Online Communities for Indie Hackers
48Updated 2024-12-13
- #1
Early Stage Founders
on discord
Early Stage Founders is an online community focused on helping SaaS and service founders find their first customers, scale up to full-time revenue, and earn a living with their online businesses. ESF combines Growth Systems, coaching, and community to give members everything they need to get their online businesses off the ground - backed by a 100% money back guarantee."I cannot stress enough just how good Avery is. His approach to business and growth is just so SMART. Whatever you're currently working on, if you put in the work and implement feedback from the other founders in this group, I can guarantee you'll take your business to the next level. After every call with Avery, I always have a new perspective and a defined path of what to work on. I implement whatever we talked about, check back in, then get the next task. The results speak for themselves. I have an e-commerce style saas that month after month continues to generate more revenue. I have to thank this community and Avery's guidance for a lot of that success."(6)400 members
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Hacker Cabin
on discord
We are a small community and we plan to stay that way. Amongst our members are people that have built projects with thousands of monthly visitors, had projects acquired for 5 and 6 figure sums, and more. The founder has worked tirelessly to create an open, welcoming and trusted space where people can get support in their maker journey, sharing both the high and lows, and well as gaining practical insights along the way. Whether you're launching your first product or scaling your tenth, you'll find people here who understand the journey and can help you navigate it."Simon, the founder, goes above and beyond to keep this community a healthy, helpful, and fun place"(10)50 members
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Lunadio
on discord
Turn your side project into profitable business. Private community of indie hackers helping each other build startups."Nothing has helped me with more tech stack suggestions and product inspiration than the Lunadio community 🙌 Especially during lockdown, where ping-ponging ideas with like-minded startup peeps has been tricky."(3)1K members
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Starter Story
Learn how people are starting successful businesses. 3,079 case studies with founders who built their businesses to thousands of customers.(3)235K members
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Micro SaaS HQ
on circle
A calmer ecosystem for Micro SaaS Builders. Micro SaaS HQ brings an entire ecosystem to you to help you build profitable SaaS Ideas."I love how Upen openly shares value, it's a no-brainer to be a part of this community. "(3)500 members
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AIMidUs
on slack
A community for solopreneurs and AI Enthusiasts.1K members
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SoloFounders
on discord
Solofounders is a server for networking with fellow founders. Join our weekly zoom calls and share insights and advice.30 members
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Indie Masterminds
on heartbeat
A tight-knit community of like minded solopreneurs, creators and indie hackers. Building independent bootstrapped businesses. Keeping each other accountable, sharing honest feedback and supporting each other in their journey."Of all the indie hacker/founder communities, this is the one I frequent the most. Members are humble and yet there's many success stories. There's a strong sense of community and regular group video sessions for co-working, masterminds etc."(9)160 members
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Small Bets
on campfire
Interested in entrepreneurship? Forget about starting a company. Try making $1,000 with a small project first. We learn a lot more from small wins than from big failures. When you join Small Bets you'll find a support network ready to help you get your first small wins, along with regular live workshops to teach and inspire you."You don't need another course but this by @dvassallo legit freed me from self-sabotage and procrastination. It's value dense, affordable and the community is still small and quite active."(4)4K members
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Indie Women
on slack
An accountability-themed meetup turned slack channel for Indie Women.221 members
ChatEvents YOLO Founders
on discord
The founder journey will never be lonely again. Network and grow together!210 members
ChatPerksEventsRamen Club
on slack
Ramen Club is the Slack community, content and tools getting bootstrapped founders to ramen profitable, and beyond. "The accountability, advice and deeper bonds I get from Ramen Club have been pivotal to me reaching $3.5k MRR for Tiiny Host." - Philip Baretto, Founder, Tiiny Host"(1)120 members
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Co-work with founders from Stanford, YC, Harvard, & more. Our cohort co-works together every day. Shoot the shit. Share our struggles. Develop lifelong friends.120 members
ChatApplyEventsPaidPigeon Hack
on slack
A community of 600+ micro-preneurs and #indiemakers focused on audience first growth and general sales stuff.700 members
ChatPerksBuild Sell 30
on discord
The free 30 day Build & Sell startup challenge. The rules are simple: build and sell a business in 30 days!600 members
ChatPairingLATAM Makers
on discord
This a community for makers based in Latin America or Spain.91 members
ChatWannabe Entrepreneur Space
on slack
Bootstrapping a company or a side project is not an easy job! You might feel lonely or lost. There are always millions of questions in your mind and almost zero answers… Joining our WBE space can probably help!(13)60 members
