Indie Hackers Scraper

Extract products, interviews, and groups from Indie Hackers — the community for bootstrapped founders and independent makers. Browse 30,000+ products sorted by revenue, fetch founder interviews, or explore community groups.

What does Indie Hackers Scraper do?

Indie Hackers Scraper uses the public Algolia search API (embedded in the Indie Hackers website) and Firebase REST API to extract structured data about products, founder interviews, and discussion groups — all without login or API keys.

Features

• Products browse mode: sort by revenue (high to low), newest first, most followers, or alphabetically
• Interviews mode: fetch all 500+ founder interviews with product links, publish dates, and interviewee data
• Groups mode: list all 600+ community discussion groups with member counts
• Fetch by URL mode: get product or interview data from specific Indie Hackers URLs
• Keyword search across product names, taglines, descriptions, and group names
• Extracts monthly revenue, founder info, platform/vertical tags, and social links
• No authentication, proxies, or cookies required

Input

Field	Type	Description
mode	String	One of: products, interviews, groups, byUrl
sortBy	String	Product sort order: revenue-desc, foundedDate-desc, memberCount-desc, name-asc
searchQuery	String	Filter by keyword in name/tagline/description
pageUrls	Array	Indie Hackers URLs for mode=byUrl
maxItems	Integer	Maximum items to return (1–500, default 50)

Example Input

{
  "mode": "products",
  "sortBy": "revenue-desc",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Output — Products

Field	Type	Description
name	String	Product name
slug	String	Unique product slug
tagline	String	Short tagline
description	String	Product description
websiteUrl	String	Product website URL
indiehackersUrl	String	Full Indie Hackers product URL
logoUrl	String	Product logo image URL
monthlyRevenue	Integer	Self-reported monthly revenue (USD), if disclosed
memberCount	Integer	Number of followers/members
launchDate	String	Month launched (YYYY-MM format)
founderUsername	String	Founder's Indie Hackers username
founderName	String	Founder's display name
commitment	String	Time commitment (full-time, side-project, etc.)
employees	String	Number of employees
funding	Array	Funding types (bootstrapped, crowd, vc, etc.)
revenueModel	Array	Revenue models (subscription, advertising, etc.)
verticals	Array	Industry verticals (saas, ai, b2b, etc.)
platforms	Array	Supported platforms (web, ios, android, etc.)
twitterHandle	String	Twitter/X handle
facebookUrl	String	Facebook page URL
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Output — Interviews

Field	Type	Description
title	String	Interview title
slug	String	Interview ID
interviewUrl	String	Full interview URL
intervieweeSlug	String	Interviewee's username
intervieweeName	String	Interviewee's display name
productId	String	Associated product slug
productUrl	String	Indie Hackers product URL
publishedDate	String	ISO 8601 publish date
createdDate	String	ISO 8601 creation date
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Output — Groups

Field	Type	Description
name	String	Group name
slug	String	Group slug
description	String	Group description
groupUrl	String	Full group URL
iconUrl	String	Group icon image URL
memberCount	Integer	Number of group members
createdDate	String	ISO 8601 creation date
scrapedAt	String	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Example Product Output

{
  "name": "Groupon",
  "slug": "groupon",
  "tagline": "Discover incredible deals",
  "websiteUrl": "https://www.groupon.com",
  "indiehackersUrl": "https://www.indiehackers.com/product/groupon",
  "monthlyRevenue": 498400000,
  "memberCount": 5,
  "launchDate": "2025-02",
  "commitment": "full-time",
  "employees": "1k-plus",
  "revenueModel": ["advertising", "commission", "transactional"],
  "verticals": ["advertising", "ai"],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-05-23T10:00:00+00:00"
}

Use Cases

• Startup research — Find bootstrapped companies in your niche sorted by revenue
• Competitive intelligence — Track what revenue models and verticals are thriving
• Content ideas — Browse founder interviews for insights and inspiration
• Market sizing — Analyze how many indie products exist in a given vertical
• Founder outreach — Find founders with their website and social links

Notes on Revenue Data

Revenue data is self-reported by founders and not independently verified. Very high values (billions/trillions) represent placeholder entries and are automatically filtered out. The monthlyRevenue field only appears when a founder has disclosed a real, reasonable value.

FAQs

Does this require an Indie Hackers account? No. All data is fetched from public APIs (Algolia search, Firebase REST).

How many products are available? Indie Hackers has 30,000+ products in the index as of 2026.

Are all interviews available? Yes — 500+ interviews are listed in Firebase and can be retrieved with mode=interviews.

Why is the founder name sometimes missing? Firebase user profiles only expose username and displayName for public accounts. Some users have minimal profiles.

Legal

This actor uses publicly accessible data from Indie Hackers' embedded Algolia and Firebase APIs. Always comply with Indie Hackers' Terms of Service.