Submit to Indie Hackers

Approval & timeline

Most posts and product updates go live immediately. Featured homepage placement is editorial and not guaranteed. Community guidelines apply — overly promotional posts without substance may get low engagement rather than formal rejection.

Pros

• DR 81 domain with High referral traffic from founder-focused readers
• Freemium — core posting and product listing features are free
• Strong fit for bootstrapped SaaS, micro-SaaS, and side projects
• Comment threads often produce actionable feedback and early users

Cons

• Backlink quality rated Weak — do not expect strong DR transfer
• Not a launch-day traffic spike platform like Product Hunt or Show HN
• Engagement depends on story quality; low-effort posts get ignored
• Paid upgrades exist for extra visibility — free tier alone is slower

Submit

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FAQ

Is Indie Hackers free? Yes for core accounts, product listings, and community posts. IH offers paid features for additional reach and tools, but you do not need them to submit your product.

Does Indie Hackers help with SEO? IH pages can be indexed, but backlink equity is limited. Treat it as founder-community distribution, not a DR-building directory.

What should I post on Indie Hackers at launch? Lead with what you built, who it is for, and one concrete metric or lesson — then link to your product. Milestone posts outperform generic announcements.

Indie Hackers vs Product Hunt — which first? Many bootstrapped founders warm up on IH with build-in-public posts, then run a coordinated Product Hunt or Show HN launch once social proof exists.