# IndieHackers Scraper (`cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper`) Actor Extract IndieHackers product data, founder stories, and revenue milestones without an API key. Perfect for market research, VC deal sourcing, and SaaS competitive analysis. - **URL**: https://apify.com/cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper.md - **Developed by:** [Web Data Labs](https://apify.com/cryptosignals) (community) - **Categories:** Developer tools - **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, NaN bookmarks - **User rating**: No ratings yet ## Pricing Pay per usage This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have. Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-usage ## What's an Apify Actor? Actors are a software tools running on the Apify platform, for all kinds of web data extraction and automation use cases. In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours, and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store. In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server. Actors are written with capital "A". ## How to integrate an Actor? If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects. You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready. The best way to integrate Actors is as follows. In JavaScript/TypeScript projects, use official [JavaScript/TypeScript client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js.md): ```bash npm install apify-client ``` In Python projects, use official [Python client library](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python.md): ```bash pip install apify-client ``` In shell scripts, use [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): ````bash # MacOS / Linux curl -fsSL https://apify.com/install-cli.sh | bash # Windows irm https://apify.com/install-cli.ps1 | iex ```bash In AI frameworks, you might use the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/platform/integrations/mcp.md). If your project is in a different language, use the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md). For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below. For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt). # README ## IndieHackers Scraper Extract IndieHackers product data, founder stories, and revenue milestones without an API key. Perfect for market research, VC deal sourcing, and SaaS competitive analysis. ### What it does Pulls product listings from indiehackers.com — including **publicly disclosed monthly revenue**, founder handles, taglines, descriptions, verticals, revenue models, funding source, and tags — directly from the same search index that powers the site. No login, no proxy, no rate-limit headaches. ### Use cases - **VCs & accelerators** — source bootstrapped SaaS deals with real revenue traction - **Market research** — map every newsletter, AI tool, or B2B SaaS founder publishing on IH - **Competitive analysis** — track competitors' monthly revenue and update cadence - **Lead lists** — build outreach lists of founders in a specific vertical (AI, fintech, devtools, etc.) - **Trend spotting** — find new products in any niche, sorted by newest, revenue, or followers ### Input | Field | Type | Description | |---|---|---| | `query` | string | Search term (e.g. `"AI"`, `"newsletter"`). Empty = all products. | | `maxItems` | integer | Max products to return. Default 100, max 10000. | | `minRevenue` | integer | Only return products with at least this monthly revenue (USD). Default 0. | | `sortBy` | string | `newest`, `revenue`, or `followers`. Default `newest`. | #### Example input ```json { "query": "AI", "maxItems": 500, "minRevenue": 1000, "sortBy": "revenue" } ```` ### Output Each item contains: ```json { "productId": "example-saas", "name": "Example SaaS", "tagline": "Short tagline", "description": "Longer founder description...", "url": "https://www.indiehackers.com/product/example-saas", "websiteUrl": "https://example.com", "avatarUrl": "https://...", "monthlyRevenueUSD": 4200, "numFollowers": 312, "twitterHandle": "examplesaas", "startDate": "2023-08", "createdAt": "2023-08-12T14:22:01.000Z", "publishedAt": "2023-08-12T14:22:01.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-02-04T09:11:43.000Z", "founderUserIds": ["AbCdEf123..."], "verticals": ["ai", "saas", "b2b"], "revenueModels": ["subscription"], "funding": ["bootstrapped"], "platforms": ["web"], "allTags": [...], "scrapedAt": "2026-03-09T12:00:00.000Z" } ``` ### Pricing Pay-per-event: you only pay for products successfully scraped. No fixed cost, no compute charges. ### Notes - Data is sourced from indiehackers.com's public search index. - Revenue is whatever founders have voluntarily disclosed — many leave it blank. - Respect the data: don't spam founders or scrape for malicious purposes. # Actor input Schema ## `query` (type: `string`): Search term to filter products (e.g. 'AI', 'SaaS', 'newsletter'). Leave empty to scrape all products sorted by newest. ## `maxItems` (type: `integer`): Maximum number of products to scrape. ## `minRevenue` (type: `integer`): Only return products with at least this much monthly revenue. Set to 0 to include all. ## `sortBy` (type: `string`): How to order results. ## Actor input object example ```json { "query": "", "maxItems": 100, "minRevenue": 0, "sortBy": "newest" } ``` # API You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup. ## JavaScript example ```javascript import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client'; // Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token // Replace the '' with your token const client = new ApifyClient({ token: '', }); // Prepare Actor input const input = {}; // Run the Actor and wait for it to finish const run = await client.actor("cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper").call(input); // Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any) console.log('Results from dataset'); console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`); const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems(); items.forEach((item) => { console.dir(item); }); // 