The Best Communities for Indie Hackers & Bootstrapped Founders
Indie founders don't have ad budgets — they have community. These are the directories and communities where bootstrapped products get genuine reach, feedback, and early users without paying for placement.
directories157
dofollow17
free153
avg DR72
top picks8
Top picks 8
| # | directory | category | DR | link | price | verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Reddit best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | TOP PICK |
| 🥈 | DEV Community best for community & founder reach · dev.to | Community | 91 | Nofollow | Free | RECOMMENDED |
| 🥉 | Indie Hackers best for community & founder reach · indiehackers.com | Community | 81 | Nofollow | Free | TOP PICK |
| 04 | Quora best for search visibility & seo · quora.com | Community | 92 | Nofollow | Free | RECOMMENDED |
| 05 | Peerlist best for community & founder reach · peerlist.io | Community | 77 | Dofollow | Free | RECOMMENDED |
| 06 | Lobsters best for community & founder reach · lobste.rs | Community | 75 | Dofollow | Free | RECOMMENDED |
| 07 | Fark best for community & founder reach · fark.com | Community | 73 | Dofollow | Free | RECOMMENDED |
| 08 | F6S best for community & founder reach · f6s.com | Community | 83 | Nofollow | Free | RECOMMENDED |
The rest, ranked 149
| # | directory | category | DR | link | price | verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09 | Hashnode best for community & founder reach · hashnode.com | Community | 83 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 10 | Microlaunch best for launch & referral traffic · microlaunch.net | Indie Hackers | 63 | Dofollow | Paid | WORTH IT |
| 11 | SideProjectors best for community & founder reach · sideprojectors.com | Indie Hackers | 71 | Dofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 12 | Growth Hackers best for community & founder reach · growthhackers.com | Community | 77 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 13 | WIP best for community & founder reach · wip.co | Indie Hackers | 56 | Nofollow | Paid | WORTH IT |
| 14 | TechRepublic best for community & founder reach · techrepublic.com | Community | 89 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 15 | Tiny Startups best for community & founder reach · tinystartups.com | Indie Hackers | 71 | Dofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 16 | MarketingProfs best for community & founder reach · marketingprofs.com | Community | 83 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 17 | Biggerpockets.com best for community & founder reach · biggerpockets.com | Community | 80 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 18 | Makerthrive best for community & founder reach · makerthrive.com | Indie Hackers | 50 | Dofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 19 | devRant best for community & founder reach · devrant.com | Community | 57 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 20 | Startups.fyi best for community & founder reach · startups.fyi | Indie Hackers | 32 | Dofollow | Paid | WORTH IT |
| 21 | iOS Developers best for community & founder reach · ios-developers.io | Community | 37 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 22 | The Hive Index best for community & founder reach · thehiveindex.com | Community | 51 | Dofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 23 | Unita best for community & founder reach · unita.co | Community | 47 | Dofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 24 | Stripe best for community & founder reach · stripe.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 25 | r/EntrepreneurRideAlong/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 26 | r/IMadeThis/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 27 | r/Entrepreneur best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 28 | Atlassian best for community & founder reach · atlassian.com | Community | 92 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 29 | HackerNews best for community & founder reach · news.ycombinator.com | Community | 91 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 30 | FreeCodeCamp best for community & founder reach · forum.freecodecamp.org | Community | 89 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 31 | Devpost best for community & founder reach · devpost.com | Community | 88 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 32 | Cloud Native Computing Foundation best for community & founder reach · slack.cncf.io | Community | 86 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 33 | SitePoint Forums best for community & founder reach · sitepoint.com | Community | 86 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 34 | Babel Slack best for community & founder reach · slack.babeljs.io | Community | 85 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 35 | Startup Digest: More Than Just a Newsletter | Techstars best for community & founder reach · techstars.com | Community | 82 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 36 | Android United best for community & founder reach · android-united.community | Community | 16 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 37 | No Code Founders best for community & founder reach · nocodefounders.com | Community | 51 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 38 | Hackers Pad best for community & founder reach · hackerspad.net | Community | 8 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 39 | Microsoft Dev Chat best for community & founder reach · msdev.chat | Community | 6 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 40 | Front-end Developers best for community & founder reach · frontenddevelopers.org | Community | 41 | Nofollow | Free | WORTH IT |
