Creator of Tailwind CSS who built a multi-million-dollar business on open source
Tailwind CSS, Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI), Refactoring UI +4Mid-seven figures/yr
stack --tool laravel · #13 of 80
Indie makers who build with Laravel (2026)
11 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Laravel in their stack — 6% of makers who share one — including Adam Wathan, Caleb Porzio and Jeffrey Way. A PHP web application framework with expressive syntax and a large ecosystem. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Laravel.
11
makers
43
products
$309K/mo
combined revenue*
5
exits
Official site: laravel.com
Top indie makers using Laravel
11 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
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 of Laracasts, the bootstrapped video school for Laravel and PHP
Laracasts, Rosette, Laravel Mix
Developer-educator behind Mastering Postgres, High Performance SQLite and Solo
Database School, Solo, Screencasting.com +1
Bootstrapper behind HelpSpot since 2005, LaraJobs and the Mostly Technical podcast
HelpSpot, LaraJobs, Outro +2
Software engineer and sole owner of Fathom, the privacy-first Google Analytics alternative
Fathom Analytics, Serverless Laravel, SingleStore for Laravel
Laravel developer behind Larafast, Blogr.ai and bytemail; sold Directify for $85K
Blogr.ai, bytemail, Larafast +1
CTO and agency owner building AI products on the side: SharpAPI, BrandGEO, Legalnaut
SharpAPI, BrandGEO, Legalnaut +1
Design engineer behind Intent UI (formerly justd), an open-source React component library
Intent UI, Intent UI Design, Intent UI Icons +1
Dutch Laravel developer, founder of Alphena and maker of popular Laravel/Filament packages
Awesome Pulse, Laravel Service Generator, Filament Timesheets
Full-stack developer running SendtoReader, which delivers newsletters to Kindle
SendtoReader
Products built by Laravel makers
A selection of the 43 products shipped by these makers.
Refactoring UI
refactoringui.com
Design book and video course for developers, co-written with Steve Schoger.
~$600K in 2020by Adam Wathan
Premium library of professionally designed Tailwind components, templates and UI kits.
~$2M in first 5 monthsby Adam Wathan
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
Laracasts
laracasts.com
Subscription video platform teaching Laravel, PHP, JavaScript, tooling and AI-assisted development, with web and iOS apps.
by Jeffrey Way
Rosette
getrosette.com
Sheet music, practice and performance library for classical guitarists, with iPhone and iPad apps.
by Jeffrey Way
Database School
databaseschool.com
Home of Aaron and Steve's database video courses, including Mastering Postgres and High Performance SQLite.
by Aaron Francis
Solo
soloterm.com
Desktop app that runs and manages every dev process for your projects, with MCP integration for AI agents.
by Aaron Francis
HelpSpot
helpspot.com
Help desk and customer service software available as SaaS or self-hosted.
by Ian Landsman
LaraJobs
larajobs.com
The official job board for Laravel developers and companies hiring them.
by Ian Landsman
Fathom Analytics
usefathom.com
Simple, privacy-first website analytics with no cookie banners required.
by Jack Ellis
Serverless Laravel
jackellis.gumroad.com
Video course on running and scaling Laravel applications on AWS with Laravel Vapor.
by Jack Ellis
Revenue of indie makers using Laravel
Combined self-reported revenue: about $309K/mo across 2 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Laravel projects.
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Adam WathanCreator of Tailwind CSS who built a multi-million-dollar business on open source
Mid-seven figures/yras of 2020 - 02
Caleb PorzioCreator of Livewire, Alpine.js and Flux UI, funded by sponsors and component sales
$112K/yr from GitHub Sponso…as of 2020
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Laravel indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Laravel?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Laravel in their stack include Adam Wathan, Caleb Porzio, Jeffrey Way, Aaron Francis and Ian Landsman. 11 makers use it in total.
How popular is Laravel with indie makers?
11 makers — 6% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use Laravel, ranking it #13 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Laravel?
The tools most often listed alongside Laravel are PHP (9 makers), Tailwind CSS (4 makers), React (3 makers) and Vue (3 makers).
How much do indie makers using Laravel earn?
2 makers using Laravel have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $309K per month combined. The highest is Adam Wathan (Mid-seven figures/yr (2020)). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with Laravel?
Makers using Laravel mostly work in Developer Tools (6), Educators & Course Creators (5) and Open Source Makers (5), and have shipped 43 listed products between them.
What is Laravel?
A PHP web application framework with expressive syntax and a large ecosystem. Official site: https://laravel.com
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