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Indie developer tech stacks
People keep asking what stack indie developers use. The useful answer is not a perfect template. It is a set of real choices from people shipping their own products.
This page pulls from the public profiles on IndieDevUse. Some profiles are self-submitted; some are owner-curated from public sources and marked on the profile page.
Common tools in the current profiles
GitHub
23 profiles
Tailwind CSS
22 profiles
JavaScript
20 profiles
React
20 profiles
TypeScript
19 profiles
PostgreSQL
17 profiles
Stripe
16 profiles
Next.js
14 profiles
PHP
13 profiles
Python
11 profiles
Docker
10 profiles
Node.js
9 profiles
Hosting and deployment choices
The current profiles mix hosted services with Docker, CI, and infrastructure tools. That matches how most solo projects get shipped: pick the least annoying place to run it, and switch only when the app earns the complexity.
Docker
10 profiles
AWS
7 profiles
Kubernetes
7 profiles
Cloudflare
6 profiles
Supabase
6 profiles
Vercel
6 profiles
Firebase
4 profiles
GitLab CI/CD
2 profiles
Hetzner
2 profiles
Render
2 profiles
AWS CDK
1 profile
Boon aka Hwee-Boon Yar
Claude Code, TypeScript, Vue.js, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL, Render
Devarno
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, PHP, Bash
Benny
TypeBoost, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, React, Next.js, Stripe
Andrei Hudovich
Javascript, Typescript, React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt
Lars
TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL
Danny
TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, DaisyUI, PostgreSQL, Cloudflare
Solo and bootstrapped web products
Boon aka Hwee-Boon Yar
Self-submitted
Solopreneur building AI-assisted products with Claude Code, TypeScript, Vue.js, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL, Render, and Stripe.
Claude CodeTypeScriptVue.jsTailwind CSSPostgreSQL
Devarno
Self-submitted
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, PHP
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptGoPHP
Benny
Self-submitted
TypeBoost, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, React, Next.js
TypeBoostJavaScriptTailwind CSSReactNext.js
Andrei Hudovich
Self-submitted
Founder bootstrapping Listing Cat with React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, Vercel, Cloudflare, Supabase, PostHog, and Stripe.
JavascriptTypescriptReactNext.jsVue
Lars
Self-submitted
TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS
TypeScriptJavaScriptReactNext.jsTailwind CSS
Danny
Self-submitted
TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, DaisyUI, PostgreSQL
TypeScriptReactTailwind CSSDaisyUIPostgreSQL
Phil Keller
Self-submitted
next.js, PostgreSQL, Hetzner, Cursor IDE
next.jsPostgreSQLHetznerCursor IDE
Christopher
Self-submitted
Next.js, Supabase, Stripe, Resend, Python
Next.jsSupabaseStripeResendPython
Chris Shennan
Self-submitted
Backend developer and indie hacker using Symfony, PHP, Docker, MySQL, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Sentry, AWS, and GitLab CI/CD.
ScaffoldSymfonyDockerPHPPHPUnit
Razvan Muntian
Self-submitted
Astro, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, Express
AstroAlpine.jsTailwind CSSNode.jsExpress
Yoann Gueny
Self-submitted
Cursor, React, Next.js, Supabase, Tailwind CSS
CursorReactNext.jsSupabaseTailwind CSS
Steve
Self-submitted
Fullstack developer and founder building apps and webapps with Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, PHP, Tailwind CSS, AlpineJS, Redis, Docker, and Vue.js.
FlutterSwiftKotlinPHPTailwind CSS
Mathias Michel
Owner-curated
Maker of RewriteBar using Swift, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Supabase, Vercel, OpenAI, Stripe, Gumroad, and GitHub.
SwiftTypeScriptReactNext.jsTailwind CSS
Jan Lavička
Owner-curated
Indie hacker building jobs and directory products with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Remix, Tailwind CSS, SQL, PostgreSQL, Vite, Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, and VS Code.
JavaScriptTypeScriptReactRemixTailwind CSS
Aleksey Razbakov
Owner-curated
Builder of AI agent systems and community products using Vue.js, Nuxt, Firebase, PostgreSQL, Prisma, Claude Code, Markdown, tmux, Git worktrees, Notion, and Telegram.
