PProofStories
The indie startup directory · est. 2026

The proof
before the story.

ProofStories is a directory of 506 indie startups with $739K verified MRR and an editorial team that tells you which ones are worth your attention.

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1SprintKit
SprintKit
Plan faster. Ship sooner.
▲ 02QR Menu Ninja
QR Menu Ninja
Scan. View. Order-ready.
▲ 03PhysioSlot
PhysioSlot
Smarter scheduling for physical therapy
▲ 04WebSEO
WebSEO
An open, non-profit Discord community where webmasters connect, collaborate and exchange backlinks.
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Vidori
Vidori
Own your audience. Launch your streaming app.
No-Code/Low-Code
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Test-Lab.ai
Test-Lab.ai
Automated QA with AI agents. Find critical UX & flow bugs before launch.
Developer Tools
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affirmup
affirmup
Daily Insight, Without the Therapy Room
AI & Machine Learning
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ProofStories
ProofStories
Real stories of how founders validate ideas and got their first customers!
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Playbooks · Pro

The moves that already worked.

Tactical, narrow playbooks written by founders who actually shipped. Filter by goal, time-budget, or stage.

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Validate Demand & Problem-Solution FitFree

Realtime Keyword Monitoring for Reddit

Validate Demand & Problem-Solution Fit
Generate Early Awareness & TrafficFree

Free/Freemium Tools for Startups

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Stories · Editorial

What founders actually did.

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Selling to Developers · 239 reads

Last20

How Last 20 helps AI-assisted makers finish the final 20% of projects with a simple marketplace, fast Reddit validation, and a two-week MVP launch.

$1kMRR2025-08-18
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SaaS$1k MRR
StoryCV
How Resumey.Pro and StoryCV validated fast, turned a Product Hunt launch into 8,000+ customers and $1,000+ MRR, and scaled with directories, SEO, and AI traffic.
2025-08-11 · 829 reads
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Marketplaces$15k MRR
Synscribe
How one founder turned SEO into the product itself. From indie hacking experiments to launching Synscribe with a money-back guarantee and high-intent discovery calls, this is a playbook for validating demand before building.
2025-09-16 · 924 reads
4
SaaS$100 MRR
Tierly
How Tierly Validated a Pricing Intelligence Tool with 100 Waitlist Signups in 48 Hours
2026-02-26 · 917 reads
5
SaaS$1k MRR
AutoViral
Discover how the founders of AutoViral built a phone bot automation tool from scratch, scaled to $1,250 MRR in 2 months, and landed 50 paying customers using scrappy growth tactics across Reddit, Telegram, and X, all while staying lean, bootstrapped,
2025-08-07 · 48 reads