r/indie_startups • • 57m ago

What if you could track anything and discover connections you never expected? I'm building Pattroo.

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What if you could discover patterns between anything you track? I'm building Pattroo and would love honest feedback.**

Most tracking tools are built around predefined categories. But what if you could track absolutely anything that matters to you?

That's the idea behind Pattroo.

You choose your own variables, decide how to record them, and explore the relationships and patterns that emerge over time.

It could be coffee and concentration, weather and productivity, spending and mood, music and creativity, or things nobody has thought to connect yet.

There are no fixed categories. You decide what matters. Pattroo helps you explore how those things might be connected.

I'm currently developing the platform, and I'd really like to get some honest feedback before taking it further.

I'm curious about three things:

* Does this concept immediately make sense to you?

* What would you personally track with a tool like this?

* Would discovering unexpected patterns in your own data be useful enough for you to keep using it?

I'm not looking for compliments. I'd rather find out what doesn't make sense, what's missing, and whether this solves a problem people actually have.

You can take a look here: https://pattroo.com

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!


r/indie_startups • • 7h ago

65 startups onboarded and I just made my first sale as an indie founder. Here's what I'm learning.

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Hey everyone!

I've been building StartupsMap, a platform where people can discover startups, founders, and what they're building.

Over the past few weeks, I've onboarded around 65 startups. Some came through cold emails, some through outreach, and every new listing felt like a small win.

And recently, I made my first sale. 🎉

It's not a huge amount of money, but it feels different when someone actually pays for something you've built.

A few things I'm learning along the way:

  • Don't wait for users to find you. I've been reaching out to founders directly, and cold emailing has worked better than I expected.
  • Talk to users before building more features. Getting startups onboarded helped me understand what founders actually care about: visibility, discovery, and reaching the right audience.
  • Distribution is as important as building. You can build a great product, but if nobody knows it exists, it doesn't matter much.
  • Your first sale changes your mindset. It gives you a little confidence that this thing might actually work.
  • Small wins compound. One founder, one listing, one conversation, one customer at a time.

I'm still figuring things out, and StartupsMap is far from where I want it to be.

But 65 startups and the first sale have given me enough motivation to keep going.

I'm curious about other indie founders here:

What was your first sale like, and what actually helped you get it?

Would love to learn from your experiences.

For anyone curious: https://startupsmap.co.in/


r/indie_startups • • 8h ago

Drop your SaaS 👇 I want to see what you’re building

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I’m curious what everyone here is building.

Drop your SaaS below and explain it in 1–2 lines. No pitching, just share what it does.


r/indie_startups • • 10h ago

I built Kitaphone because WhatsApp can't call your bank, airline, or government office

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Hey Guys!

I've been building something called Kitaphone, and I wanted to share the journey and get some genuine feedback.

The idea came from a simple problem: we have WhatsApp, FaceTime, and dozens of messaging apps, but what happens when you're abroad and need to call a regular phone number?

Your bank doesn't have WhatsApp. Neither does that government office you're trying to reach.

So I built Kitaphone a browser-based international calling platform.

  • Call mobile phones and landlines internationally.
  • No SIM card or app installation required.
  • Pay only for the minutes you use. No subscriptions.
  • Works directly from your phone or computer.

I launched the product, got my first paying customers, and have been improving it based on real user feedback.

Building it has been an interesting experience. Getting something working is one challenge. Convincing strangers to trust it enough to make their first call is a completely different one.

I'm still figuring out distribution, onboarding, and how to communicate the value without sounding like another generic VoIP service.

I'd love some feedback from founders :

  1. If you landed on a website offering international calls directly from your browser, what would make you trust it?
  2. Would you prefer pay-as-you-go calling or a monthly subscription?
  3. What would stop you from trying a product like this?

You can check it out at https://kitaphone.com

I'm building this independently, learning as I go, and would genuinely appreciate your thoughts, especially the critical ones.

Thanks Guys


r/indie_startups • • 17h ago

How to find first clients.

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I found out that for some cases the easiest way is just to found out your target group and dm people. I know that might be cringy but let’s think about for a sec - in 10 days none will care or remember. So don’t wait just move on.

