I made Tinder, but for side hustlers
Hey HN, This is DevMarket, a platform connecting technical and non-technical people to work on side projects together. You swipe right until you find a profile that resonates with you, use tools to evaluate them, and start a project with clear agreements in place. It’s designed as an end-to-end solution for cofounder matching, and our motivation is to make cofounder finding easy for everyone. I hope you enjoy it. Would love your feedback Daniel
I made Tinder, but for side hustlers launched on January 23, 2025 with 19 votes, #764 of 6,142 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
DevMarket is a platform that connects technical and non-technical people to collaborate on side projects. Users browse profiles with a swiping interface, access evaluation tools to assess potential partners, and establish projects with formal agreements. The platform functions as a complete cofounder-matching solution, simplifying the process of finding collaborators for independent ventures.
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From the sources
Find the perfect partner for your startup in 2 weeks. Find a partner with complementary skills, shared vision, and dedication to create and scale your startup.
It's Tinder, but for startups. Swipe until you find your perfect match Use our cofounder agreement builder to build your startup with zero hassle. " Dude congrats on building DevMarket - great tool and I talked to my match a week ago, going to talk bi-weekly. He's got a badass app that's about done and needs some positioning / marketing / launch help and I'm building a music audio AI project that I'm stumbling with a bit technically and he's offered to help me with system architecture. Really glad you launched it and I hope it's getting traction! " " G'day Daniel, What an excellent idea for a web app! Yeah I'm definitely happy with my match with Cy, he has some fantastic ideas for products,…from devmarket.pro
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