r/indiehackers is a subreddit with 185k members. The most common kinds of discussions are solution requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses looking for a, looking, looking for a cofounder, looking for technical co founder, and tech, and they frequently recommend/review payment gateway, tech stack, and residential proxy.
IndieHackers is a subreddit focused on people who bootstrap their way to success by building products.
Popular Themes in r/indiehackers
#1
Solution Requests
: "I wanted a simple Mac cleaner without subscriptions, so I built Duply"
3 posts
#2
Self-Promotion
: "I got 100 strangers to actually sign up for something that doesn't exist yet"
2 posts
#3
Advice Requests
: "Screwed up my first DevRel call, couldn't answer "who are your customers?" and I'm still not sure I know and need some help!~!"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/indiehackers
#1
Looking For A
23 posts
#2
Looking
15 posts
#3
Looking For A Cofounder
13 posts
#4
Looking For Technical Co Founder
11 posts
#5
Tech
10 posts
#6
Co Founder
8 posts
#7
Build
8 posts
#8
Built
7 posts
#9
Ai
6 posts
#10
Developer
6 posts
Products Discussed in r/indiehackers
Payment Gateway
17 reviews
#1
DoDo Payments
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
Stripe
4.7★ from 3 reviews
#3
RazorPay
4.0★ from 2 reviews
Tech Stack
15 reviews
#1
PostgreSQL
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Vercel
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Stripe
5.0★ from 1 review
Residential Proxy
10 reviews
#1
Bright Data
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#2
Storm Proxy
4.0★ from 1 review
#3
IPRoyal
3.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/indiehackers
#1
Sharing story/journey/experience
: "I got 100 strangers to actually sign up for something that doesn't exist yet"
12 posts
#2
Self Promotion
: "Can someone help me try this multitool i made"
10 posts
#3
General Question
: "How do you handle repetitive customer/community questions? (doing user research)"
6 posts
#4
Knowledge post
: "What actually makes ChatGPT recommend your company over competition?"
3 posts
#5
Technical Question
: "could anyone help me get into an account of gmail wich i have no info about it? like just the @"
1 post
#6
Hiring (Unpaid project)
: "Looking for a tech-cofounder in the field of digital Health"
1 post
Member Growth in r/indiehackers
Yearly
+86k members(87.2%)
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Last updated: August 2, 2026