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs ``` ## Python example ```python from apify_client import ApifyClient # Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token # Replace '' with your token. client = ApifyClient("") # Prepare the Actor input run_input = {} # Run the Actor and wait for it to finish run = client.actor("cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper").call(run_input=run_input) # Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any) print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"]) for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items(): print(item) # 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start ``` ## CLI example ```bash echo '{}' | apify call cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper --silent --output-dataset ``` ## MCP server setup ```json { "mcpServers": { "apify": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper", "--header", "Authorization: Bearer " ] } } } ``` ## OpenAPI specification ```json { "openapi": "3.0.1", "info": { "title": "IndieHackers Scraper", "description": "Extract IndieHackers product data, founder stories, and revenue milestones without an API key. Perfect for market research, VC deal sourcing, and SaaS competitive analysis.", "version": "0.1", "x-build-id": "LugOew4rHq6T7qBlR" }, "servers": [ { "url": "https://api.apify.com/v2" } ], "paths": { "/acts/cryptosignals~indiehackers-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-get-dataset-items-cryptosignals-indiehackers-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for its completion, and returns Actor's dataset items in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } }, "/acts/cryptosignals~indiehackers-scraper/runs": { "post": { "operationId": "runs-sync-cryptosignals-indiehackers-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor and returns information about the initiated run in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK", "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/runsResponseSchema" } } } } } } }, "/acts/cryptosignals~indiehackers-scraper/run-sync": { "post": { "operationId": "run-sync-cryptosignals-indiehackers-scraper", "x-openai-isConsequential": false, "summary": "Executes an Actor, waits for completion, and returns the OUTPUT from Key-value store in response.", "tags": [ "Run Actor" ], "requestBody": { "required": true, "content": { "application/json": { "schema": { "$ref": "#/components/schemas/inputSchema" } } } }, "parameters": [ { "name": "token", "in": "query", "required": true, "schema": { "type": "string" }, "description": "Enter your Apify token here" } ], "responses": { "200": { "description": "OK" } } } } }, "components": { "schemas": { "inputSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "query": { "title": "Search query", "type": "string", "description": "Search term to filter products (e.g. 'AI', 'SaaS', 'newsletter'). Leave empty to scrape all products sorted by newest.", "default": "" }, "maxItems": { "title": "Maximum products", "minimum": 1, "maximum": 10000, "type": "integer", "description": "Maximum number of products to scrape.", "default": 100 }, "minRevenue": { "title": "Minimum monthly revenue (USD)", "minimum": 0, "type": "integer", "description": "Only return products with at least this much monthly revenue. Set to 0 to include all.", "default": 0 }, "sortBy": { "title": "Sort order", "enum": [ "newest", "revenue", "followers" ], "type": "string", "description": "How to order results.", "default": "newest" } } }, "runsResponseSchema": { "type": "object", "properties": { "data": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": { "type": "string" }, "actId": { "type": "string" }, "userId": { "type": "string" }, "startedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "finishedAt": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "example": "2025-01-08T00:00:00.000Z" }, "status": { "type": "string", "example": "READY" }, "meta": { "type": "object", "properties": { "origin": { "type": "string", "example": "API" }, "userAgent": { "type": "string" } } }, "stats": { "type": "object", "properties": { "inputBodyLen": { "type": "integer", "example": 2000 }, "rebootCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "restartCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "resurrectCount": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "computeUnits": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "options": { "type": "object", "properties": { "build": { "type": "string", "example": "latest" }, "timeoutSecs": { "type": "integer", "example": 300 }, "memoryMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 1024 }, "diskMbytes": { "type": "integer", "example": 2048 } } }, "buildId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultKeyValueStoreId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultDatasetId": { "type": "string" }, "defaultRequestQueueId": { "type": "string" }, "buildNumber": { "type": "string", "example": "1.0.0" }, "containerUrl": { "type": "string" }, "usage": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 1 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } }, "usageTotalUsd": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "usageUsd": { "type": "object", "properties": { "ACTOR_COMPUTE_UNITS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATASET_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_WRITES": { "type": "number", "example": 0.00005 }, "KEY_VALUE_STORE_LISTS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_READS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "REQUEST_QUEUE_WRITES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_INTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "DATA_TRANSFER_EXTERNAL_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_RESIDENTIAL_TRANSFER_GBYTES": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 }, "PROXY_SERPS": { "type": "integer", "example": 0 } } } } } } } } } } ```