Australian indie dev running a portfolio of 30+ simple iOS apps
Card Value Scanner for Pokemon, Swipe the cat, PIANORUN +3$70K/mo
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Indie makers who build with Swift (2026)
23 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Swift in their stack — 14% of makers who share one — including Adam Lyttle, Daniel Nguyen and Paul Hudson. Apple's compiled programming language for iOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS apps. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Swift.
23
makers
115
products
$104K/mo
combined revenue*
7
exits
Official site: swift.org
Top indie makers using Swift
23 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
Vietnamese solopreneur bootstrapping BoltAI, a native AI workspace for Mac
BoltAI, PDF Pals, KTool +1$33.5K/mo
Creator of Hacking with Swift, the free Swift and SwiftUI learning site
Hacking with Swift, Hacking with Swift+, Kickstart +2
PSPDFKit founder turned creator of OpenClaw, the open-source personal AI agent
OpenClaw, PSPDFKit (Nutrient), CodexBar +2
Prolific Dutch indie Apple developer behind MacWhisper, Navi and Posture Pal
MacWhisper, Whisper Transcription, Navi +7
Designer behind Design+Code, teaching designers to code, now building the AI builder Aura
Design+Code, Aura, Spring +2
Full-time open-sourcer maintaining 1,000+ npm packages and dozens of indie Mac apps
Supercharge, Dato, Gifski +6
Indie iOS developer of Overcast, previously Instapaper and Tumblr
Overcast, Unforgetful, Instapaper +1
Indie iOS developer of Callsheet and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast
Callsheet, MaskerAid, Peek-a-View +1
Indie iOS dev of Dark Noise and host of the Launched podcast
Dark Noise, Overviewer
Former Apple engineer running Red Sweater Software, maker of MarsEdit
MarsEdit, FastScripts, Black Ink +2
Brazilian indie Mac and iOS developer behind AirBuddy and VirtualBuddy
AirBuddy, VirtualBuddy, WWDC for macOS +1
Pakistani solo founder of Fore Studio: Vitals and Flit Mac apps, StartupBase, Depost AI
Vitals, Flit, StartupBase +2$13.3K all-time
iOS indie developer behind Apollo for Reddit, Pixel Pals and Juno
Apollo for Reddit, Pixel Pals, Amplosion +2
Independent iOS developer behind Widgetsmith, Pedometer++ and Sleep++
Widgetsmith, Pedometer++, Sleep++ +1
Mac indie developer behind Rectangle, Rectangle Pro, Superkey and Hyperkey
Rectangle, Rectangle Pro, Superkey +7
Founder of Flying Meat, two-decade indie Mac maker of Acorn and Retrobatch
Acorn, Retrobatch, VoodooPad +1
Indie Safari extension developer behind StopTheMadness at Underpass App Company
StopTheMadness Pro, StopTheScript, StopTheFonts +2
Young Indian developer building Subscut after selling PostScheduler and MathUnlock
Subscut, PostScheduler, MathUnlock +3
Mac developer behind retro Apple Music remotes and PDX Transit
QuickTune, Music Remote, Music MiniPlayer +2
Laravel developer behind Larafast, Blogr.ai and bytemail; sold Directify for $85K
Blogr.ai, bytemail, Larafast +1
Veteran Mac developer who created NetNewsWire and MarsEdit
NetNewsWire, MarsEdit, Vesper
Seoul-based indie Mac developer of Shotomatic, hands-free screenshot automation
Shotomatic$15.8K all-time
Products built by Swift makers
A selection of the 115 products shipped by these makers.
Card Value Scanner for Pokemon
apps.apple.com
Scans Pokémon trading cards to identify them and estimate their value.
by Adam Lyttle
Swipe the cat
apps.apple.com
Casual game built around a viral TikTok trend.
by Adam Lyttle
BoltAI
boltai.com
Private AI workspace for Mac power users that works with many models and inside any app.
$15K–$30K/moby Daniel Nguyen
PDF Pals
pdfpals.com
Native Mac app for chatting with PDF documents using AI.
by Daniel Nguyen
Hacking with Swift
hackingwithswift.com
Free tutorials, courses and projects for learning Swift, SwiftUI and Apple platform development.
by Paul Hudson
Hacking with Swift+
hackingwithswift.com
Subscription with advanced video and article tutorials on Swift, SwiftUI and UIKit.
by Paul Hudson
OpenClaw
openclaw.ai
Open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent that works through chat apps and acts on your computer.
by Peter Steinberger
CodexBar
codex.bar
macOS menu bar app showing usage limits for OpenAI Codex and Claude Code.
by Peter Steinberger
MacWhisper
macwhisper.com
Mac app that transcribes files, meetings and dictation locally with Whisper models, sold as a one-time purchase.
by Jordi Bruin
Whisper Transcription
apps.apple.com
App Store version of his on-device Whisper transcription app for iPhone, iPad and Mac.
by Jordi Bruin
Design+Code
designcode.io
Subscription learning platform with courses on design, front-end and iOS development, and AI-assisted design.
by Meng To
Aura
aura.build
AI website builder for designers that generates, remixes and exports landing pages and UI templates.
by Meng To
Revenue of indie makers using Swift
Combined self-reported revenue: about $104K/mo across 2 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Swift projects.
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Adam LyttleAustralian indie dev running a portfolio of 30+ simple iOS apps
$70K/moas of 2026 - 02
Daniel NguyenVietnamese solopreneur bootstrapping BoltAI, a native AI workspace for Mac
$33.5K/moas of 2025
Tools commonly used with Swift
How many Swift makers also list each tool.
What Swift makers build
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Swift indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Swift?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Swift in their stack include Adam Lyttle, Daniel Nguyen, Paul Hudson, Peter Steinberger and Jordi Bruin. 23 makers use it in total.
How popular is Swift with indie makers?
23 makers — 14% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use Swift, ranking it #6 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Swift?
The tools most often listed alongside Swift are SwiftUI (9 makers), Objective-C (7 makers), AppKit (5 makers) and TypeScript (3 makers).
How much do indie makers using Swift earn?
2 makers using Swift have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $104K per month combined. The highest is Adam Lyttle ($70K/mo). Figures are self-reported and from different dates.
What do indie makers build with Swift?
Makers using Swift mostly work in Mac & Desktop App Makers (14), Mobile App Makers (13) and Creators & Writers (7), and have shipped 115 listed products between them.
What is Swift?
Apple's compiled programming language for iOS, macOS, watchOS and visionOS apps. Official site: https://www.swift.org
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