Ode to Castlevania, Vampire Crawlers +1
Fractional CTO in Portugal shipping vanilla PHP/JS tools like LLM Overwatch
LLM Overwatch, Toolbox Space, Vanilla Devs +1
South African Elixir developer building Mailcast email forwarding and Sitesure monitoring
Mailcast, Sitesure
Medical doctor turned self-taught full-stack developer and SaaS maker
Evotik, EmailCheckerAI
Solo creator of PocketBase, the open source backend in a single file
PocketBase, Presentator, Hide Ratings Extension
Full-stack developer building WebJs, a no-build web components framework
WebJs, Recroo AI
Products built by JavaScript makers
A selection of the 92 products shipped by these makers.
Photo AI
photoai.com
AI photo generator that trains a model on your selfies to create realistic photos and videos of you.
$86K/moby Pieter Levels
Vibe Jam
vibejam.com
Game jam for games built mostly with AI coding tools.
$44K/moby Pieter Levels
Ultimate Brain
thomasjfrank.com
All-in-one second brain template for Notion combining tasks, notes, projects and goals.
$760K in 2022by Thomas Frank
Creator's Companion
thomasjfrank.com
Notion template for planning, producing and tracking YouTube and content projects.
by Thomas Frank
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
Livewire
livewire.laravel.com
Full-stack framework for Laravel that builds dynamic interfaces without leaving PHP.
by Caleb Porzio
Alpine.js
alpinejs.dev
Minimal JavaScript framework for adding behavior directly in HTML markup.
by Caleb Porzio
Ghost
ghost.org
Open source publishing platform for blogs, newsletters and paid memberships, with a managed Ghost(Pro) hosting service.
~$11.1M ARRby John O'Nolan
Alcove
alcove.news
A calm RSS reader built in public as a personal side project.
by John O'Nolan
Wes Bos Courses
wesbos.com
Self-published catalogue of free and premium JavaScript, React, Node and CSS courses.
by Wes Bos
Web development podcast co-hosted with Scott Tolinski.
by Wes Bos
Revenue of indie makers using JavaScript
Combined self-reported revenue: about $1.5M/mo across 8 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just JavaScript projects.
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John O'NolanFounder and CEO of Ghost, the open source, non-profit publishing platform
Ghost: ~$11.1M ARRas of 2026 - 02
Pieter LevelsSolo maker behind Photo AI, Nomads.com, Remote OK, Interior AI and the MAKE book
~$219K/mo across productsas of 2026 - 03
Ivan KutskirSolo developer of Photopea, the free browser-based Photoshop alternative
~$200K/moas of 2023 - 04
Thomas FrankProductivity YouTuber behind Ultimate Brain, Notion tutorials and the Flylighter clipper
$1M in Notion template salesas of 2022 - 05
Takuya MatsuyamaOsaka-based solo developer of Inkdrop and the Dev as Life YouTube channel
$10K+ MRRas of 2022 - 06
Caleb PorzioCreator of Livewire, Alpine.js and Flux UI, funded by sponsors and component sales
$112K/yr from GitHub Sponso…as of 2020 - 07
Jim RaptisGreek design engineer running bootstrapped tools MagicPattern, BrandBird and SuperMotion
~$6.5K MRR across three pro…as of 2024 - 08
Jason LeowSingapore solopreneur behind Jason's Plugins for Carrd, Lifelog, Lists Kit and Commit365
~$12K/yras of 2023
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JavaScript indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with JavaScript?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list JavaScript in their stack include Pieter Levels, Thomas Frank, Brad Traversy, Caleb Porzio and John O'Nolan. 26 makers use it in total.
How popular is JavaScript with indie makers?
26 makers — 15% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use JavaScript, ranking it #4 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with JavaScript?
The tools most often listed alongside JavaScript are Node.js (10 makers), React (7 makers), PHP (5 makers) and PostgreSQL (4 makers).
How much do indie makers using JavaScript earn?
8 makers using JavaScript have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $1.5M per month combined. The highest is John O'Nolan (Ghost: ~$11.1M ARR). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with JavaScript?
Makers using JavaScript mostly work in Creators & Writers (12), Educators & Course Creators (11) and SaaS Founders (8), and have shipped 92 listed products between them.
What is JavaScript?
The scripting language of the web, running in every browser and on servers via Node.js. Official site: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript
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