Running a bootstrapped empire of 24+ SaaS products and directories
Unicorn Platform, SEObot, ListingBott +20$3M/yr
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Indie makers who build with Next.js (2026)
39 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Next.js in their stack — 23% of makers who share one — including John Rush, Marc Lou and Adam Wathan. Vercel's React framework for server-rendered and statically generated web apps. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Next.js.
39
makers
183
products
$1.2M/mo
combined revenue*
17
exits
Official site: nextjs.org
Top indie makers using Next.js
39 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
French solopreneur from Bali behind TrustMRR, DataFast, ShipFast and 30+ startups
TrustMRR, DataFast, CodeFast +7$98K/mo
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
Serial maker of Sizzy, Benji and Tinkerer Club who teaches devs to ship
Sizzy, Benji, Tinkerer Club +6$223K in 30 days
Web dev educator behind Traversy Media, plus a public lab of indie dev tools
Traversy Media, DevSheets, WebUtils +4
Self-taught Canadian solo builder of Post Bridge and a string of consumer apps
Post Bridge, Lovelee, Curiosity Quench +4$48.9K MRR
Co-founder of Academind, bestselling coding instructor with 3.5M+ students
Academind, AI Enhanced Dev, Business Headshots AI
Top-rated Udemy instructor teaching JavaScript, React, Node.js and CSS to 2M+ students
jonas.io, The Complete JavaScript Course, The Ultimate React Course
Brazil's self-styled first digital nomad, serial AI app builder and Dolafy co-founder
Dolafy, Ready For Mars, Viralist.ai +3
Italian developer in Taipei who built Makerkit, the B2B SaaS starter kit
Makerkit, Formtoro, ngx-chips$8,606 in a month
German founder of supastarter, the SaaS starter kit for Next.js, Nuxt and TanStack
supastarter, supatools, Outbid +1$12K/mo
Software engineer turned solopreneur behind BlackTwist and Shipped.club
BlackTwist, Shipped.club, Latentcam +3$2.5K/mo
Software engineer turned indie hacker behind AI Directories, TransClipper and ColdConvert
AI Directories, TransClipper, ColdConvert +2$7.7K in the last 30 days
Solo founder of Postiz, the open-source agentic social media scheduler
Postiz, agent-media$250K MRR
Kerala-based front-end maker of Web3Forms and Web3Templates (Astroship, Stablo)
Web3Forms, Web3Templates, Astroship +3$75.7K all-time
Denmark-based serial maker of Shipixen, Page UI and the Morning Maker Show
Shipixen, Page UI, Page AI +5
Builds and teaches AI coding; creator of Chatbot UI and founder of Takeoff
Takeoff / MagicLearn, Chatbot UI, Mckay's App Template +1
Brazilian programming YouTuber, ex-Pagar.me CTO, creator of curso.dev and TabNews
curso.dev, TabNews, cep-promise
Belfast founder of Gravity SaaS boilerplate, Alertly and the Zero To Paid course
Gravity, Alertly
Montreal developer-educator behind CSS for JavaScript Developers and The Joy of React
CSS for JavaScript Developers, The Joy of React, Whimsical Animations
Developer behind DevHunt, Float UI, RapidForms and Wrapifai
DevHunt, Float UI, RapidForms +2
Co-founder of open-source finance app Midday (acquired by Ramp) and Cursor Directory
Midday, Cursor Directory, Languine
Creator of Umami, the open-source, privacy-focused Google Analytics alternative
Umami, Flight, Sparrow +1
Australian engineer in France running OnlineOrNot, a self-funded uptime monitoring SaaS
OnlineOrNot
Egyptian automation designer selling Claude Fast and SEO Boost kits for Claude users
Claude Fast, SEO Boost$24.7K all-time
19-year-old Pakistani maker of Efferd, premium shadcn/ui blocks for developers
Efferd$17.4K all-time
Young Indian developer building Subscut after selling PostScheduler and MathUnlock
Subscut, PostScheduler, MathUnlock +3
Budapest full-stack developer and security trainer shipping AI side projects at night
Fyzz.chat, LetterBox, ReadSonic +1
Paris designer, CPO and co-founder of book social network Hardcover
Hardcover, LOOT, June
Solo founder of Typebot, the open, self-hostable chatbot builder
Typebot
Nomadic developer behind Saas UI, the React component library and SaaS starter kits
Saas UI, SaaS.js, Trevize +3
Canadian developer building a portfolio of niche directories, AI tools and SaaS
aitools.fyi, Amazing Newsletters, Invoice Mama +2
Wrocław frontend engineer and serial maker who sold the InGastro job board for $13.5K
CMS Brew, Kavalerka.pl, Madeira Flight Risk +1
Bucharest-based product engineer building Krumzi, an AI graphic design tool
Krumzi, InstaCarousel
Wroclaw-based engineer who built and sold Bluesky Meter and Bluesky Stash
Bluesky Meter, Bluesky Stash, Listing Cat +1
Founder of ChaiBuilder, an open-source visual website builder for React and Next.js
ChaiBuilder, chaicore, Chai Studio
Software and product engineer building Clipifai, a documents-to-audiobook app
Clipifai, Ascend
Dallas developer shipping open-source AI agents, MCP servers and automation tools
Clawdbot Security Check, AI File Organizer Agent, MCP Server Starter +1
South African full-stack engineer building SwiftBooked and Muze Studios
SwiftBooked, Muze Studios
Products built by Next.js makers
A selection of the 183 products shipped by these makers.