I’m using for example Indiepilot.app which is helping me with finding direct contact but you can use whatever app you’d like to. if you are interested dm me we can schedule a call and talk about solutions how to get first clients to your startup.


r/indie_startups • • 20h ago

Busco Growth Marketer / GTM Lead para SaaS B2B ya programado y corriendo (Argentina/LATAM)

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Buenas.

Tengo un SaaS B2B ya desarrollado y en producción (no es una idea en servilleta ni un prototipo en Figma, el software está 100% operativo con casos de uso reales). Resuelve gestión operativa, aprobaciones y cobros para profesionales independientes y estudios de servicios.

La parte técnica y de producto está resuelta. Lo que necesito ahora es a alguien con experiencia real en Growth / Go-To-Market para liderar la tracción inicial, adquisición orgánica/comunidades y activación de los primeros cohortes de usuarios en la región.

Estoy abierto a evaluar el esquema (socio/equity o fee según perfil, experiencia y propuesta de trabajo).

Si ya laburaste escalando productos digitales o herramientas B2B/freelance:

  1. Mandame un DM contándome brevemente qué proyectos o SaaS moviste.
  2. Te muestro la app viva en 5 minutos y vemos si hace match.

r/indie_startups • • 21h ago

AURENIX AI SaaS Product - BETA Testing

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I am Saif, from Hyderabad, India. For the last nine months I've been building AURENIX AI — a no-code workspace where anyone can build AI agents and voice assistants without writing a single line of code. It's live at aurenixai.co and I'm opening private beta to this community.

What it does:

Create your own AI assistants (powered by GPT-5, Claude, or Gemini) and voice agents that actually listen and respond — all from one dashboard. Think of it as a workspace where you build your own AI team instead of paying for 5 different subscriptions that don't talk to each other.

What you can test (free, no card):

  1. Up to 3 custom AI Agents — give them a role, pick a model, chat with them.

  2. Up to 3 Voice Agents — browser-based voice recognition + response.

  3. Full analytics dashboard to see your usage.

What's intentionally locked during beta:

  1. Knowledge Base (document upload / RAG) — unlocking after beta.

  2. Automation Workflows (visual builder with triggers, AI steps, actions) — post-beta.

  3. Core ($20) and Pro ($80) paid plans — locked until I open paid tiers.

Honest limitations I want to call out:

  1. Early beta — expect at least one bug per session.

  2. Voice works best in Chrome on desktop/laptop (Safari and mobile are rougher).

  3. Voice email actions prepare a draft in your browser — they don't send automatically yet.

  4. Mobile UI is functional but desktop is where it shines.

The Story behind it:

I'm not a developer by training. My degree is in Bachelor’s engineering. I work full-time as a Senior Workday Consultant at MNC Firm. I had no co-founder, no funding, no technical mentor — just a laptop, Replit, Claude, and a lot of late nights.

The setbacks were real:

  1. First UI attempt looked like a generic template — scrapped it, redesigned every page from scratch.

  2. Spent 8 hours debugging a single CSS bug that broke the dashboard.

  3. Voice Agents initially just opened browser tabs and lied about "completing" actions — had to rebuild the entire architecture into a proper structured tool system.

  4. Had to teach myself React, TypeScript, PostgreSQL, authentication security, CSRF protection — all while delivering client work during the day.

How I kept going:

Honestly? I didn't have a choice. The vision was clearer than the code. Every time something broke I treated it as the product teaching me what it needed. I posted nothing publicly for 9 months, then shipped. Boring and effective.

What I need from this community:

Try it for 10 minutes.

Tell me what's broken, what's confusing, what you'd pay for, what you wouldn't.

Be brutal — I'd rather hear "this sucks because X" than polite silence.

Links:

Product: https://aurenixai.co

Feedback form: https://forms.gle/zWJy7iNUzDamxZ5F6

Looking for maybe 10-15 serious testers from this sub. First come, first served.

Thanks.

Saif


r/indie_startups • • 22h ago

I built an app where your photos compete for a rank instead of just likes 📸🏆

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Hey Reddit! 👋 I'm an indie developer from Sri Lanka, and I've been building something called SnapRank.

