The Global Indie Hacker Atlas
Explore 901 bootstrapped founders and solo makers across 58 countries. An interactive world map featuring founder profile avatars, verified MRR, tech stacks, live products, and 0-to-1 case studies.
Indie Makers Across the Globe
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Indie Maker Directory
Search, filter by revenue, or explore categories across all 901 bootstrapped solo builders.
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Thibault Louis-Lucas (Tibo)
🇫🇷Built and sold Tweet Hunter and Taplio; now runs a $1M/month AI portfolio led by Revid
AI tool that automatically creates short-form videos for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
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Danny Postma
🇮🇩Dutch founder of HeadshotPro who sold AI copywriter Headlime for seven figures
AI headshot generator that creates professional business portraits from selfies for individuals and teams.
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Laura Roeder
🇬🇧Founder of Paperbell coaching software; bootstrapped and sold MeetEdgar
All-in-one platform for coaches to sell packages, take payments and schedule sessions.
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Pieter Levels
🇵🇹Solo maker behind Photo AI, Nomads.com, Remote OK, Interior AI and the MAKE book
AI photo generator that trains a model on your selfies to create realistic photos and videos of you.
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John Rush
🇹🇷Running a bootstrapped empire of 24+ SaaS products and directories
Simple website, blog and directory builder for busy founders. 10,000+ directories have been built on it.
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David Park
🇺🇸Founder of Jenni AI: AI-powered academic writing and literature review research assistant
AI academic research writing assistant with citation formatting
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Rob Walling
🇺🇸Drip founder, MicroConf and TinySeed co-founder, host of Startups for the Rest of Us
Remote accelerator and fund built for bootstrapped and capital-efficient B2B SaaS founders.
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Robin Vander Heyden
🇧🇪Founder of ManyPixels, productized on-demand graphic design for startups
On-demand graphic design subscription service
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AJ
🇺🇸Solo designer-developer behind Carrd, HTML5 UP and Pixelarity
Builder for simple, responsive one-page websites, free for up to three sites with Pro plans from $19 a year.
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Marko Saric
🇧🇪Co-founder of Plausible Analytics, writer on privacy and bootstrapped marketing
Simple, cookie-free, open source web analytics that respects visitor privacy.
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Tony Dinh
🇻🇳Vietnamese indie hacker behind TypingMind, DevUtils, and exits Black Magic and Xnapper
Chat frontend for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other LLMs, with agents, plugins and local data, sold as a lifetime license plus team plans.
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Mike Carson
🇺🇸Solo creator of Park.io, automated .io domain backorder catching system
Domain drop-catching with success-based pricing
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Christopher Gimmer
🇺🇸Co-founder of Snappa, bootstrapped to $1.6M ARR; now building GoodMetrics
Online graphic design tool for creating social media graphics, ads and blog images without a designer.
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Marc Lou
🇮🇩French solopreneur behind TrustMRR, DataFast, ShipFast and 35+ startups
Database of Stripe-verified startup revenues that doubles as a marketplace for buying and selling startups.
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Damon Chen
🇺🇸Ex-Cisco engineer who built Testimonial.to and grew acquired PDF.ai into a top AI PDF tool
Collect, manage and embed video and text testimonials from customers.
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Jack Ellis
🇨🇦Software engineer and sole owner of Fathom, the privacy-first Google Analytics alternative
Simple, privacy-first website analytics with no cookie banners required.
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Sabba Keynejad
🇬🇧Co-founder of VEED.io: scaled from 6 failed startups to tens of millions in ARR
Simple browser-based video editing and AI subtitles suite
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Craig Hewitt
🇫🇷Founder of Castos podcast hosting; host of Rogue Startups; building UltraClip
Podcast hosting, analytics and private podcasting platform for creators and businesses.
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Jon Yongfook
🇸🇬Solo founder who bootstrapped Bannerbear, an image and video automation API, to $81K MRR
API and no-code integrations that auto-generate images and videos from templates for marketing and social media.
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Adriaan van Rossum
🇳🇱Dutch founder of privacy-first Simple Analytics and co-founder of UniHosted
Privacy-first, cookieless web analytics and Google Analytics alternative.
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Yannick Veys
🇳🇱Co-founder of Hypefury: social growth and monetization suite for creators and founders
Twitter automation, auto-DM sales funnels, and thread scheduler
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Arvid Kahl
🇨🇦Sold FeedbackPanda, wrote Zero to Sold, built Podscan in public (acquired 2026)
Podcast intelligence platform that monitors millions of podcasts for brand mentions with full transcript search and AI-powered alerts.
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Vlad Matsiiako
🇺🇦Founder of CyberLeads: hand-curated lead intelligence of newly funded startups
Curated weekly leads of newly funded tech companies actively hiring
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Steven Tey
🇺🇸Founder of Dub.co: open-source link management and conversion attribution platform
Open-source link management and conversion attribution platform
Why We Built the Global Indie Hacker Atlas
For decades, startup mythology taught founders that building a high-growth tech business required raising institutional venture capital, hiring large engineering teams, and burning millions before discovering product-market fit.
The 900+ makers in this atlas prove that the economic model of software creation has permanently changed. Armed with modern developer tooling, AI coding copilots, global payment infrastructure, and organic distribution loops, solo founders are generating tens of thousands of dollars in monthly recurring revenue with zero outside dilution.
From Silicon Valley to Global Distributed Pods
Software leverage no longer has a geographic monopoly. While the United States remains the largest single market, our atlas documents vibrant hubs across Bengaluru, London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, and Toronto, alongside high-density digital nomad clusters across Lisbon, Bali, and Ho Chi Minh City.
At Startupbricks, we study these 0-to-1 execution playbooks daily. Whether you are building an AI SaaS in Bengaluru, a developer tool in Austin, or an e-commerce automation suite in Amsterdam, we bring senior brand architecture, full-funnel digital growth, and agile engineering sprints to help you scale fast without burning equity.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about indie hackers, revenue verification, and our global atlas.
What is an indie hacker?
An indie hacker is an entrepreneur, engineer, or creator who builds software products, digital services, or media assets independently without venture funding. Indie hackers prioritize profitability, customer revenue, and low burn rates over headcount expansion.
How is founder revenue verified on this atlas?
Revenue figures are verified through public Open Startup dashboards (such as Stripe, Lemon Squeezy, and Paddle), public build-in-public financial screenshots, podcast interviews, acquisition notices, and direct founder verification across our teardown database.
Which countries have the highest density of indie makers?
The United States accounts for 203 makers, followed by India (49 makers), the United Kingdom (43 makers), Canada (37 makers), Germany (34 makers), France (29 makers), and the Netherlands (20 makers). Hubs in Vietnam, Indonesia (Bali), and Portugal also host thriving nomad communities.
How can I get listed or submit my startup?
If you have bootstrapped an active software tool or product past $1,000 monthly recurring revenue (MRR) and document your progress in public, you can contact us via our contact page to be featured in upcoming atlas updates.
What is the difference between an indie hacker and a venture-backed founder?
Venture-backed startups raise institutional rounds, give up equity, and optimize for explosive scale and winner-take-all markets. Indie hackers retain 100 percent ownership, focus on cash-flow profitability from day one, and preserve full operational freedom.
What tech stacks do top indie hackers use to scale?
Top-earning solo builders consistently favor proven, low-maintenance stacks: Next.js, Nuxt, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, PostgreSQL (via Supabase or Neon), Stripe, and serverless hosting on Vercel or Cloudflare. Reliability and shipping speed always take priority over novelty.
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