Submission Guidelines

IndieStack is a curated directory. AI agents rely on our curation signal to make reliable recommendations. These guidelines help us maintain that trust.

Scope: developer tools only

IndieStack is for developer tools — software that helps developers and small teams build, ship, and run products. This includes: auth libraries, payment SDKs, databases, APIs, analytics, monitoring, CI/CD, email infrastructure, self-hosted services, CLI tools, and developer SaaS.

Out of scope: consumer apps (fitness trackers, recipe apps, social networks, weather apps, games), personal finance tools, crypto wallets, and non-developer productivity apps. If your tool’s primary audience is end-users, not developers, it’s likely not a fit.

What belongs on IndieStack

• Independently built software — solo founders, small teams, bootstrapped projects
• Actively maintained — your tool should work when someone tries it
• Genuinely useful — solves a real problem for real developers

What we look for

• Custom domain — not *.vercel.app or *.netlify.app
• Working product — not a landing page or waitlist
• Documentation that an AI agent can parse — structured docs, API reference, or a solid README
• For SaaS: a free tier, trial, or sandbox so AI agents can verify your tool works

What gets rejected

• Consumer apps — fitness trackers, recipe apps, weather apps, games, crypto wallets, and tools built for end-users rather than developers
• Default deployment URLs with no custom domain
• Dead links or tools that return errors
• AI-generated marketing copy with no substance
• Duplicate of a tool already in the catalog
• Paid-only SaaS with no programmatic access path