What if photography was more than just posting pictures and collecting likes?

📸 Capture real photos with no filters or editing.
🤖 Get your photography analyzed by AI.
🌍 Compete with photographers worldwide.
🏆 Climb the rankings and improve your skills.

My goal is to make photography feel like a competitive game where every shot counts.

Would you use an app that ranks your photography using AI and real people's votes? What feature would make you want to open it every day?

I'd love to hear your honest opinions! 🚀


r/indie_startups • • 23h ago

How do you figure out why people visit your product but don’t try it?

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I’ve been building Decision Theatre, a tool that helps people work through difficult decisions using structured prompts inspired by behavioural science.

One thing I’m trying to understand is the gap between someone being curious enough to visit your website and actually trying the product.

A visitor might not understand what the product does, might not see enough value in it, or might understand it perfectly well but not have a compelling reason to try it right now.
Those are very different problems, and I’m figuring out how to tell them apart.

For those who’ve launched products, how did you identify what was stopping people from taking that first step?
Did you focus on landing page messaging, showing the actual product and its outputs, or talking directly to people who visited but didn’t convert?

I’d love to hear what helped you distinguish a positioning problem from a lack of genuine demand.


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Anyone want to throw their agent into a ranking arena?

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Built it over the last few weeks. Top 100 is public. https://hypebots.net


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Solo builders! This one is for you!

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A couple of months in the making, and I'm excited to announce that we are ready to go live!

We all know how hard some of you work to get your name out there, and it's hard to cut through the noise sometimes.

We built techbase, to prove who the real hustlers are out there. And there's no doubt a story to share behind it all!

Come join us today!


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

What would you put in a brief before letting someone handle your startup’s outreach?

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I make ThreadFox. It’s now a hosted AI employee that researches, writes, publishes and follows up on Reddit for businesses, rather than a toolkit you install.

For other indie founders considering delegating outreach, here’s a brief structure I’d suggest borrowing—even if you’re hiring a person:

  • Audience: Describe a situation, not just a demographic. “Solo developers investigating failed background jobs” gives more direction than “developers.”
  • Useful contribution: What can you explain without asking anyone to buy? For that hypothetical developer tool, perhaps a checklist for distinguishing a failed job from a missing notification.
  • Claim boundaries: List supported features and things nobody should imply. An alerting tool shouldn’t become “prevents downtime” in someone else’s sales copy.
  • Stop conditions: Specify when to pause and ask you: pricing questions outside the brief, complaints, or requests for an unsupported integration.

The point is to delegate the work without delegating permission to invent your business.

With ThreadFox, you supply the business brief and give plain-language directions through a private panel. No customer AI account, installation or always-on computer is needed. We use an account you authorize, or one we arrange, allocated and verified before work starts. Community rules and truthful affiliation still apply; outreach isn’t a promise of sales.

Details: https://threadfox.vip/p/db7of

What would you add to that brief before trusting someone with your startup’s public voice?


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

​I got tired of spending hours making flashcards, so I built a tool that generates quizzes directly from study docs

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Hey everyone,

I realized I was spending way too much time manually writing practice questions instead of actually studying the material, so I decided to build a tool to automate it: glowit.io

You can upload a study document, PDF, or just paste your lecture notes, and it uses AI to automatically generate an interactive quiz based on the material.

A few things you can do with it:

* Instant quizzes from docs: Upload your files or notes and get tested on the key concepts right away.

* Play solo or with friends: You can use it for solo active-recall practice, or host a live multiplayer trivia game if you want to study with a group (or just compete with friends).

* No complex setup: Runs straight in the browser so you can jump right into a session.

You can try it out here: https://glowit.io

I’m actively working on improving it and would genuinely love to get some feedback from you guys. Does the question generation feel accurate for your specific subjects? Is there any feature that would make this more useful for your study routine?

Thanks for checking it out!


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Finally, a place to sell your ideas and generate them!

