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Self Promotion
Users can self promote their product 1 time using the Self Promotion flair. The purpose is for feedback and critique not advertisement.
Applies to: linkRemoval reason: Self Promotion
r/indiehackers · SaaS & startups
r/indiehackers Reddit Community Guide
IndieHackers is a subreddit focused on people who bootstrap their way to success by building products.
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What is r/indiehackers about?
What people discuss
r/indiehackers is included in the SaaS & startups section of the IntentWorth Reddit community leaderboard. Its live description and recent posts show the subjects members are discussing now, while the activity data helps you judge the pace of new conversations.
Who should read this community
Use r/indiehackers when its current discussions overlap with a question you can answer, an experience you can share or a topic you genuinely want to understand. Read several threads before deciding how to participate.
Latest community activity
Data updated 2026-08-09
2
Posts in 24h
11
Median comments
1
Active authors
Needs 2 days
Member change
Community rules
These are the currently published rules. Moderators and AutoModerator may enforce additional account-age, karma, flair or posting requirements that are not publicly listed.
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MRR
Posts containing info about MRR should have proof; no proof, no post.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: MRR
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What you build type thing
We sometimes allow “what you build” type posts. If we see that this is done to karma farm, we don't have great news for you.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: What you build type thing
Top recent discussions
These recently collected r/indiehackers discussions are ordered by score and comment activity. Open a thread on Reddit to read the full context and current replies.
I've manually submitted startups to 220+ directories. Only about 15 mattered.
62 points · 85 comments
Decision made, I’m shutting it down…
59 points · 107 comments
Share what you're building
51 points · 284 comments
Why are so many people moving away from Supabase/Railway for production?
36 points · 65 comments
my little clock app just got a lifetime customer from Germany 🇩🇪
35 points · 102 comments
Share what you're building
31 points · 292 comments
3 months in, 40 downloads, 41 updates, 0 paying customers. Here's what I'm learning.
31 points · 172 comments
I got 100 strangers to actually sign up for something that doesn't exist yet
31 points · 99 comments
Sharing my venting
31 points · 88 comments
Share what you're building
29 points · 215 comments
How this community activity is measured
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Posts in the latest 24 hours
We count collected submissions whose public creation time falls inside the latest rolling 24-hour window.
Median comments
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Daily member change
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