Indie Hackers: Submission Guide, Domain Rating & Alternatives
Founders sharing revenue numbers, growth strategies, and hard-won lessons. The audience is other builders who give honest, technical feedback.
Its outbound links are dofollow, so a listing passes authority to your own domain as well as sending referral traffic. At this authority level the listing is worth the submission effort even if approval takes a few weeks.
At a glance
- Domain Rating
- 81/100
- Overall rank
- #37 of 508
- In founder communities
- #4 of 23
- Link type
- Dofollow
How to submit to Indie Hackers
- Open indiehackers.com and look for the submit, add product, or get listed link, usually in the header or footer.
- Have your assets ready before you start: a one-line pitch, a longer description, a logo, and two or three screenshots. Most rejections are for incomplete listings, not bad products.
- Write the description for this directory specifically. Pasting the same paragraph everywhere is the single clearest signal of a low-effort submission, both to moderators and to search engines.
- Because Indie Hackers links out with dofollow, make sure the URL you submit is the page you actually want to rank, usually your homepage or the most relevant product page.
- Record where and when you submitted. Approval on directories at this authority level can take days to weeks, and you will want to follow up.
12 alternatives to Indie Hackers
The closest matches by category and authority. Submitting to several directories in the same tier usually beats chasing a single high-DR listing, because approval is never guaranteed.
| # | Directory | DR | Link | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEV Communitydev.to | DR 91 | Dofollow | Community |
| 2 | Hacker Newsnews.ycombinator.com | DR 91 | Unverified | Community |
| 3 | Sidebarsidebar.io | DR 70 | Dofollow | Community |
| 4 | Redditreddit.com | DR 95 | Unverified | Community |
| 5 | Marketer Milkmarketermilk.com | DR 67 | Nofollow | Community |
| 6 | Huzzlerhuzzler.so | DR 66 | Nofollow | Community |
| 7 | WIPwip.co | DR 55 | Nofollow | Community |
| 8 | PostMakerpostmake.io | DR 48 | Dofollow | Community |
| 9 | Makerthrivemakerthrive.com | DR 43 | Dofollow | Community |
| 10 | Indie Goodiesindiegoodies.com | DR 36 | Dofollow | Community |
| 11 | BuiltByIndiesbuiltbyindies.com | DR 33 | Dofollow | Community |
| 12 | Startups.fyistartups.fyi | DR 32 | Dofollow | Community |
See all 23 startup communities or browse the full database of 508 directories.