Creator of the Touhou Project; one-man studio Team Shanghai Alice since 1996
Touhou Project, Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders, Touhou Juuouen ~ Unfinished Dream of All Living Ghost +1
stack --tool photoshop · #103 of 115
Indie makers who build with Photoshop (2026)
2 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Photoshop in their stack — 1% of makers who share one — including ZUN and Mark Jardine. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Photoshop.
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Top indie makers using Photoshop
2 active makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Co-founder and designer of Tapbots, maker of Tweetbot, Ivory and Pastebot
Ivory, Pastebot, Calcbot +2
Products built by Photoshop makers
A selection of the 9 products shipped by these makers.
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Touhou Project
www16.big.or.jp
Bullet hell shoot 'em up series with more than 20 mainline games, made almost entirely by ZUN.
by ZUN
Touhou Kinjoukyou ~ Fossilized Wonders
store.steampowered.com
The 20th mainline Touhou shooter, released on Steam in August 2025.
by ZUN
Ivory
tapbots.com
Polished Mastodon client for iPhone, iPad and Mac from the makers of Tweetbot.
by Mark Jardine
Pastebot
tapbots.com
Clipboard manager for Mac that keeps copy history and filters pasted text.
by Mark Jardine
What Photoshop makers build
Where Photoshop makers are based
Photoshop indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Photoshop?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Photoshop in their stack include ZUN and Mark Jardine.
How popular is Photoshop with indie makers?
2 makers — 1% of the 341 profiles with a listed stack — use Photoshop, ranking it #103 of 115 tools used by two or more makers.
What do indie makers build with Photoshop?
Makers using Photoshop mostly work in Design Tools (1), Indie Game Makers (1) and Mac & Desktop App Makers (1), and have shipped 9 listed products between them.
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