# Indie hacker

Concept · [Programs and community](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/community)

Also called: indie developer, solopreneur, indie maker, bootstrapper

Someone who builds and runs a small software business on their own or with a tiny team, usually without outside investors.

**For example:** An indie hacker runs a [niche](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/target-customer) scheduling tool for dog groomers that pays her bills.

## Connects to (6)

- [Bootstrapping](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/bootstrapping): Building a company with your own savings and the money customers pay you, instead of money from investors.
- [Founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder): A person who starts a company and owns part of it from the beginning.
- [Moonlighting](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/moonlighting): Doing paid work on the side, outside a full-time job.
- [SaaS](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/saas): Software as a service.
- [Indie Hackers](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/indie-hackers): An online community where founders share how they build profitable, often self-funded, businesses, with posts, interviews and revenue…
- [Hacker News](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/hacker-news): A news and discussion site about technology and startups run by Y Combinator.

Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/indie-hacker