French solopreneur from Bali behind TrustMRR, DataFast, ShipFast and 30+ startups
TrustMRR, DataFast, CodeFast +7$98K/mo
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Indie makers who build with Tailwind CSS (2026)
26 indie makers on IndieMakerList list Tailwind CSS in their stack — 15% of makers who share one — including Marc Lou, Adam Wathan and Kitze. A utility-first CSS framework for styling interfaces directly in markup. Below: their products, self-reported revenue and the tools they pair with Tailwind CSS.
26
makers
131
products
$649K/mo
combined revenue*
15
exits
Official site: tailwindcss.com
Top indie makers using Tailwind CSS
26 makers, ranked by profile depth, audience and reported revenue.
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
Serial maker behind BetaList, WIP and Startup Jobs, shipping online for 20+ years
BetaList, WIP, Startup Jobs +11
Founder of SavvyCal; co-founded Drip, which sold to Leadpages
SavvyCal, Drip, Codetree +2$20K 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
Founder of Laracasts, the bootstrapped video school for Laravel and PHP
Laracasts, Rosette, Laravel Mix
Software engineer turned indie hacker behind AI Directories, TransClipper and ColdConvert
AI Directories, TransClipper, ColdConvert +2$7.7K in the last 30 days
Designer behind Design+Code, teaching designers to code, now building the AI builder Aura
Design+Code, Aura, Spring +2
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
Designer behind Refactoring UI, Heroicons and Tailwind's look, now at Shopify
Refactoring UI, Tailwind Plus (formerly Tailwind UI), Heroicons +1
Slovakia-based 'Coding Dinosaur' who has shipped 200+ web projects
Featurenest, Download3000, Colorion +3
Australian product designer behind Untitled UI, the best-selling Figma UI kit
Untitled UI, Untitled UI React, Untitled UI Icons +2
Developer behind DevHunt, Float UI, RapidForms and Wrapifai
DevHunt, Float UI, RapidForms +2
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
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
Canadian developer building a portfolio of niche directories, AI tools and SaaS
aitools.fyi, Amazing Newsletters, Invoice Mama +2
Design engineer behind Intent UI (formerly justd), an open-source React component library
Intent UI, Intent UI Design, Intent UI Icons +1
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
Dutch Laravel developer, founder of Alphena and maker of popular Laravel/Filament packages
Awesome Pulse, Laravel Service Generator, Filament Timesheets
Products built by Tailwind CSS makers
A selection of the 131 products shipped by these makers.
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.
T
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
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
SavvyCal
savvycal.com
Scheduling links that let recipients overlay their own calendar to pick a time.
$20K MRRby Derrick Reimer
Email marketing automation platform co-founded with Rob Walling.
by Derrick Reimer
Revenue of indie makers using Tailwind CSS
Combined self-reported revenue: about $649K/mo across 5 makers. *Figures come from the makers' own posts and interviews, at different dates, and cover their whole business — not just Tailwind CSS 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
KitzeSerial maker of Sizzy, Benji and Tinkerer Club who teaches devs to ship
$223K in 30 daysas of 2026 - 03
Marc LouFrench solopreneur from Bali behind TrustMRR, DataFast, ShipFast and 30+ startups
$98K/moas of 2026-07 - 04
Derrick ReimerFounder of SavvyCal; co-founded Drip, which sold to Leadpages
$20K MRRas of 2021-10 - 05
Sergiu ChiriacSoftware engineer turned indie hacker behind AI Directories, TransClipper and ColdConvert
$7.7K in the last 30 daysas of 2026
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Tailwind CSS indie makers FAQ
Which indie makers build with Tailwind CSS?
Indie makers on IndieMakerList who list Tailwind CSS in their stack include Marc Lou, Adam Wathan, Kitze, Brad Traversy and Marc Köhlbrugge. 26 makers use it in total.
How popular is Tailwind CSS with indie makers?
26 makers — 15% of the 170 profiles with a listed stack — use Tailwind CSS, ranking it #5 of 80 tools used by two or more makers.
What tools do indie makers use with Tailwind CSS?
The tools most often listed alongside Tailwind CSS are Next.js (17 makers), React (16 makers), TypeScript (9 makers) and Astro (5 makers).
How much do indie makers using Tailwind CSS earn?
5 makers using Tailwind CSS have shared revenue figures, adding up to roughly $649K 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 Tailwind CSS?
Makers using Tailwind CSS mostly work in Developer Tools (11), Design Tools (9) and Educators & Course Creators (9), and have shipped 131 listed products between them.
What is Tailwind CSS?
A utility-first CSS framework for styling interfaces directly in markup. Official site: https://tailwindcss.com
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