patio11: Bingo Card Creator, Appointment Reminder, Stripe Atlas and Bits about Money
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Indie makers who build with Ruby on Rails (2026)
12 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Ruby on Rails in their stack — 7% of makers who share one — including Patrick McKenzie, Corey Haines and Marc Köhlbrugge. A full-stack Ruby web framework built around convention over configuration. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Ruby on Rails.
12
makers
64
products
$270K/mo
combined revenue*
14
exits
Official site: rubyonrails.org
Top indie makers using Ruby on Rails
12 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
SaaS marketer behind Swipe Files, Conversion Factory and the top AI marketing skills repo
Conversion Factory, Swipe Files, Marketing Skills +5$1M ARR
Serial maker behind BetaList, WIP and Startup Jobs, shipping online for 20+ years
BetaList, WIP, Startup Jobs +11
Founder of Starter Story, the founder case-study brand acquired by HubSpot in 2026
Starter Story, Starter Story Build$1M/yr
Solo founder who bootstrapped Bannerbear, an image and video automation API, to $81K MRR
Bannerbear, Redacted$81K MRR
Serial dabbler who built and sold Baremetrics for $4M, now shipping AI products
Baremetrics, Maybe, Knockoff +5
Serial bootstrapper behind Audience Ops, Clarityflow and Builder Methods
Builder Methods, Agent OS, Clarityflow (formerly ZipMessage) +2
Product Hunt Maker of the Year 2018 behind Sheet2Site, Web3 Jobs and SearchConsole.ai
SearchConsole.ai, Applicant AI, Web3 Jobs +5
ClickFunnels president, creator of Bullet Train for Rails, founded and sold Churn Buster
Bullet Train, Churn Buster, The Rails SaaS Conference
Co-founder and CTO of Userlist; co-host of the Slow & Steady podcast
Userlist, Stage CMS
Bootstrapper who grew and sold Fomo, now building the TRMNL e-ink dashboard
TRMNL, Fera, Fomo
Solo developer who built and sold PromptHero; now making RailsFast
RailsFast, PromptHero, Hustl +1
Products built by Ruby on Rails makers
A selection of the 64 products shipped by these makers.
Bits about Money
bitsaboutmoney.com
Newsletter on the intersection of technology and finance.
by Patrick McKenzie
Complex Systems
complexsystemspodcast.com
Weekly podcast on the technical and human factors underlying infrastructure, finance and government.
by Patrick McKenzie
Conversion Factory
conversionfactory.co
Subscription-based product marketing and conversion agency for growing SaaS teams.
$1M ARR in 2.5 yearsby Corey Haines
Swipe Files
swipefiles.com
SaaS marketing newsletter, community and courses with 27,000+ subscribers.
by Corey Haines
BetaList
betalist.com
Startup discovery platform where early-stage startups get their first users and early adopters find new products.
by Marc Köhlbrugge
WIP
wip.co
Social network and accountability community for makers who log daily progress and ship together.
by Marc Köhlbrugge
Thousands of founder case studies, business idea databases, a premium membership, newsletter and YouTube channel about how real businesses were built.
$1M/yrby Pat Walls
Starter Story Build
build.starterstory.com
Live online accelerator that teaches people to come up with an idea and ship an AI-built app with users and payments in days.
by Pat Walls
Bannerbear
bannerbear.com
API and no-code integrations that auto-generate images and videos from templates for marketing and social media.
$81K MRRby Jon Yongfook
Redacted
redacted.to
Free redaction tools for text, images, PDFs and video that run locally in the browser.
by Jon Yongfook
Subscription analytics and revenue metrics for Stripe and other billing platforms, famous for its open startup dashboard.
Sold for $4Mby Josh Pigford
Knockoff
knockoff.co
Brand protection software for Shopify stores that finds copycat listings, builds evidence and files takedowns.
by Josh Pigford
Revenue of indie makers using Ruby on Rails
Combined self-reported revenue: about $270K/mo across 4 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Ruby on Rails projects.
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Corey HainesSaaS marketer behind Swipe Files, Conversion Factory and the top AI marketing skills repo
$1M ARRas of 2026 - 02
Pat WallsFounder of Starter Story, the founder case-study brand acquired by HubSpot in 2026
$1M/yras of 2023 - 03
Jon YongfookSolo founder who bootstrapped Bannerbear, an image and video automation API, to $81K MRR
$81K MRRas of 2026 - 04
Patrick McKenziepatio11: Bingo Card Creator, Appointment Reminder, Stripe Atlas and Bits about Money
~$275K/yr sales, ~$200K pro…as of 2012
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Ruby on Rails indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Ruby on Rails?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Ruby on Rails in their stack include Patrick McKenzie, Corey Haines, Marc Köhlbrugge, Pat Walls and Jon Yongfook. 12 makers use it in total.
How popular is Ruby on Rails with indie makers?
12 makers — 7% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use Ruby on Rails, ranking it #12 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Ruby on Rails?
The tools most often listed alongside Ruby on Rails are PostgreSQL (2 makers), Kamal (2 makers), Tailwind CSS (1 maker) and PHP (1 maker).
How much do indie makers using Ruby on Rails earn?
4 makers using Ruby on Rails have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $270K per month combined. The highest is Corey Haines ($1M ARR (Conversion Factory)). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with Ruby on Rails?
Makers using Ruby on Rails mostly work in SaaS Founders (7), AI Builders (6) and Educators & Course Creators (4), and have shipped 64 listed products between them.
What is Ruby on Rails?
A full-stack Ruby web framework built around convention over configuration. Official site: https://rubyonrails.org
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