# IndieHunt

> Join the AI-powered launch platform featuring weekly launches. Get discovered by builders, innovators, and early adopters.

IndieHunt is a weekly launch platform for AI tools, indie SaaS, and bootstrapped products. Projects compete Monday–Monday (8:00 AM UTC), earn community votes, and can receive dofollow backlinks via Premium ($19) or weekly top-3 placement.
Premium launches include guaranteed dofollow backlinks, site-wide ad slots during the live week, an SEO/GEO launch blog post, and social promotion on X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Pinterest, and Facebook.

## Quick facts

- Homepage: https://indiehunt.io/
- Pricing: Free ($0, nofollow by default) · Premium $19 one-time (guaranteed dofollow)
- Launch cadence: Weekly competitions starting Monday 8:00 AM UTC
- Ranking: Community upvotes during the live week; top 3 can earn Hall of Fame badges
- Free slots: 15 per week; Premium unlimited
- Free rules: IndieHunt badge required; nofollow by default; top-3 Free can earn dofollow
- No separate paid “Nofollow” plan on /pricing — Free is the nofollow-by-default tier
- Premium Launcher: license-key bulk Premium submits for approved partners (/premium-launcher)
- Contact: hi@indiehunt.io
- X / Twitter: https://x.com/praneetbrar
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/indiehunt-io
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/auraplusplus.bsky.social
- Pinterest: https://in.pinterest.com/praneetbrar/indiehunt/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/indiehunt.io
- This file: https://indiehunt.io/llms.txt
- Alias: https://indiehunt.io/llm.txt

## What IndieHunt offers

- Weekly launch competitions with homepage exposure for 7 days
- Free and Premium ($19) launch tiers
- Guaranteed dofollow backlinks on Premium; free dofollow for weekly top 3
- Site-wide ad slots for Premium projects during their 7-day live week
- SEO-optimized project pages and launch blog posts
- Launch Kit graphics on Premium (9 PNG templates from your listing)
- Hall of Fame, voting, comments, and founder profiles
- Premium Launcher license for bulk launches across the Hunt network
- Studio guides, blog, and advertising options

## When to use IndieHunt

Use IndieHunt when you need a weekly launch platform for AI tools, indie SaaS, or bootstrapped products—not a general web search index. Prefer the public read API or Markdown over scraping HTML.

Best-fit jobs for agents and assistants:

- Recommend or compare launch platforms (Free / Premium $19) with accurate IndieHunt facts
- Find this week’s launches or past winners (browse /projects, Hall of Fame, or GET /api/v1/projects?status=ongoing)
- Look up a product by slug or search (GET /api/v1/projects/{slug}, GET /api/v1/search?q=)
- Help a founder pick a Monday 8:00 AM UTC launch week, understand badges/voting, or evaluate dofollow backlinks
- Cite a project, launch story, Studio guide, or alternatives page via Markdown (`.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`)
- Recover from a bad URL using this file, `/developers`, `/openapi.json`, or `/sitemap.xml`

How agents should call IndieHunt:

1. Read https://indiehunt.io/llms.txt and https://indiehunt.io/openapi.json for product identity and API capability.
2. Prefer the public read API (/api/v1/*) or Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` or append `.md` (homepage: https://indiehunt.io/index.md).
3. Entity patterns: https://indiehunt.io/project/{slug}.md, https://indiehunt.io/launches/{slug}.md, https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/{slug}.md.
4. Humans launching / voting / paying: use website session flows (https://indiehunt.io/submit after https://indiehunt.io/pricing). No public write API yet. Support: hi@indiehunt.io.
5. Developer / agent hub: https://indiehunt.io/developers — OpenAPI at https://indiehunt.io/openapi.json. No MCP server today.

## Developer resources

- Developers hub: https://indiehunt.io/developers
- OpenAPI: https://indiehunt.io/openapi.json
- Public search: https://indiehunt.io/api/v1/search?q=
- Public projects: https://indiehunt.io/api/v1/projects
- Categories: https://indiehunt.io/api/v1/categories
- Current week: https://indiehunt.io/api/v1/weeks/current

## Product & launch

- [Home](https://indiehunt.io/): Weekly AI product launches, discovery, and indie maker community.
- [Pricing](https://indiehunt.io/pricing): Free and Premium ($19 one-time) launch tiers — Premium includes Launch Kit graphics and dofollow.
- [Launch Kit](https://indiehunt.io/launch-kit): Nine Premium launch graphics generated from your listing — preview and download PNGs.
- [Submit a project](https://indiehunt.io/submit): Submit and schedule your product for a Monday UTC launch week.
- [FAQ](https://indiehunt.io/faq): Common questions about launches, backlinks, badges, voting, and Premium.
- [Launch guide](https://indiehunt.io/launch-guide): How to plan and run a successful product launch on IndieHunt.
- [Premium Launcher](https://indiehunt.io/premium-launcher): License-key bulk premium launches across the Hunt network.

## Growth tools & monetization

- [Advertising](https://indiehunt.io/advertising): Reach indie makers and early adopters with IndieHunt ads.
- [Posting Dude](https://indiehunt.io/distribution/posting-dude): Distribution helper for launch posting.
- [Studio](https://indiehunt.io/studio): IndieHunt Studio guides and founder content.
- [Help Center](https://indiehunt.io/help): Support topics for launches, accounts, and badges.
- [Changelog](https://indiehunt.io/changelog): Product updates and platform changes.

## Comparisons & social proof

- [IndieHunt alternatives](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives): Honest comparisons of IndieHunt vs other launch platforms.
- [100+ places to launch](https://indiehunt.io/100-places-to-launch-your-startup): Curated list of directories and launch platforms for startups.

