The indie startup directory · est. 2026

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ProofStories is a directory of 537 indie startups with $754K verified MRR and an editorial team that tells you which ones are worth your attention.

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Lume

Lume is your companion for quitting gaming cold turkey. It combines sober tracking, a daily habit sy

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TalkThrough.app

Talk while you test, AI does the rest

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Keywords Cluster

Keywords research tool with keywords automatic intent classify for SEO beginners

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Orsane

Lightweight Task Management, Built for Agencies.

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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

Monitor Reddit for posts that mention the problem your startup solves using F5 Bot. Jump into relevant threads with helpful comments or direct messages. Start conversations that lead to product feedback, user interviews, or booked demos.Ask ChatGPT

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Generate Early Awareness & TrafficFree

Free/Freemium Tools for Startups

This is 150+ free and freemium tools founders can use across all startup functions, with links, category breakdowns, free-tier limits, and upgrade triggers.

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Generate Early Awareness & TrafficFree

Launching on Online Directories

Posting your startup in online directories puts your product in front of early adopters, investors, and the press who are actively looking for new ideas. It’s a fast, low-cost way to gain visibility, build social proof, and drive traffic to your site.

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Marketplaces · 924 reads

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.

$15kMRR2025-09-16

Social Media Automation$50k MRR

Bundle Social

Discover how Bundle Social, a white-label social media API built by two founders in 2023, grew to five-figure MRR and 250K connected accounts through word of mouth, Reddit, cold email, and trust-driven onboarding.

2025-10-15 · 437 reads

Physical Goods$10k MRR

Fetus

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.

2025-08-27 · 157 reads

SaaS$20k MRR

YRSO

How YRCO turned ISO consulting into a SaaS product by using real LinkedIn conversations, not automation, to grow a bootstrapped business.