Top Communities for Indie Hackers & Makers
The top online communities for indie hackers, makers, and bootstrappers, with what each one is like to join.
Welcome to our first edition of Top Communities, in which we search, review and feature online communities for a given audience - no fluff!
In this edition, we'll feature makers communities: the indie hackers, the solopreneurs, the bootstrappers!
Let's get started 🥸
Ramen Club
Founder: Charlie Ward
Year started: 2019
Cost: $39/month
No Code Founders
Founder: Joshua Tiernan
Year started: 2019
Cost: Free
Indie Worldwide
Founder: Anthony Castrio
Year started: 2019
Cost: $49/month
MakerLog
Founder: Sergio Mattei
Year started: 2019
Cost: Free
WIP
Founder: Marc Köhlbrugge
Year started: 2020
Cost: Free
Hacker Cabin
Founder: Simon
Year started: 2023
Cost: $8/month
Indie Masterminds
Founder: Ayush Chaturvedi
Year started: 2022
Cost: $15/month
Indie Family
Founder: Arnaud de Saint Jean
Year started: 2023
Cost: Free
Wannabe Entrepreneur
Founder: Tiago Ferreira
Year started: 2021
Cost: Free
Lunadio
Founder: Ivan Homola
Year started: 2017
Cost: Free
Indie Hackers
Founder: Courtland Allen
Year started: 2016
Cost: Free
Which community should you choose?
Each community has its own vibe, so it's very much a personal choice.
However, there are things you should know:
- Paid communities are (usually) of higher quality.
- Same comment for communities who vet its members.
- A high member count isn't always a good thing.
- Low engagement on members intro post is a bad sign.
- Better to be active in one community, than half-active in five.
That's it for our first edition of Top Communities ✅ - hope you've enjoyed it.