| 41 | Women in Technology best for community & founder reach · witchat.github.io | Community | 94 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 42 | Firebase best for community & founder reach · firebase-community.appspot.com | Community | 90 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 43 | Startup Grind best for community & founder reach · startupgrind.com | Community | 76 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 44 | DevDojo best for community & founder reach · devdojo.com | Community | 75 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 45 | eCommerceFuel best for community & founder reach · ecommercefuel.com | Community | 72 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 46 | Indie Goodies best for community & founder reach · indiegoodies.com | Indie Hackers | 37 | Dofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 47 | Product-Led Alliance best for community & founder reach · productledalliance.com | Community | 68 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 48 | Remote Tools best for community & founder reach · remote.tools | Community | 57 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 49 | Elpha best for community & founder reach · elpha.com | Community | 56 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 50 | BuiltByIndies best for community & founder reach · builtbyindies.com | Indie Hackers | 33 | Dofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 51 | Outreach Desk best for community & founder reach · outreachdesk.com | Community | 48 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 52 | Creative Tribes best for community & founder reach · creativetribes.co | Community | 47 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 53 | PostMaker best for community & founder reach · postmake.io | Indie Hackers | 45 | Nofollow | Paid | OPTIONAL |
| 54 | Remotely One best for community & founder reach · remotelyone.com | Community | 40 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 55 | Pinkary best for community & founder reach · pinkary.com | Community | 60 | Dofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 56 | founderio best for community & founder reach · founderio.com | Community | 35 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 57 | Kernal best for community & founder reach · kern.al | Community | 31 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 58 | FoundersList best for community & founder reach · founderslist.com | Community | 30 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 59 | WeAreNoCode best for community & founder reach · wearenocode.com | Community | 28 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 60 | Band of Entrepreneurs best for community & founder reach · linkedin.com | Community | 99 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 61 | Startup Specialists Group best for community & founder reach · linkedin.com | Community | 99 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 62 | Executive Suite best for community & founder reach · linkedin.com | Community | 99 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 63 | On Startups best for community & founder reach · linkedin.com | Community | 99 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 64 | Stripe Discord Server best for community & founder reach · discord.gg | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 65 | r/advancedentrepreneur/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 66 | r/ArtificialInteligence/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 67 | r/design_critiques/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 68 | r/GrowthHacking/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 69 | r/indiebiz/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 70 | r/indiehackers/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 71 | r/InternetIsBeautiful/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 72 | r/ladybusiness/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 73 | r/microsaas/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 74 | r/NicheWebsites/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 75 | r/betatests best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 76 | r/nocode/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 77 | r/ProductHunters/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 78 | r/roastmystartup/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 79 | r/SaaS/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 80 | r/Plugyourproduct/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 81 | r/sideproject best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 82 | r/Startup_Ideas/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 83 | r/startups/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 84 | r/design best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 85 | r/entrepreneurship best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 86 | r/frontend best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 87 | r/programming best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 88 | r/technology best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 89 | r/userexperience best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 90 | r/webdesign best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 91 | r/thesidehustle/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 92 | r/Advertising best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 93 | r/AskMarketing best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 94 | r/Business_Ideas best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 95 | r/Businessideas best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 96 | r/coupons best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 97 | r/eCommerce best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 98 | r/EmailMarketing best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 99 | r/Marketing best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 100 | r/NoCodeSaaS/ best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 101 | r/Retail best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 102 | r/Sales best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 103 | r/startup_resources best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 104 | r/startup best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 105 | r/streetwearstartup best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 106 | r/VentureCapital best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 107 | r/VenturedCapital best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 108 | r/WebMarketing best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 109 | r/SweatyStartup best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 110 | r/Socialpreneur best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 111 | r/AlphaandBetausers best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 112 | r/growinpublic best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 113 | r/testmyapp best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 114 | r/GrowMyBusiness best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 115 | r/DotCom best for community & founder reach · reddit.com | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 116 | OpenAI discord Server best for community & founder reach · discord.gg | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 117 | Loqol Startup Community best for community & founder reach · discord.gg | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 118 | Makers Community best for community & founder reach · discord.gg | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 119 | Startup India best for community & founder reach · discord.gg | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 120 | Makerspace best for community & founder reach · discord.gg | Community | 95 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 121 | Furlough best for community & founder reach · discord.com | Community | 94 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 122 | Tech Startup Community best for community & founder reach · discord.com | Community | 94 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 123 | Makers HQ best for community & founder reach · discord.com | Community | 94 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 124 | Retool Discord Server best for community & founder reach · discord.com | Community | 94 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 125 | Indie Worldwide best for community & founder reach · indieworldwide.com | Indie Hackers | 16 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 126 | #TechMasters best for community & founder reach · techmasters.chat | Community | 16 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 127 | SEOUL Startups best for community & founder reach · seoulstartups.com | Community | 16 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 128 | People Ops & HR Community best for community & founder reach · lattice.com | Community | 78 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 129 | Mind the product best for community & founder reach · slack.mindtheproduct.com | Community | 76 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 130 | Cloud Foundry best for community & founder reach · slack.cloudfoundry.org | Community | 75 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 131 | Data Quest best for community & founder reach · dataquest.io | Community | 74 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 132 | Product School best for community & founder reach · productschool.com | Community | 74 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 133 | TechLondon best for community & founder reach · techlondon.io | Community | 12 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 134 | Online Geniuses best for community & founder reach · onlinegeniuses.com | Community | 57 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 135 | Broadwise.org best for community & founder reach · broadwise.org | Community | 11 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 136 | Belkins B2B Sales best for community & founder reach · blkns.co | Community | 11 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 137 | Indie London best for community & founder reach · indielondon.co | Community | 10 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 138 | Snowball club best for community & founder reach · snowballclub.com | Community | 10 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 139 | Fastlane Forum best for community & founder reach · thefastlaneforum.com | Community | 50 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 140 | Product HQ best for community & founder reach · productmanagerhq.com | Community | 49 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 141 | Growmance best for community & founder reach · audienti.com | Community | 37 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 142 | Landscape best for community & founder reach · landscape.vc | Community | 34 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 143 | GenZ VCs best for community & founder reach · genzvcs.com | Community | 33 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 144 | Startup Chat best for community & founder reach · community.startup.foundation | Community | 14 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 145 | Silicon Prairie Tech best for community & founder reach · siliconprairietech.com | Community | 10 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 146 | Founderopedia best for community & founder reach · founderopedia.com | Community | 2 | Nofollow | Free | OPTIONAL |
| 147 | Glassdoor best for community & founder reach · glassdoor.com | Community | 91 | Nofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 148 | Stacker News best for community & founder reach · stacker.news | Community | 64 | Dofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 149 | CoFoundersLab best for community & founder reach · cofounderslab.com | Community | 62 | Nofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 150 | DailyPings best for community & founder reach · dailypings.com | Community | 55 | Dofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 151 | Designer News best for community & founder reach · designernews.co | Community | 69 | Nofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 152 | Builders.to best for community & founder reach · builders.to | Community | 46 | Dofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 153 | Make.rs best for community & founder reach · make.rs | Community | 39 | Nofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 154 | IndieMaker best for community & founder reach · indiemaker.co | Community | 24 | Nofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 155 | indiehacker.tools best for community & founder reach · indiehacker.tools | Community | 5 | Dofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 156 | Entrepreneur's Network best for community & founder reach · linkedin.com | Community | 99 | Nofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
| 157 | The TechMap best for community & founder reach · thetechmap.com | Community | 13 | Nofollow | Free | LOW PRIORITY |
FAQ
How many directories are on this list?
157, out of 1000 on the leaderboard. Directories marked SKIP or a wrong fit for products are left out. 17 give a dofollow link and 153 are free. The average domain rating is 72.
Which has the highest domain rating?
Band of Entrepreneurs at DR 99 (nofollow, free). Then Startup Specialists Group at DR 99. High DR is not the whole story, which is why the list is ordered by editorial tier and fit first.
Where should I submit first?
Reddit, DEV Community, Indie Hackers. They lead the list because they combine a top editorial tier and product fit with real domain rating.
Are these directories free?
153 of the 157 are free. The other 4 charge for a listing or a faster review.
Do they give dofollow links?
17 of the 157 give a dofollow link. The rest are nofollow, which still sends referral traffic.