Rank 46 · BLP 60
IndieHunt
A Monday-to-Monday hunt for indie SaaS and AI tools.
IndieHunt runs a weekly competition: products go live Monday 8:00am UTC and stay on the homepage for seven days while the community votes. Free launches (often capped around 15 per week) require a badge and default to nofollow; top-3 free launches can earn a dofollow upgrade. Premium is a one-time ~$19 dofollow, launch blog, and extra placement.
Positioning is indie makers and AI/SaaS, not a general consumer gadget board. The week-long window is the point: you can actually reply to feedback instead of living inside a 18-hour Product Hunt thread.
It sits alongside Aura++ (daily) and the other Hunt surfaces. Use IndieHunt as the weekly flagship when the product is indie SaaS or an AI tool — a calm seven-day room rather than a second Product Hunt.
Scheduled weekly cycle
Should you launch on IndieHunt?
Yes — this is a fairer weekly cycle than Product Hunt if you have no private hunter list.
IndieHunt is an actual launch surface: a date, a ranking or homepage slot, and comments. Cost: Free tier (weekly slot cap). ~$19 Premium one-time; Premium Launcher key for unlimited premium submits.
Do not expect Product Hunt volume. Do expect a lasting page and a room small enough that silence is obvious. Stay in the comments for the whole cycle.
IndieHunt is part of the Hunt network — specialized rooms for daily launches (Aura++), weekly niches (IndieHunt, MakerHunt, SideHunt, EarlyHunt), and a lasting catalog (Uno Directory). Match cadence and niche; one daily and one weekly Hunt board in the same month is usually enough.
When: Week 2 as a warm-up, or as the only board if you are skipping Product Hunt. Not the same morning as Show HN.
Launch here if
- Makers who can work the comments for a full week
- A fairer room than Product Hunt if you have no hunter Slack
- Buying one Hunt-network dofollow without a daily fire drill
Skip if
- Expecting Product Hunt traffic numbers
- Entering IndieHunt, MakerHunt, and SideHunt on the same Monday when one weekly already matches
- Hardware, local services, or anything hunters cannot try in a browser
This page answers IndieHunt only. For an ordered stack by stage, buyer, and goal, use the shortlist recommender or the four-week sequence.
Launch window
When to show up
Monday 8:00am UTC, seven days on the homepage
One weekly Hunt room is enough. Match the niche (indie SaaS, makers, side projects, AI) instead of stacking every Monday board.
What money buys
Free vs paid
Free
Free, slot-capped
A weekly homepage run. Often nofollow — confirm on the live page.
Premium
~$19
Guaranteed dofollow and a spotlight. One weekly Hunt board is usually enough.
Ship kit
Do this before you press submit on IndieHunt.
- 01One-liner that matches the homepage H1
- 02Thumbnail plus a few real screens
- 03First comment written before you go live
- 04A URL strangers can actually try
- 05You present for the whole cycle — silence is obvious on a small board
Stack with
Same launch month, different job — not a second hunter day.
Not the same morning
These rooms all want you in the comments. Pick one.
Ask AI
Opens your assistant with a ready-made prompt about IndieHunt
How to submit
01
Reserve a Monday that is not your Product Hunt day
Do not split attention across two leaderboards in 24 hours.
02
Add the badge if you are on Free
Free is badge-gated. Skip the badge only if you accept nofollow or pay Premium.
03
Work the week, not the hour
Post an update mid-week. The format rewards presence more than a 12:01am screenshot.
Tips
- One weekly Hunt board per launch month is usually enough — pick the niche that fits.
- Read the current free-slot cap before you promise a date to your list.
- Premium is for the link. The votes are still a small community.
Questions people ask
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Sources and limits
Traffic and authority figures are planning ranges from public 2025–2026 reports, not platform-official guarantees. Scores last reviewed September 2026. Rules and prices change — confirm on the vendor site before you pay.