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24 alternatives to Going Indie
A complete guide to becoming an indie software developer
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Going Indie launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Learn to build profitable startups the indie way
2018 · readmake.com · its alternatives →
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The ultimate resource for starting profitable side projects
2020 · indiehackers.com · its alternatives →
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All the info, tools, and plans to build a rewarding career
2022 · its alternatives →
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- 56M
2013 · playadrift.com · its alternatives →
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Raise money for your idea and find your first customers
2017 · its alternatives →
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A book for programmers who want to learn marketing
2017 · its alternatives →
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2021 · threedots.tech · its alternatives →
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Awesome Indie▲275Explore micro-startups made by indie makers or small teams
2022 · its alternatives →
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IndieLogs▲264Stand out as a solopreneur & build a personal brand
2024 · indielogs.com · its alternatives →
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Indie Letters▲396Not a marketing but "growth" marketing newsletter for makers
2020 · its alternatives →
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2021 · indiedevs.net · its alternatives →
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Inspired by the "Ask HN: Share your personal site" last week, I finally came around and built a thing I wanted for a long time: a simple website to randomly explore all the awesome personal blogs without having to subscribe to them all. So this is what I built over the weekend. You click a button and indieblog.page will redirect you to a random page from a personal page... I'm happy to answer any questions you might have.
2022 · indieblog.page · its alternatives →
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2021 · indiepaper.me · its alternatives →
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Hi Hackernews! My name is Sokrates and today I am launching indiebackers.dev I started working on Indiebackers once I realized that a lot of people (including myself) do all the heavy lifting, such as - A brand and logotype - Buy a domain - Make a landing page - Deploy a website - Coding if necessary All that jazz all to validate an idea? Existing platforms today focus primarily on launching. Indiebackers focus on the shaping of the idea until it's a MVP and ready to launch. Why would anyone want to become a early bird or adopter? What do indiehackers get from early birds and what do they…
2024 · indiebackers.dev · its alternatives →
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