Directory review
Awesome Indie review
Curated list of indie-made products.
At a glance
DirPilot Score from 4 of 5 factors. The rest aren't checked yet, so it may move.
- Domain rating
- 38
- Visits / month
- Not checked Check pending
- Price
- Free, paid from $9.99
- Link type
- nofollow Checked 2026-10-09
- Approval
- ~2 days
- Listings indexed
- Not checked Check pending
Our verdict
Awesome Indie is a smaller domain (DR 38), so treat it as a supporting listing. Its listing links are nofollow, so the value is referral traffic and discovery rather than link equity. You can list for free, with paid options to go faster or get featured and approval takes about 2 days.
Best for Indie makers and small teams with working software who can wait months for a free slot or pay $9.99 to pick a date.
About Awesome Indie
Awesome Indie is a daily launch platform for products built by independent makers, where 15 to 25 products launch each day and are ranked by upvotes. Launching is free; the site earns from optional paid launch tiers, a Pro membership and sidebar ads, and says paying never changes the ranking. Each product gets a launch day, a product page and a maker profile, and the link to the product becomes do-follow at 20 upvotes.
What a listing gets you
- A launch day, product page and maker profile
- Community upvotes, comments and badges
- A do-follow link once the product reaches 20 upvotes
- Featured placement, newsletter slot and social posts on paid tiers
Pricing, timing and links
- Pricing
- Launching is free. Optional one-off tiers per product: Skip the Line $9.99 (pick your launch day), Boost Launch $29.99 (featured all launch day) and Premium Launch $49.99 (adds a newsletter slot and social posts). Pro membership is $49.99 per year and a sidebar ad spot is $99.99 per month.
- Approval time
- The FAQ says the automatic check usually runs within the hour and human review "can be a day or two"; it also says the free launch queue is "around four months deep".
- Links
- Checked on 2026-10-08 from sample listings (https://awesomeindie.com/product/ontario-landlord and https://awesomeindie.com/product/dashtera): the Visit website link has rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow". The FAQ says the link stays nofollow until the product passes 20 upvotes and is followed after that.
Before you submit
- A link to the product; an AI drafts the name, tagline, description and categories for you to edit
- Software you built or helped build (no agency portfolios or resold white-label products)
- A public URL that loads and is not a template page
- Free accounts can submit 1 product until login streaks raise the limit
- Submissions openYES
How to get approved
- Submit only once your site is live; the FAQ says a non-loading or template site is the most common automatic refusal.
- Do not resubmit a site that launched there in the last six months, which the FAQ lists as a refusal reason.
- Aim for 20 upvotes so the link to your product becomes do-follow.
- Pay $9.99 for Skip the Line only if you need a specific date, since the free queue runs about four months.
Similar directories
| Directory | Score | DR | Visits/mo | Price | Link | Approval | Indexed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reddit r/SaaSRERS | 96 | 95 | — | Free | unchecked | — | — |
| DEV CommunityDECO | 95 | 91 | — | Free | dofollow | — | — |
| Hacker News (Show HN)HNSH | 93 | 91 | — | Free | unchecked | — | — |
| Side ProjectorsSIPR | 83 | 71 | — | Free | dofollow | 7d | — |
| MediumMEDI | 78 | 94 | 20M | Free | nofollow | — | — |
Questions
Is Awesome Indie free?
Yes, there is a free option, with paid upgrades for faster or featured placement.
Does Awesome Indie give a dofollow backlink?
No. Listing links were nofollow when last checked on 2026-10-09. The value is referral traffic and brand visibility.
How long does Awesome Indie take to approve a listing?
The FAQ says the automatic check usually runs within the hour and human review "can be a day or two"; it also says the free launch queue is "around four months deep".
How do I submit to Awesome Indie?
Submissions go through https://awesomeindie.com/submit. Have this ready: A link to the product; an AI drafts the name, tagline, description and categories for you to edit; Software you built or helped build (no agency portfolios or resold white-label products); A public URL that loads and is not a template page. Or let DirPilot submit for you, along with every other directory that fits your product.