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Register: https://vibecoderplanner.com

- Explain the idea

- You get a free plan idea generated

- Click Sell and set your price

- Done


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Vyexa: we cut long videos and podcasts into shorts. Free breakdown of your episode, honest feedback welcome

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I'm part of a small team building Vyexa (vyexa.net). You paste a long YouTube video or podcast, and it finds the moments that work as 9:16 shorts and adds subtitles.

What I'm after: if you have an episode sitting without clips, drop the link and I'll reply with 3-4 moments I'd cut and why (hook, length). Free, no catch.

If you'd rather have finished clips, there's a pilot: 20 clips in 48h for $49, pay only after you confirm it fits (vyexa.net/clips-service?utm_source=reddit). Still early, so what's unclear or missing on the page is the most useful reply for me.


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Fundadores mandad la url de su proyecto

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r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Drop your SaaS 👇 I want to see what you’re building

17 Upvotes

I’m curious what everyone here is building.

Drop your SaaS below and explain it in 1–2 lines. No pitching, just share what it does.


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

🎮 Rollabop Beta Testing – New Update & Exclusive Tester Reward! 🧭

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​

i everyone!

I'm an indie developer working on Rollabop, a physics-based matching puzzle game for Android, and I'm looking for more closed beta testers!

First, a big THANK YOU to everyone who has already joined and helped support the game. ❤️

🛠️ Latest Rollabop Update

A new update has been submitted to Google Play for review!

Rollabop currently features 20 playable levels, with more being developed. I'm continuing to improve gameplay, physics, controls, and overall stability based on testing.

I'm especially interested in feedback about:

Crashes or problems on different Android devices

Touch and drag controls

Performance and smoothness

Level difficulty and balance

Anything confusing or not working correctly

🧭 Something Special for Beta Testers!

I'm currently creating a limited-edition Pioneer Ball, an exclusive collectible designed to thank the people who helped Rollabop during its early development!

The Pioneer Ball will feature a beautiful animated compass and its own unique sound effects.

My goal is for this to be a beta-testers-only collectible, permanently available in your Collection as a reminder that you helped bring Rollabop to life!

It's still being developed, and I'll share more details as it gets closer to release.

📱 How to Join the Rollabop Closed Test

Step 1: Join our Google Group:

https://groups.google.com/g/rollabop-beta-testers

Step 2: Join the Google Play closed test:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.lippyrobotics.rollabop

Step 3: Opt in and install Rollabop through Google Play.

After playing, please share your Android device model and any feedback, positive or negative. It all helps!

🤝 I'll Test Your App Too!

If you're an Android developer looking for closed testers, I'm happy to help test your app in return.

Just leave your Google Group and testing links in the comments!

Thank you for supporting Rollabop! I'm building this game with a lot of care, and having real people play it and share their experiences means more than you might realize.

Let's help each other get our apps launched! 🚀

— Lippy Robotics Labs


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Built a Cutlist tool and need ruthless feedback

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Hey all,

Like many of you, I've saved hundreds of "IKEA hack" and furniture build videos... and built exactly zero of them. The problem: the video shows the result, but never the measurements, the cut list, or where to actually buy the materials.

So I built Cutlist — you paste a TikTok/Reel/Shorts link (or upload a video), and it deconstructs the build into:

📐 A cut sheet with exact dimensions (metric or imperial), ready to hand to the saw desk at the hardware store

🛒 A shopping list grouped by store (IKEA, Leroy Merlin, Home Depot, Lowe's, Amazon) with quantities and price estimates

🔧 Tools list with beginner-friendly swaps + safety notes

📋 Phased step-by-step instructions, with a hands-free "workshop mode" (big buttons, keeps your screen awake, optional voice readout)

There's a free tier (1 deconstruction/month) so you can try it without paying anything. There's also a small catalog of pre-deconstructed IKEA hacks (KALLAX, BILLY, IVAR, BESTÅ...) you can browse right away.

Link: www.cutliststudio.com

What I'd love feedback on:

Overall design?

Is the cut list output actually usable at the cutting counter?

Are the material/price estimates in the right ballpark?

Would you trust AI-extracted measurements, or would you always double-check?

What platforms/creators should I make sure it handles well?

