Indie Hacker Tools Plus

Overview

Indie Hacker Tools Plus is a curated GitHub list of tech stacks and tools for independent developers, maintained by XiaomingX and written mainly in Chinese with English section titles. It focuses on developers building products for overseas markets, recommending proven, widely used tools that save time and cost. The repository has more than 1,900 stars and accepts suggestions through issues and pull requests.

It is a resource list rather than a code template. Its web development section points to starters and UI options such as T3 Stack, Refine, shadcn-admin, shadcn/ui, Magic UI and Aceternity UI, alongside many sections on infrastructure, AI tooling and business services, plus 2026 decision guides for choosing frameworks, AI coding tools and LLM testing approaches.

Features

• Web templates: Full-stack SaaS starters, admin panels, modern UI component systems and content and SEO frameworks.
• Backend and data: BaaS options such as Supabase, Convex and Appwrite, plus ORMs like Drizzle and Prisma.
• Open platforms: Search, API and SDK generation, cloud providers, caching and queues, observability, job scheduling and email.
• AI toolchain: LLM evaluation, playgrounds, MCP and agent ecosystems, AI search, AI editors, model gateways and creative AI.
• Business services: E-signature, payments and fintech, gig and talent platforms, C2C marketplaces and game distribution.
• Decision guides: Notes on framework selection, choosing AI coding tools and testing LLM applications.
• Related lists: Links to the author's other collections, including an AI money-making handbook and 1,000 Chinese indie developer projects.