ChatPairingPerksEventsNewsletterToolsNo-Code Exits Club
on heartbeat
Challenge, community, content and connections to help you start building & launching a product with No-Code and increase the odds to exit.(3)25 members
ForumChatEventsNewsletterPaidCoursesindieFamily
on discord
indieFamily is a thriving community of individuals who are passionate about building sustainable and profitable businesses without outside funding. Our members come from a diverse range of backgrounds, but share a common goal: to grow their businesses and support each other along the way.175 members
ChatEventsNewsletterIndieStack
We're the Private Community for Indie Founders. Building, launching, running, and growing digital products has its own unique challenges. We're a community that's sharing our experiences, insights, and solutions about digital products. Our goal is to help individuals make a living off what they create online.ForumChatApplyEventsNewsletterPaidMarketing4Makers
on discord
Accountability group of makers, focus on marketing. I always felt like marketing and selling are the hardest part of the startup/Indie journey. So I decided to create a community very focus on this topic so we can improve our marketing skills together!50 members
ChatPairingPerksPaidr/thesidehustle
on reddit
How do I make more money on the side of my full time hustle? Growth marketers who know how to do things and have put in the hard work.30K members
ForumChatr/indiewebdev
on reddit
All topics front-end and back-end by the web development community. Discord: https://discord.gg/M9PFbx7Cem5K members
ForumChatTrends Pro
on circle
Meet Successful Founders and Investors Join successful founders and investors such as Ben Tossell, Hiten Shah, Rob Walling, Rosie Sherry, Tyler Tringas, Lenny Rachitsky, Shripriya Mahesh, Arvid Kahl and more. Discover What’s Next Get the next 52 weeks of Trends Pro reports. Each report saves you more than 50+ hours of market research. Learn From the Best Hear from experts in our community. Get your questions answered and collaborate with others on topics such as Micro Private Equity, Micro-SaaS, Digital Products and more. See Around Corners See topics weeks, and sometimes months, before others. Join us as we collaborate, share predictions and find opportunities together. Daily Standups Get feedback, share wins, get support on launches, meet new friends, ask for help and share your work. Stay accountable alongside a group of successful founders. Weekly Meetups Hit a 10-Day Standup Streak and Join Trends Tribe Every Monday @ 5PM ET(3)1K members
ForumChatPairingPerksEventsNewsletterPaidToolsIndie Hackers
Join the Indie Hackers community. Learn from the founders behind hundreds of profitable online businesses, and connect with others who are starting and growing their own companies.140K members
ForumApplyPerksEventsNewsletterJobsPublic Lab
on slack
Public Lab is the only private community dedicated to Building in Public. It brings together indie hackers, creators, and solopreneurs who care about authenticity and transparency in their building journey.100 members
ForumChatApplyEventsNewsletterPaid100DaysOfNoCode
on slack
We’re an online campus helping creators, career switchers and professionals get started in no-code with practical, engaging and effective learning experiences.600 members
ForumPerksEventsNewsletterPaidCoursesWIP
Join a community of makers shipping together. From first-time entrepreneurs to solo-founders bootstrapping $300,000/year companies. Build better habits by surrounding yourself with productive makers. Get advice & feedback from experienced bootstrappers. Stay accountable by publicly sharing your progress.2K members
ForumPerksEventsPaidMakerlog
Makerlog works by logging your daily project-related tasks, earning streaks (consecutive days of work), and interacting with other makers to get feedback or early users.8K members
ForumChatEventsWomen Make
Women Make is a safe space for women entrepreneurs and makers. Find support, get feedback, help each other out, share your journey, celebrate wins together.ForumEventsNewsletterr/growinpublic
on reddit
Grow in Public is a community to discuss starting businesses, sharing new business ideas, discuss building a brand, and more! We are looking to connect you with other founders who you can build and learn with.200 members
ForumChatNewsletterMarketers Chat
on slack
Marketers Chat is for the indie marketer. No BS here!ChatProductize Community
on facebook
The place to discuss anything related to productized services and ManyRequests, a software to build and manage your productized service. Agency owners / freelancers / marketers / bootstrappers / startup founders --> Turn your services into a scalable, profitable, business. Launched or running a productized service? Feel free to ask for feedback as well as share your milestones.5K members
ForumNot Another Slack
on slack
Not Another Slack is a community dedicated to people interested in or running their own side project. From creating their own website to building apps, whatever it is that is outside of their day job, we're here to celebrate and help others to build and launch their own side projects.117 members
ChatMegaMaker
on meeps
MegaMaker is for geeks who ❤️ making things. We help developers, designers, and product people: Make better stuff on the web. Earn a better living from what they make. For some folks, “earning a better living” will mean bootstrapping a product business, but for others, it might mean building a side-project that earns $2k / year and helps them take their family to Disneyland. Basically, we’re web workers who want more than a regular 9-5.774 members
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