True indie hacker boilerplate
Tools & Features
Tools that are easy to use and offer an excellent development experience.
SvelteKit
Built on top of Svelte, SvelteKit is a modern full-stack framework designed for speed, simplicity, and great developer experience. It includes routing, server-side rendering, APIs, and deployment tools out of the box, while compiling your app into highly optimized, lightweight JavaScript with minimal overhead.
PocketBase
At its core, PocketBase is an open-source backend that simplifies app development. Built with Go, it combines the API server, admin dashboard, and database into a single executable file, making deployment and management fast and simple—without complex setups or multiple services.
Shadcn UI
shadcn/ui has quickly become the gold standard for modern frontend UI development. Instead of locking you into a heavy component library, it gives you beautifully designed, accessible, and fully customizable components you own directly in your codebase — making it perfect for building clean, scalable apps without fighting your tools.
Polar
Feels like the modern Stripe for indie hackers and open-source founders. It handles subscriptions, payments, licenses, and product delivery in a way that’s actually simple to set up — with a clean API, great DX, and none of the bloated enterprise feeling most billing platforms have.
PostHog
PostHog is the all-in-one analytics platform that a lot of modern startups replaced multiple tools with. Product analytics, session recordings, feature flags, experiments, and error tracking all live in one developer-friendly platform — with powerful self-hosting support and a strong open-source mindset.
Cloudflare
Hone of the easiest ways to deploy modern web apps. Push to GitHub, and your app is automatically built and distributed across Cloudflare’s global edge network. Fast deployments, built-in CDN, previews for every pull request, and generous free limits make it a favorite among indie developers.