It's early access, so expect rough edges — that's why I'm here.

Tear it apart. 🙏


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

We built a way to discover independent fashion boutiques

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We launched on Product Hunt today, would love the support!

Hey guys we are building Within. We're aggregating inventory from independent fashion boutiques into a single shopping experience, starting with Toronto. The idea is to make it easier to discover interesting designers and pieces across smaller retailers without having to browse dozens of individual stores.

We currently have five boutiques on the platform for you to explore and will be adding new ones everyday. We're working on personalized discovery, and soon will be adding on-demand local delivery.

https://shopwithin.co/

Would love feedback on the shopping experience, particularly discovery and how we could make it more useful than traditional fashion marketplaces.


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Sharing our tailored VC and niche accelerator list for free.

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Hey founders,

I know a lot of you are going solo, and I get how much it can pile up: finding accelerators, chasing VCs, putting together pitch decks, and doing market research all at once.

We're trying to take some of that off your plate. We put together a tailored VC and angel list based on our research, and we're happy to share it with anyone who wants it.

Getting it is pretty easy. Just drop your startup link and we'll ask you a question and if its a match, we'll send you the link


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Founders, share your startup URL.

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I'll explore what you're building and tell you which feature is my favourite.

I'll start first.


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

spent months building a carbon credit platform for small landowners, now i need to figure out the money part

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so i've been working on this on nights and weekends while keeping my IT job. it's called Dossel (dosselco.com). basically small rural landowners who keep native vegetation on their land could be earning carbon credits for it, but they never do because getting a project certified is expensive and super technical. i handle that part and connect them with companies that buy the credits.

i built the backend (python/fastapi), pulled in the official rural land registry data, and i'm setting up satellite monitoring with sentinel-2 and google earth engine. a couple of people help me remotely with the geo and data stuff.

honestly the landowner side was easier than i thought. 15 of them are in already, around 2,000 hectares. what i didn't think through early enough is that the first project needs a lot of money upfront (audits, documentation, registry fees) and it takes over a year before any credit gets sold.

right now i'm stuck between looking for an angel, trying to pre-sell credits to a buyer, or giving a share to a bigger developer who covers the costs. not sure yet.

if anyone here has dealt with something like that, or just has thoughts on the idea, i'd really like to hear it


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Built an AI that knows when to speak—or stay quiet. Would love feedback!

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Hey indie founders!

I’ve built ThoughtWaveAI, a desktop AI that helps during customer calls, product demos, and important discussions.

It uses live audio, visual context, and relevant knowledge to surface useful insights, risks, and better questions—delivering Real Intelligence at the Right Time.

It offers privacy-conscious local processing, with no meeting bot.

Would you give the beta a try and share your honest feedback? Especially what you find useful, distracting, or missing.

🔗 https://aniruddhtiwari.github.io/thoughtwaveai-site/

Fellow builder here, genuinely looking to improve the product—not just promote it.

TIA


r/indie_startups • • 1d ago

Solo builder, years of too many tools: I built TOM, the cold email platform I couldnt find (one flow instead of five)

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Short story: I run a small studio in Italy and we do our own cold outreach. Over the years the stack kept growing: a sender, a warmup tool, a verifier, a spreadsheet, a separate inbox. The annoying part wasnt the bill. When a campaign failed I could never tell which layer broke.

So I built the one I wanted: TOM (The Outreach Machine). One flow instead of five tools:

  • Buy a domain and create mailboxes in-app; SPF, DKIM and DMARC are handled, replies forward where you want.
  • Import contacts, dedupe, and every address gets a green/yellow/red/gray light. Credits dont expire.
  • The email is written from each prospect's own site (12 frameworks, 21 languages).
  • Sending happens in the prospect's local time; warmup ramps 1 to 25 a day per mailbox; a pre-flight check blocks unverified lists.
  • Replies and billing in one place.

Two lessons so far: most deliverability problems are list problems, and warmup is a curve, not a switch.

Disclosure: I build TOM, so take this with the usual salt. What would you test first? Or roast whatever looks off. Link is on my profile if you want to poke at it.