# IndieHackers Scraper (`cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper`) Actor

Extract IndieHackers product data, founder stories, and revenue milestones without an API key. Perfect for market research, VC deal sourcing, and SaaS competitive analysis.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Web Data Labs](https://apify.com/cryptosignals) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools
- **Stats:** 41 total users, 7 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 3 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

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You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
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- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
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- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## IndieHackers Scraper

Extract IndieHackers product data, founder stories, and revenue milestones without an API key. Perfect for market research, VC deal sourcing, and SaaS competitive analysis.

### What it does

Pulls product listings from indiehackers.com — including **publicly disclosed monthly revenue**, founder handles, taglines, descriptions, verticals, revenue models, funding source, and tags — directly from the same search index that powers the site. No login, no proxy, no rate-limit headaches.

### Use cases

- **VCs & accelerators** — source bootstrapped SaaS deals with real revenue traction
- **Market research** — map every newsletter, AI tool, or B2B SaaS founder publishing on IH
- **Competitive analysis** — track competitors' monthly revenue and update cadence
- **Lead lists** — build outreach lists of founders in a specific vertical (AI, fintech, devtools, etc.)
- **Trend spotting** — find new products in any niche, sorted by newest, revenue, or followers

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | Search term (e.g. `"AI"`, `"newsletter"`). Empty = all products. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max products to return. Default 100, max 10000. |
| `minRevenue` | integer | Only return products with at least this monthly revenue (USD). Default 0. |
| `sortBy` | string | `newest`, `revenue`, or `followers`. Default `newest`. |

#### Example input

```json
{
  "query": "AI",
  "maxItems": 500,
  "minRevenue": 1000,
  "sortBy": "revenue"
}
```

### Output

Each item contains:

```json
{
  "productId": "example-saas",
  "name": "Example SaaS",
  "tagline": "Short tagline",
  "description": "Longer founder description...",
  "url": "https://www.indiehackers.com/product/example-saas",
  "websiteUrl": "https://example.com/",
  "avatarUrl": "https://.../",
  "monthlyRevenueUSD": 4200,
  "numFollowers": 312,
  "twitterHandle": "examplesaas",
  "startDate": "2023-08",
  "createdAt": "2023-08-12T14:22:01.000Z",
  "publishedAt": "2023-08-12T14:22:01.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-04T09:11:43.000Z",
  "founderUserIds": ["AbCdEf123..."],
  "verticals": ["ai", "saas", "b2b"],
  "revenueModels": ["subscription"],
  "funding": ["bootstrapped"],
  "platforms": ["web"],
  "allTags": [...],
  "scrapedAt": "2026-03-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}
```

### Pricing

Pay-per-event: you only pay for products successfully scraped. No fixed cost, no compute charges.

### Notes

- Data is sourced from indiehackers.com's public search index.
- Revenue is whatever founders have voluntarily disclosed — many leave it blank.
- Respect the data: don't spam founders or scrape for malicious purposes.

### ⭐ Leave a Review

If this actor saved you time, a quick [review on the Apify Store](https://apify.com/cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper) helps other developers find it. Takes 30 seconds and means a lot.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Search term to filter products (e.g. 'AI', 'SaaS', 'newsletter'). Leave empty to scrape all products sorted by newest.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to scrape.

## `minRevenue` (type: `integer`):

Only return products with at least this much monthly revenue. Set to 0 to include all.

## `sortBy` (type: `string`):

How to order results.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "",
  "maxItems": 100,
  "minRevenue": 0,
  "sortBy": "newest"
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,cryptosignals/indiehackers-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/YbHw9fGcnLEgbpftn/builds/PltKJCrkrmQu9FH4U/openapi.json