SEObot
seobotai.com
Fully autonomous SEO robot with AI agents that researches keywords and writes, publishes and interlinks blog articles.
TrustMRR ↗by John Rush
TinyAdz
tinyadz.com
B2B ad network for tech products and indie sites.
TrustMRR ↗by John Rush
TrustMRR
trustmrr.com
Database of Stripe-verified startup revenues that doubles as a marketplace for buying and selling startups.
DataFast
datafa.st
Revenue-first web analytics that shows which traffic sources bring paying customers.
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
Benji
benji.so
All-in-one Life OS for tasks, habits, routines, journaling, fasting, workouts and nutrition across web, mobile and desktop.
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Tinkerer Club
tinkerer.club
Private lifetime community for people who automate their lives, run local AI and self-host their software.
$223K in 30 daysby Kitze
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
Post Bridge
post-bridge.com
Social media scheduler for posting content to 20+ accounts across platforms from one dashboard.
Lovelee
lovelee-app.com
Mobile app for couples.
TrustMRR ↗by Jack Friks
Revenue of indie makers using Next.js
Combined self-reported revenue: about $1.2M/mo across 10 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Next.js 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
Nevo DavidSolo founder of Postiz, the open-source agentic social media scheduler
$250K MRRas of 2026-10 - 03
John RushRunning a bootstrapped empire of 24+ SaaS products and directories
$3M/yras of 2025 - 04
KitzeSerial maker of Sizzy, Benji and Tinkerer Club who teaches devs to ship
$223K in 30 daysas of 2026 - 05
Marc LouFrench solopreneur from Bali behind TrustMRR, DataFast, ShipFast and 30+ startups
$98K/moas of 2026-07 - 06
Jack FriksSelf-taught Canadian solo builder of Post Bridge and a string of consumer apps
$48.9K MRRas of 2026-10 - 07
Jonathan WilkeGerman founder of supastarter, the SaaS starter kit for Next.js, Nuxt and TanStack
$12K/moas of 2024 - 08
Giancarlo BuompriscoItalian developer in Taipei who built Makerkit, the B2B SaaS starter kit
$8,606 in a monthas of 2023 - 09
Sergiu ChiriacSoftware engineer turned indie hacker behind AI Directories, TransClipper and ColdConvert
$7.7K in the last 30 daysas of 2026 - 10
Luca RestagnoSoftware engineer turned solopreneur behind BlackTwist and Shipped.club
$2.5K/moas of 2026
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Next.js indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Next.js?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Next.js in their stack include John Rush, Marc Lou, Adam Wathan, Kitze and Brad Traversy. 39 makers use it in total.
How popular is Next.js with indie makers?
39 makers — 23% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use Next.js, ranking it #1 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Next.js?
The tools most often listed alongside Next.js are React (22 makers), TypeScript (20 makers), Tailwind CSS (17 makers) and Supabase (8 makers).
How much do indie makers using Next.js earn?
10 makers using Next.js have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $1.2M 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 Next.js?
Makers using Next.js mostly work in SaaS Founders (18), AI Builders (15) and Developer Tools (15), and have shipped 183 listed products between them.
What is Next.js?
Vercel's React framework for server-rendered and statically generated web apps. Official site: https://nextjs.org
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