Indie Hackers Posts

Indie Hackers is where bootstrapped founders come to share revenue milestones, ask hard questions, and document the messy reality of building a business without venture capital. Unlike polished press releases or LinkedIn updates, posts on Indie Hackers are refreshingly candid - founders announcing their first $1K month, asking for advice on churn, sharing failed experiments, and celebrating new product launches. Each post surfaces a title, author, publication date, upvote count, comment count, and topic tags.

What it extracts

• Post Title — Headline of the post.
• Author — Username of the post creator.
• Upvote Count — Total community upvotes received.
• Comment Count — Number of replies and comments.
• Date Posted — When the post was published.
• Topic Tag — Category or topic classification.
• Post URL — Direct link to the full post.

What you can do with it

• Community trend tracking: Extract top posts over time to see which topics - revenue milestones, growth tactics, product launches, mental health - are gaining community traction. Align your own content and messaging with what the community cares about most.
• Content marketing intelligence: The posts that earn hundreds of upvotes on Indie Hackers reveal what resonates with an audience of founders and makers. Extract to build a swipe file of winning angles, titles, and story structures.
• Competitive founder research: Track posts from founders in your product category. See what they're building, what challenges they're sharing, and which milestones they're celebrating to benchmark your own growth.
• Product validation signal: Posts asking 'has anyone built X?' or 'what tools do you use for Y?' represent unmet needs. Extract community discussions to identify product opportunities validated by real founder demand.

How it works

Just run the flow. It loads the source, extracts the fields listed above, and saves them as a CSV in your home folder.

Frequently asked questions

Can I extract posts from specific topic tags?

Yes. Navigate to a topic-filtered view on Indie Hackers - such as 'Marketing', 'Product', or 'Revenue' - and paste that URL. The robot extracts posts from whatever page you point it at.

Can I track a single founder's posts over time?

The robot extracts listing pages, not individual profiles. For profile-level tracking, navigate to a founder's public profile page on Indie Hackers and use that URL.

How often should I re-run this robot?

Indie Hackers receives new posts daily. For trend tracking, weekly extractions provide a reliable longitudinal dataset without excessive API usage.