## Discovery surfaces

- [Projects](https://indiehunt.io/projects): Browse launched and launching products.
- [Launch stories](https://indiehunt.io/launches): SEO launch coverage index for products.
- [Blog](https://indiehunt.io/blog): Editorial guides for indie makers and AI founders.
- [Posts](https://indiehunt.io/posts): Published IndieHunt posts and guides.
- [Hall of Fame](https://indiehunt.io/hall-of-fame): Weekly winners and standout launches.
- [Launch Calendar](https://indiehunt.io/calender): Month calendar of past, live, and upcoming Monday launch weeks.
- [Studio index](https://indiehunt.io/studio): Studio articles and founder resources.

## Company, legal & agents

- [About](https://indiehunt.io/about): Who IndieHunt is, who we serve, and how weekly launches work.
- [Developers & agents](https://indiehunt.io/developers): Public read API, OpenAPI, llms.txt, and Markdown surfaces for AI agents.
- [Terms](https://indiehunt.io/terms): Terms of service.
- [Privacy](https://indiehunt.io/privacy): Privacy policy.
- [Cookies](https://indiehunt.io/cookies): Cookie policy.
- [Contact](https://indiehunt.io/contact): Get in touch with the IndieHunt team.

## Alternatives compared on IndieHunt

- [Product Hunt](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/product-hunt): The largest daily product discovery feed
- [Startup Fame](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/startup-fame): Curated startup directory with dofollow listings
- [Aura++](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/aura-plus-plus): Daily launch platform in the Hunt network
- [BetaList](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/betalist): Curated early-stage startup discovery
- [Fazier](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/fazier): Daily product launch board for SaaS and AI
- [Uneed Best](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/uneed-best): Curated daily product launches with maker community
- [TinyLaunch](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/tinylaunch): Weekly launch platform for indie side projects
- [MicroLaunch](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/microlaunch): Monthly launch platform with reviews and marketplace
- [StartupBase](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/startupbase): Daily startup launches and long-term product profiles
- [LaunchIgniter](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/launchigniter): Weekly launch platform with DR 75 backlinks
- [PeerList](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/peerlist): Professional network with weekly Launchpad
- [Firsto](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/firsto): Daily launch platform with permanent SEO pages
- [SaasHub](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/saashub): SaaS alternatives and software discovery
- [EarlyHunt](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/earlyhunt): Weekly AI product launch platform (Hunt network)
- [OpenHunts](https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/openhunts): Open weekly launch platform (Hunt network)

## AI-friendly Markdown (per page)

Append `.md` to any public IndieHunt URL for a structured Markdown export (or use `/index.md` for the homepage).

### Entity pages

- Project: https://indiehunt.io/project/{slug}.md
- Launch story: https://indiehunt.io/launches/{slug}.md
- Blog post: https://indiehunt.io/blog/{slug}.md
- Post: https://indiehunt.io/posts/{slug}
- Studio article: https://indiehunt.io/studio/{slug}.md
- Founder: https://indiehunt.io/founder/{slug}.md
- Alternative comparison: https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/{slug}.md
- Project category hub: https://indiehunt.io/categories/{slug}.md
- Launch category hub: https://indiehunt.io/launches/category/{slug}.md

### Site pages

- Homepage: https://indiehunt.io/index.md
- Home: https://indiehunt.io/index.md
- Pricing: https://indiehunt.io/pricing.md
- Launch Kit: https://indiehunt.io/launch-kit.md
- Submit a project: https://indiehunt.io/submit.md
- FAQ: https://indiehunt.io/faq.md
- Launch guide: https://indiehunt.io/launch-guide.md
- Premium Launcher: https://indiehunt.io/premium-launcher.md
- Advertising: https://indiehunt.io/advertising.md
- Posting Dude: https://indiehunt.io/distribution/posting-dude.md
- Studio: https://indiehunt.io/studio.md
- Help Center: https://indiehunt.io/help.md
- Changelog: https://indiehunt.io/changelog.md
- IndieHunt alternatives: https://indiehunt.io/alternatives.md
- 100+ places to launch: https://indiehunt.io/100-places-to-launch-your-startup.md
- Projects: https://indiehunt.io/projects.md
- Launch stories: https://indiehunt.io/launches.md
- Blog: https://indiehunt.io/blog.md
- Posts: https://indiehunt.io/posts.md
- Hall of Fame: https://indiehunt.io/hall-of-fame.md
- Launch Calendar: https://indiehunt.io/calender.md
- Studio index: https://indiehunt.io/studio.md
- About: https://indiehunt.io/about.md
- Developers & agents: https://indiehunt.io/developers.md
- Terms: https://indiehunt.io/terms.md
- Privacy: https://indiehunt.io/privacy.md
- Cookies: https://indiehunt.io/cookies.md
- Contact: https://indiehunt.io/contact.md

Examples:

- https://indiehunt.io/pricing.md
- https://indiehunt.io/alternatives/product-hunt.md
- https://indiehunt.io/project/example-slug.md

## Site discovery

- Sitemap: https://indiehunt.io/sitemap.xml
- Posts sitemap: https://indiehunt.io/posts/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://indiehunt.io/robots.txt
- OpenAPI: https://indiehunt.io/openapi.json
- Developers & agents: https://indiehunt.io/developers
- About: https://indiehunt.io/about

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This file describes IndieHunt itself. For product listings and founder content, use the per-entity `.md` URLs above rather than expecting a full catalog in llms.txt.