Indie Hackers Review & Guide
A community for founders building independent businesses.
Facts checked 14 Oct 2026. See sources
Quick Facts
- Pricing
- Free to post.
- Review Turnaround
- No submission queue.
- Free Option
- Yes
- Posting and product pages are free.
- Link Type
- Not dofollow
- The main website link on the product page we checked was marked nofollow, and HackerNoon found the same in September 2026. Links inside one post we checked had no nofollow, so this can vary.
Overview
Indie Hackers is a community where bootstrapped founders and side-project makers share milestones, revenue numbers, and launch stories. It has product pages and a post feed rather than a formal launch board.
Strengths
- Community of founders who understand bootstrapping.
- Good place for build-in-public updates and advice.
- Free.
Limits
- Not a launch board: there's no launch day or ranking period.
- Purely promotional posts tend to get little engagement.
- Main product links are nofollow.
How to Submit & Launch on Indie Hackers
- Skip the sales pitch; write an honest breakdown of what went wrong or how you solved a hard problem.
- Share real numbers (MRR, costs, conversion rates) where you can.
Indie Hackers vs Hauntboard
Indie Hackers is for conversation and build-in-public stories. Hauntboard gives a launch a week on a board, a dofollow link, and public page views and outbound clicks.
Free Hauntboard listings show the Hauntboard badge on your site; if the badge is removed, the link switches to nofollow.
Upvotes and replies are public.
Main product link is nofollow.
Busy forum feed.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these pages on 14 Oct 2026. Platforms change their terms; check the live page before you pay.