Indie Hackers

Indie Hackers is an online community where founders of profitable businesses and side projects share their stories, strategies, and revenue numbers to help each other build successful companies.

Indie Hackers publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Community, Entrepreneurship, and Startups.

Indie Hackers’ developer surface includes documentation and 12 more developer resources.

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15.7/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

AccessFreemium

1 APIs

Community Entrepreneurship Startups

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0

Composite quality — 15.7/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.9 / 20

Access Clarity 7.4 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 4.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Indie Hackers API

The Indie Hackers API provides programmatic access to the Indie Hackers community platform, enabling developers to connect with a network of founders who openly share the strate...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Indie Hackers Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Indie Hackers Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Indie Hackers Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Indie Hackers Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Guidelines

Guidelines

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Community

Community

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Newsletter

Newsletter

Other 4

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Interviews

Interviews

Podcast

Podcast

Catalog

Catalog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: indie-hackers
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/indie-hackers/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: indie-hackers:indie-hackers-api
  name: Indie Hackers API
  tags:
  - Community
  - Founders
  - Startups
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://www.indiehackers.com
  humanURL: https://www.indiehackers.com/group/developers
  properties:
  - url: https://www.indiehackers.com/group/developers
    type: Documentation
  description: The Indie Hackers API provides programmatic access to the Indie Hackers community platform, enabling developers
    to connect with a network of founders who openly share the strategies and revenue numbers behind their companies and side
    projects. Authentication is handled via API key, and the API exposes community data including posts, products, interviews,
    and founder profiles for builders working toward profitable, independent online businesses.
name: Indie Hackers
tags:
- Community
- Entrepreneurship
- Startups
type: Index
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/indie-hackers.png
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/indie-hackers-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/indie-hackers
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/
  name: Indie Hackers Website
  type: Website
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/group/developers
  name: Developer Group
  type: Documentation
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/interviews
  name: Founder Interviews
  type: Interviews
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcasts
  name: Podcast
  type: Podcast
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/newsletter
  name: Newsletter
  type: Newsletter
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/groups
  name: Community Groups
  type: Community
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/products
  name: Products Directory
  type: Catalog
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/terms
  name: Terms of Service
  type: TermsOfService
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/privacy
  name: Privacy Policy
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://www.indiehackers.com/post/terms-and-conditions-and-privacy-policy-3d2fc45ffd
  name: Community Guidelines
  type: Guidelines
- url: https://twitter.com/indiehackers
  name: X (Twitter)
  type: X
created: '2026-03-24'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
description: Indie Hackers is an online community where founders of profitable businesses and side projects share their stories,
  strategies, and revenue numbers to help each other build successful companies.

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