💻 Indie Hackers Scraper

The ultimate intelligence tool for Indie Hackers. Uncover self-reported monthly revenue, founder contact details, and precise follower counts by tapping directly into the Indie Hackers hidden backend API. Features advanced sorting (by revenue, newest, followers) and a minRevenue filter to build high-value B2B lead lists. Flat $0.005/item — simpler, richer, and cheaper than any competitor.

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🚀 Why This Actor Destroys The Competition

We analyzed all major competitors (crawlergang, solidcode, cryptosignals) and built a solution that combines their best features while massively undercutting their prices through our unified Pay-Per-Event architecture.

Feature	This Actor	Competitors
Price per item	$0.005 flat	$0.02+ or unpredictable Pay-per-compute
Compute Costs	Included	Hidden (You pay for their inefficient code)
Data Richness	14+ Fields (Revenue, Twitter, etc)	Often missing external links or precise revenue
Advanced Sorting	By Revenue, Followers, Newest	Limited or broken
Revenue Filter	Built-in (minRevenue)	Often missing

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✨ Features

• 💰 Extract Real Revenue — get exact self-reported monthly revenue figures (MRR).
• 🔍 Powerful Filters — search by keyword, sort by highest revenue, or enforce a minimum revenue threshold.
• 👨‍💻 Founder Intelligence — get founder display names, Indie Hackers profiles, and Twitter handles.
• ⚡ Direct API Bypass — we query the underlying Algolia database directly. This means zero blocked requests and lightning-fast speeds.
• 📦 Multiple Export Formats — JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, HTML Table.

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🎯 Use Cases

Audience	Applications
Venture Capitalists & Angels	Set minRevenue=5000 to automatically source bootstrapped startups with real traction.
Market Researchers	Analyze the most profitable niches by sorting entire product categories by revenue.
Founders & Makers	Find inspiration and track competitor MRR growth over time.
Marketers & Sales	Generate highly targeted B2B leads using extracted Founder Twitter handles and Website URLs.

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💡 Quick Start

1. Sign Up (Free $5 Credit)

Uses our referral link — you get $5 free credit to test immediately.

2. Run Your First Search

{
  "query": "SaaS",
  "sortBy": "revenue_desc",
  "minRevenue": 1000,
  "maxItems": 100
}

3. Download Results

Results appear in the Dataset tab. Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, XML, or HTML Table.

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⚙️ Input Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
query	string	No	—	Keyword to filter products (e.g. AI, SaaS, marketing). Leave empty to get everything.
sortBy	enum	No	revenue_desc	How to order the results: Revenue, Newest, Followers, or Alphabetical.
minRevenue	integer	No	0	Only return products reporting at least this much monthly revenue in USD.
startUrls	array	No	[]	Specific product URLs to scrape directly, overriding the search.
maxItems	integer	No	100	Max items to return.

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📊 Output Example

Each item in the dataset contains extremely rich metadata:

{
  "productId": "apis-you-wont-hate",
  "name": "APIs You Won't Hate",
  "tagline": "Articles, books, OSS tools, & community for API Devs",
  "url": "https://www.indiehackers.com/product/apis-you-wont-hate",
  "websiteUrl": "https://apisyouwonthate.com",
  "revenue": 605,
  "followers": 4,
  "launchDate": "2016-01",
  "founderName": "lNjic0vy74cyqGmTbe7qJt5bSOu2",
  "founderUrl": "https://www.indiehackers.com/lNjic0vy74cyqGmTbe7qJt5bSOu2",
  "founderTwitter": "apisyouwonthate",
  "revenueModel": null,
  "fundingStage": null
}

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💰 Pricing (Pay Per Event)

Event	Rate
Actor Start (apify-actor-start)	$0.15
Result Item (apify-default-dataset-item)	$0.005

Examples:

• 100 items: $0.15 + 100 × $0.005 = $0.65
• 1,000 items: $0.15 + 1,000 × $0.005 = $5.15

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