Vue.jsNuxtFirebasePostgreSQLPrisma
Thibault Louis-Lucas
Owner-curated
SaaS founder building AI, SEO, video, social, and publishing tools with Vercel, Next.js, Firebase, Lemon Squeezy, Amplitude, and Gleap.
VercelNext.jsFirebaseLemon SqueezyAmplitude
Marc Lou
Owner-curated
Solopreneur building ShipFast, DataFast, CodeFast, TrustMRR, Indie Page, and other products with React, Tailwind CSS, Next.js, daisyUI, NextAuth, MongoDB Atlas, Mongoose, Mailgun, Stripe, Vercel, Plausible, GitHub Copilot, GPT-4, AWS, Lemon Squeezy, and Supabase.
ReactTailwind CSSNext.jsdaisyUINextAuth
Ben Robertson
Owner-curated
Solo founder building ColorBliss with Cursor, Ghostty, Supabase, Laravel, Next.js, Astro, WordPress, Replicate, FAL.ai, OpenAI, Cerebras, Netlify, Laravel Forge, Stripe, Ahrefs, Bento, Resend, PostHog, Obsidian, Linear, Raycast, and ChatGPT.
CursorGhosttySupabaseLaravelNext.js
Joe Masilotti
Owner-curated
Independent Rails developer building Hotwire Native, Ruby Native, PurchaseKit, RailsDevs, DailyLog, and mobile tooling with Ruby on Rails, Hotwire Native, Turbo, Stimulus, Swift, Kotlin, StoreKit, Play Billing, Xcode, Android Studio, and Stripe.
Ruby on RailsHotwire NativeTurboStimulusSwift
Christoph Miksche
Owner-curated
Startup founder and full-stack developer building Alphalerts with Angular, Svelte, React, Vue.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, Kotlin, Java, Git, Linux, macOS, Windows, and VPS infrastructure.
AngularSvelteReactVue.jsTypeScript
Jared Rigby
Owner-curated
Creative programmer and indie game developer building Gameful, Mithra, and web projects with Godot, Hugo, PNPM, GitHub, VS Code, Netlify, Next.js, Obsidian, WordPress, JavaScript, Full Stack, and Tailwind CSS.
GodotHugoPNPMGitHubVS Code
Zilvinas Kucinskas
Owner-curated
Independent Ruby on Rails developer building ExportData and Rails products with Ruby on Rails, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, Hotwire, Stimulus, Turbo, Tailwind CSS, Redis, ElasticSearch, Docker, Terraform, AWS, React, JavaScript, and Stripe.
Ruby on RailsRubyPostgreSQLSidekiqHotwire
Jakob Greenfeld
Owner-curated
Indie hacker building What to Tweet, Under The Radar, News Predictions, Founder Reads, and How I Operate with Airtable, Tailwind CSS, Vercel, JavaScript, Gumroad, Substack, podcasting, and trend research workflows.
AirtableTailwind CSSVercelJavaScriptGumroad
Jon Yongfook
Owner-curated
Bootstrapped founder building Bannerbear with Ruby on Rails, Ruby, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, Sass, Bulma, GitHub, Stripe, and API integrations.
Ruby on RailsRubyPostgreSQLJavaScriptHTML
Damon Chen
Owner-curated
Indie maker building Testimonial, PDF.ai, PDFgen, ConversionOS, Mailcheep, QuickyAI, Docsium, and other products with Node.js, MongoDB, Heroku, Versoly, React, Chargebee, Stripe, Firebase, OpenAI, Dub, Feather, and Simple Analytics.
Node.jsMongoDBHerokuVersolyReact
Andrew Culver
Owner-curated
Rails product builder creating Bullet Train and Churn Buster with Ruby on Rails, Rails 8, JavaScript, esbuild, Tailwind CSS, PostCSS, multi-tenancy, OAuth, webhooks, billing, Heroku, ngrok, GitHub, and open-source Rails templates.
Ruby on RailsRails 8JavaScriptesbuildTailwind CSS
Tony Dinh
Owner-curated
Indie hacker building TypingMind, Xnapper, DevUtils, BlackMagic, and other products with React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Express, PM2, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Vercel, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, Sentry, Pirsch Analytics, Paddle, Mailgun, and Fastmail.
