Top 21 Indie Open-Source Projects

1. awesome-indie

   1 2 10,238 2.7

   Resources for independent developers to make money

   

2. InfluxDB

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3. endless-sky

   2 147 6,494 9.8 C++

   Space exploration, trading, and combat game.

   

   Project mention: Endless Sky: Open-Source Space Exploration, Trading, and Combat Game | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-09-29

4. SNKRX

   3 21 1,746 0.0 Lua

   A replayable arcade shooter where you control a snake of heroes.

   

5. BYTEPATH

   4 2 1,445 0.0 Lua

   A replayable arcade shooter with a focus on build theorycrafting.

   

6. bake

   5 1 699 5.9 C

   Bake, A build system for building, testing and running C & C++ projects (by SanderMertens)

   

7. stipple-effect

   6 1 580 9.0 Java

   Stipple Effect is a pixel art editor that supports animation and scripting (available on Windows, macOS and Linux) (by stipple-effect)

   

   Project mention: Show HN: Animating pixel art textures with UV mapping | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-30

8. masterplan

   7 12 526 3.1 Go

   MasterPlan is a project management software / visual idea board software. It attempts to be easy to use, lightweight, and fun.

   

9. CodeRabbit

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10. awesome-indiehackers

    8 1 483 3.8

    Awesome list about indie hackers

    

11. Ambermoon.net

    9 9 455 9.3 C#

    Ambermoon rewrite in C#

    

12. somafm-cli

    10 2 150 0.0 Shell

    :musical_note: Listen to SomaFM in your terminal via pure bash

    

13. indie-dev-toolkit

    11 1 144 4.1

    🚀 A curated list of tools and resources for indie hackers, solo founders, and bootstrapped startups.

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Curated list of tools and resources for Indie Devs | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-23

14. Ambermoon-Advanced

    12 1 77 9.1 Assembly

    First Ambermoon Extension

    

    Project mention: Ambermoon Advanced | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-30

15. javascript-roulette

    13 1 75 2.4 JavaScript

    Fully functioning roulette game made in Javascript and CSS

    

16. CircularProgressSwiftUI

    14 3 71 0.0 Swift

    SwiftUI package that creates an animated circular progress bar

    

17. wordled

    15 1 55 0.0 JavaScript

    A Wordle based game made in Javascript

    

18. buildinpublic

    16 1 32 10.0

    A guide for How to build in public? #buildinpublic

    

    Project mention: How to Launch on Product Hunt | dev.to | 2025-02-02

    Product Hunt rewards engagement. Building relationships with early adopters, influencers, and Product Hunt users before the launch fosters organic support. Participating in Product Hunt Forums and contributing valuable insights helps establish credibility. You can also join communities like #buildinpublic to connect with other founders and share your journey.

19. indie-app-santa

    17 2 12 5.3 PLpgSQL

    I created this repository to archive previous Indie App Santa deals.

    

20. Bootyful-Demake

    18 1 7 2.7 Lua

    Pico-8 Demake Of 8-Bit Game

    

21. stipple-effect

    19 4 5 9.4 Java

    This is a fork for my personal account. The main Stipple Effect repository is linked below.

    

    Project mention: Show HN: Stipple Effect – a scriptable pixel art editor to make game art faster | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-13

    Thanks for your interest.

    Not presently, but it's definitely something I can look into adding. I haven't used Godot much, but I see the momentum it has behind it (especially since the Unity scandal a few months ago) and it seems like Godot integration will become a more and more coveted feature.

    For the time being, I welcome you to drop a comment about it in the feedback section at the bottom of the store page or to submit a feature request here: https://github.com/jbunke/stipple-effect/issues/new/choose

22. mini-mines

    20 1 2 8.1 Lua

    A small version of Minesweeper, made for PICO-8

    

23. RuntDeale

    21 1 1 7.6 Rust

    RuntDeale game.

    

24. SaaSHub

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    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

    

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