Dan LeveilleProduct Marketing Manager, DeviantArt
What are the best products created entirely by a team of one?
As a developer who enjoys working alone, it's always inspiring to see awesome products created entirely by a team of one. What are some products you use or know of?
Your recommendation
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- Mohammed Rafy4All things Community @DoSelectHQ · WrittenAs per your question, this was built by just one developer and this product was profitable from very first day.
- Joshua Dance3Engineer, Product, athlete, indie hacker · WrittenIndie Hackers is built by one guy, but it is also a collection of other great products made by independent makers, often 1 person.
- This game was created by one developer over a period of about 4 years. It's grossed over an estimated $20 mil USD since its release last year.Dan Leveille3Product Marketing Manager, DeviantArt · WrittenI was going to recommend this too. Was blown away when I realized that everything was created by one developer -- programming, graphics, music, everything! Insane!
- A plugin to connect your WordPress site with your MailChimp account. Built by just me in late 2013 from a hospital bed in Vietnam (I had acute appendicitis). It's being used on 800.000+ sites, grossed $4.000 in its first month and is now at ~$40k per month. It's still just me taking care of everything, with a little help to handle first level support queries.
- Built by @ajlkn, this is an amazing tool to build landing and marketing pages, portfolios, and simple websites, without having to code.Ryan Hoover77Founder, Product Hunt · WrittenI recently used Carrd to create a single page website. It took 10 minutes to create and customize, much better for this use case than Squarespace and other large companies. I'm impressed it was built by one guy: @ajlkn.
- Mitch ColleranFounder at Join It · WrittenMitch Colleran made this productA simple SaaS solution for medium-sized nonprofits to manage their members. Currently, only a single full-time employee (yours truly! 🙌🏽 ). I started this journey back in September 2016 -- and choosing to bootstrap the company on my own has been my best professional decision to-date. :)
- Rohan VijayDirector of Product Design at Sprinklr · WrittenRohan Vijay made this productSuper easy to use tool I built for myself which I never knew would be used by so many others :)
- Lori KarikariWeb and Mobile Developer · WrittenMarcus Frind bootstrapped PoF and ran the company on his own for several years. He sold it for $575 million.
- Philip ManavopoulosFounder, Doorbell.io · WrittenPhilip Manavopoulos made this productDoorbell is also a 1 person team, I've been working on it for the past 3.5-4 years :)
- Shantanu RaghavProduct Guy @Mobiefit · WrittenThis guy curated all best developer books by crawling stackoverflow with tags and categories. I am really amazed, how such a simple project is helpful for so many people. He has also put up a post on medium to used affiliate marketing on Amazon to get few bucks out of it.
- James Welch5CEO @ innovationcompany.co.uk · WrittenJames Welch made this productDisclosure - It's by me! But this is an app that helps you to visually bookmark articles and web pages with a great tagging system.
- Wolfram N. MüllerFounder of PressKitHero · WrittenWolfram N. Müller made this productA tool that helps startups do their own PR. I like it, because it pays my rent :)
- Taylor CraneProduct @ Hello Alfred · WrittenTaylor Crane made this productDisclaimer: I'm biased, I built Hyperlax :D I too feel inspired by teams of one. Not every product/business can be built by a team of one, but when it's possible, it's great!
- Michal Ptacekfounder of Officelovin · WrittenMichal Ptacek made this productOfficelovin' is a website that allows you to discover the best startup & tech offices from around the world.
- JesperBylundFounder, BlankPage.io · WrittenJesperBylund made this productBuilt by me (@jesperbylund) alone over the last two years. I help authors stay motivated and writing, to get more people to finish their dream novel. :)
- Angelos ChalarisWeb developer · WrittenAngelos Chalaris made this productI built mini.css and I worked alone on it. A couple of people contributed a few extras and ideas on the Github repo, but still I developed the whole thing pretty much on my own.