ReactNext.jsTailwind CSSExpressPM2
Mouad Ennaciri
Owner-curated
Founder and engineer building Rowslint and Sprint14 with Go, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Angular, React, Tailwind CSS, Taiga UI, Render, Cloudflare, and AI-assisted column mapping for spreadsheet imports.
GoNode.jsPostgreSQLAngularReact
Tom Dallimore
Owner-curated
Full-stack developer and product engineer building JotJab and Fetch Hive with Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, Flutter, Shopify, Tailwind CSS, Stripe, Hetzner, Dokku, Cloudflare Pages, Cloudflare R2, and AWS.
Ruby on RailsReactNode.jsFlutterShopify
Uwe Dreissigacker
Owner-curated
Bootstrapped SaaS founder behind InvoiceBerry, BlogHandy, and LinkHandy with PHP, MySQL, jQuery, Bootstrap, Stripe, Mailchimp, Zapier, Trello, Ahrefs, Semrush, Hotjar, Google Search Console, and content SEO workflows.
PHPMySQLjQueryBootstrapStripe
Anton Medviediev
Owner-curated
Software engineer building Shy Editor with Angular, Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, AI writing assistance, planning tools, knowledge bases, writing styles, and context management for long-form writing.
AngularJavaSpring BootPostgreSQLAI writing assistance
Harvey Carpenter
Owner-curated
Growform founder with a publicly documented product stack using Heroku, React, Node.js, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, and Better Uptime.
HerokuReactNode.jsMongoDBRabbitMQ
Dominik Schröter
Owner-curated
BubbleTax co-founder and paperless-gpt maintainer working with Go, TypeScript, Python, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and GitHub Actions.
GoTypeScriptPythonKubernetesPostgreSQL
Josh Comeau
Owner-curated
Independent course creator using Next.js, React, MDX, TypeScript, MongoDB, and Framer Motion for his publishing and course platform.
Next.jsReactMDXTypeScriptMongoDB
Jack McDade
Owner-curated
Statamic creator and independent course maker working with PHP, Laravel, Antlers, Tailwind CSS, JavaScript, and Vite for product development and design.
PHPLaravelAntlersTailwind CSSJavaScript
Aaron Francis
Owner-curated
Independent developer building faster.dev, Solo, and developer tools with Laravel, React, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, Filament, Stripe, PostgreSQL, Laravel Forge, Rust, Tauri, Swift, SQLite, Node.js, Vitest, Biome, and GitHub Actions.
LaravelReactInertia.jsTailwind CSSTypeScript
Kent C. Dodds
Owner-curated
Independent developer and course creator using React, React Router, Prisma, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Fly.io, Zod, TypeScript, Testing Library, Vitest, Playwright, MSW, Radix UI, Tailwind CSS, MDX, XState, Cursor, GitHub Actions, Fathom, and Sentry.
ReactReact RouterPrismaPostgreSQLSQLite
Simon Willison
Owner-curated
Independent open-source developer building Datasette and LLM tools with Python, Django, SQLite, Heroku, PostgreSQL, GitHub, and GitHub Actions.
PythonDjangoSQLiteDatasetteLLM
Caleb Porzio
Owner-curated
Livewire and Alpine.js creator working with PHP, Laravel, JavaScript, Blade, Vue.js, GitHub Actions, and GitHub to build open-source web tools.
PHPLaravelLivewireJavaScriptAlpine.js
Tanner Linsley
Owner-curated
TanStack founder working with TypeScript, React, Vue, Solid, Svelte, Vite, Vitest, Playwright, pnpm, TanStack Query, TanStack Router, TanStack Start, and GitHub.
TypeScriptReactVueSolidSvelte
Justin Duke
Owner-curated
Buttondown founder building an independent email platform with Python, Django, Vue, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, PostgreSQL, Vite, Stripe, and GitHub.
PythonDjangoVueTypeScriptTailwind CSS
Infrastructure-heavy builders
Devarno
Self-submitted
Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Go, PHP
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptGoPHP
Benny
Self-submitted
TypeBoost, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, React, Next.js
TypeBoostJavaScriptTailwind CSSReactNext.js
Andrei Hudovich
Self-submitted
Founder bootstrapping Listing Cat with React, Next.js, Vue, Nuxt, Vercel, Cloudflare, Supabase, PostHog, and Stripe.
