What Indie Hackers is#
Indie Hackers is a place where founders of profitable businesses and side projects share their stories openly, and a community where members trade experiences and feedback, according to its about page. It also runs a Products database, where makers can add a page for what they are building and post updates under it.
Who it suits#
Its audience is founders of profitable businesses and side projects, plus early-stage and aspiring independent entrepreneurs. A product page makes most sense if you plan to keep posting: the sampled product page groups the maker's posts under the product, next to a website link. Our guide on how to launch on Indie Hackers covers the community side.
How to submit#
- Join Indie Hackers. The Products page invites you to create a free account.
- On the Products page, click Add Your Product.
- Sign in when asked. The add product page says you must sign in to add your product, using Google or email and password.
The form itself sits behind sign-in, so we could not see its fields.
Cost, link type and review time#
- Cost: Free. No listing fee is shown, and a free account is required to add a product (Products page).
- Link type: nofollow. On a sampled listing checked on 2026-10-18, the Website link in the product header carries rel=nofollow.
- Review time: Not confirmed.
The catch#
The product header link is nofollow, so a listing here does not give you a dofollow backlink. The value is in readers and conversation, which means it rewards makers who show up and write rather than those who list once and leave. If you want channels that cost nothing but time, see our list of free marketing channels for bootstrapped makers.
ZeroRaised lists products from makers with no institutional VC or accelerator equity. If that describes you, submit your product to ZeroRaised.