JavascriptTypescriptReactNext.jsVue
Lars
Self-submitted
TypeScript, JavaScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS
TypeScriptJavaScriptReactNext.jsTailwind CSS
Danny
Self-submitted
TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, DaisyUI, PostgreSQL
TypeScriptReactTailwind CSSDaisyUIPostgreSQL
Phil Keller
Self-submitted
next.js, PostgreSQL, Hetzner, Cursor IDE
next.jsPostgreSQLHetznerCursor IDE
Chris Shennan
Self-submitted
Backend developer and indie hacker using Symfony, PHP, Docker, MySQL, JavaScript, Tailwind CSS, Sentry, AWS, and GitLab CI/CD.
ScaffoldSymfonyDockerPHPPHPUnit
Grip Fast Gameworks
Self-submitted
Godot Game Engine, GDScript, GodotSteam, GitLab CI/CD, Docker
Godot Game EngineGDScriptGodotSteamGitLab CI/CDDocker
Razvan Muntian
Self-submitted
Astro, Alpine.js, Tailwind CSS, Node.js, Express
AstroAlpine.jsTailwind CSSNode.jsExpress
Steve
Self-submitted
Fullstack developer and founder building apps and webapps with Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, PHP, Tailwind CSS, AlpineJS, Redis, Docker, and Vue.js.
FlutterSwiftKotlinPHPTailwind CSS
Jouke Siekman
Owner-curated
Indie hacker building web and network tools with PHP, Bash, Python, SQL, MariaDB, Kubernetes, k3s, Proxmox VE, MikroTik, WireGuard, Forgejo, Matomo, Grafana, Prometheus, tmux, Neovim, Kitty, and Arch Linux.
PHPBashPythonSQLMariaDB
Marc Lou
Owner-curated
Solopreneur building ShipFast, DataFast, CodeFast, TrustMRR, Indie Page, and other products with React, Tailwind CSS, Next.js, daisyUI, NextAuth, MongoDB Atlas, Mongoose, Mailgun, Stripe, Vercel, Plausible, GitHub Copilot, GPT-4, AWS, Lemon Squeezy, and Supabase.
ReactTailwind CSSNext.jsdaisyUINextAuth
Arvid Kahl
Owner-curated
Bootstrapped founder building Podscan and The Bootstrapped Founder with PHP, Laravel, MySQL, Meilisearch, AWS, Laravel Forge, Envoyer, ScrapingBee, Sentry, Flare, Resend, Kit, Paddle, Remote.com, Alt Space, Mercury, WordPress, Notion, Claude Code, and MacBook Air.
PHPLaravelMySQLMeilisearchAWS
Zilvinas Kucinskas
Owner-curated
Independent Ruby on Rails developer building ExportData and Rails products with Ruby on Rails, Ruby, PostgreSQL, Sidekiq, Hotwire, Stimulus, Turbo, Tailwind CSS, Redis, ElasticSearch, Docker, Terraform, AWS, React, JavaScript, and Stripe.
Ruby on RailsRubyPostgreSQLSidekiqHotwire
Tony Dinh
Owner-curated
Indie hacker building TypingMind, Xnapper, DevUtils, BlackMagic, and other products with React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Express, PM2, MySQL, Redis, AWS, Vercel, DigitalOcean, Cloudflare, Sentry, Pirsch Analytics, Paddle, Mailgun, and Fastmail.
ReactNext.jsTailwind CSSExpressPM2
Dmytro Krasun
Owner-curated
Solo founder building ScreenshotOne with TypeScript, Node.js, Puppeteer, Playwright, Docker, S3-compatible storage, LocalStack, AWS SDK for JavaScript, Kubernetes, Google Cloud Run, bare metal servers, GPU infrastructure, browser automation, and public SDKs.
TypeScriptNode.jsPuppeteerPlaywrightDocker
Mouad Ennaciri
Owner-curated
Founder and engineer building Rowslint and Sprint14 with Go, Node.js, PostgreSQL, Angular, React, Tailwind CSS, Taiga UI, Render, Cloudflare, and AI-assisted column mapping for spreadsheet imports.
GoNode.jsPostgreSQLAngularReact
Tom Dallimore
Owner-curated
Full-stack developer and product engineer building JotJab and Fetch Hive with Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, Flutter, Shopify, Tailwind CSS, Stripe, Hetzner, Dokku, Cloudflare Pages, Cloudflare R2, and AWS.
Ruby on RailsReactNode.jsFlutterShopify
Dominik Schröter
Owner-curated
BubbleTax co-founder and paperless-gpt maintainer working with Go, TypeScript, Python, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, and GitHub Actions.
GoTypeScriptPythonKubernetesPostgreSQL
Jeff Geerling
Owner-curated
Independent developer and creator working with Linux, Ansible, Raspberry Pi, Drupal, Hugo, Python, Node.js, Kubernetes, Git, and GitHub.
LinuxAnsibleRaspberry PiDrupalHugo
Mike Perham
Owner-curated
Sidekiq creator building Ruby background job tools with Ruby, Sidekiq, Redis, Valkey, Docker, Bundler, and GitHub.
RubySidekiqRedisValkeyDocker
App and game builders
Danny
Self-submitted
TypeScript, React, Tailwind CSS, DaisyUI, PostgreSQL
TypeScriptReactTailwind CSSDaisyUIPostgreSQL
Grip Fast Gameworks
Self-submitted
Godot Game Engine, GDScript, GodotSteam, GitLab CI/CD, Docker
Godot Game EngineGDScriptGodotSteamGitLab CI/CDDocker
Steve
Self-submitted
Fullstack developer and founder building apps and webapps with Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, PHP, Tailwind CSS, AlpineJS, Redis, Docker, and Vue.js.
FlutterSwiftKotlinPHPTailwind CSS
Mathias Michel
Owner-curated
Maker of RewriteBar using Swift, TypeScript, React, Next.js, Tailwind CSS, Supabase, Vercel, OpenAI, Stripe, Gumroad, and GitHub.
SwiftTypeScriptReactNext.jsTailwind CSS
Rebecca Owen
Owner-curated
Indie Apple platforms developer building Chronicling with Swift, iOS, Xcode, VS Code, iTerm2, Git, GitHub, Bash, Python, Vim, and Eleventy.
SwiftiOSXcodeVisual Studio CodeiTerm2
Joe Masilotti
Owner-curated
Independent Rails developer building Hotwire Native, Ruby Native, PurchaseKit, RailsDevs, DailyLog, and mobile tooling with Ruby on Rails, Hotwire Native, Turbo, Stimulus, Swift, Kotlin, StoreKit, Play Billing, Xcode, Android Studio, and Stripe.
Ruby on RailsHotwire NativeTurboStimulusSwift
Josh Pigford
Owner-curated
Indie maker building Baremetrics, Maybe, Clearly, ProxyUser, Rumored.ai, KeptWell, Granite, and other products with Ruby on Rails, TypeScript, Swift, JavaScript, AI coding agents, Claude, OpenAI, GitHub, and open-source Rails apps.
Ruby on RailsTypeScriptSwiftJavaScriptAI coding agents
Christoph Miksche
Owner-curated
Startup founder and full-stack developer building Alphalerts with Angular, Svelte, React, Vue.js, TypeScript, JavaScript, Python, Go, Rust, Kotlin, Java, Git, Linux, macOS, Windows, and VPS infrastructure.
AngularSvelteReactVue.jsTypeScript
Tom Dallimore
Owner-curated
Full-stack developer and product engineer building JotJab and Fetch Hive with Ruby on Rails, React, Node.js, Flutter, Shopify, Tailwind CSS, Stripe, Hetzner, Dokku, Cloudflare Pages, Cloudflare R2, and AWS.
Ruby on RailsReactNode.jsFlutterShopify
Sindre Sorhus
Owner-curated
Independent app maker and open-source developer working with Swift, JavaScript, TypeScript, Xcode, GitHub, and the macOS App Store.
SwiftJavaScriptTypeScriptXcodeGitHub
Aaron Francis
Owner-curated
Independent developer building faster.dev, Solo, and developer tools with Laravel, React, Inertia.js, Tailwind CSS, TypeScript, Filament, Stripe, PostgreSQL, Laravel Forge, Rust, Tauri, Swift, SQLite, Node.js, Vitest, Biome, and GitHub Actions.
LaravelReactInertia.jsTailwind CSSTypeScript
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