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?
Dan LeveilleProduct Marketing Manager, DeviantArt · Asked

16 recommended

42
Nomad List

The best cities to live and work remotely

Mohammed RafyCommunity Manager at DoSelect, Inc · Written
As per your question, this was built by just one developer and this product was profitable from very first day.
CommentsTweet
28
Indie Hackers

Learn how developers are writing their own paychecks.

Joshua DanceEngineer, Product Manager, athlete · Written
Indie Hackers is built by one guy, but it is also a collection of other great products made by independent makers, often 1 person.
CommentsTweet
15
Stardew Valley

A Phenomenal Open-Ended Country-Life RPG

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.
CommentsTweet
Dan Leveille3Product Marketing Manager, DeviantArt · Written
I was going to recommend this too. Was blown away when I realized that everything was created by one developer -- programming, graphics, music, everything! Insane!
CommentsTweet
10
MailChimp for WordPress

DannyFounder @ ibericode · Written
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.
Comments (1)Tweet
7
Carrd

Simple, responsive, one-page sites for pretty much anything.

Built by @ajlkn, this is an amazing tool to build landing and marketing pages, portfolios, and simple websites, without having to code.
CommentsTweet
Ryan Hoover44Founder, Product Hunt · Written
I 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.
CommentsTweet
Mitch ColleranProduct Manager, Eventbrite · Written
Mitch Colleran made this product
A 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. :)
CommentsTweet
2
Paperr

An elegant writing tool for web

Rohan VijayUX Designer and Author of Paperr.In · Written
Rohan Vijay made this product
Super easy to use tool I built for myself which I never knew would be used by so many others :)
CommentsTweet
2
Plenty of Fish

Lori KarikariWeb and Mobile Developer · Written
Marcus Frind bootstrapped PoF and ran the company on his own for several years. He sold it for $575 million.
CommentsTweet
3
Doorbell

In-app user feedback for free

Philip ManavopoulosFounder, Doorbell.io · Written
Philip Manavopoulos made this product
Doorbell is also a 1 person team, I've been working on it for the past 3.5-4 years :)
CommentsTweet
Shantanu RaghavProduct Guy @Mobiefit · Written
This 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.
CommentsTweet
James Welch3CEO @ innovationcompany.co.uk · Written
James Welch made this product
Disclosure - It's by me! But this is an app that helps you to visually bookmark articles and web pages with a great tagging system.
CommentsTweet
1
PressKitHero

Easily create a professional press kit for your startup

Wolfram N. MüllerFounder of PressKitHero · Written
Wolfram N. Müller made this product
A tool that helps startups do their own PR. I like it, because it pays my rent :)
CommentsTweet
1
Hyperlax

Sit back. Relax. Explore faraway places. Enjoy the music.

Taylor CraneSenior Product Manager, Originate · Written
Taylor Crane made this product
Disclaimer: 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!
CommentsTweet
1
Officelovin'

Discover the best tech office spaces from around the world

Michal Ptacekfounder of Officelovin · Written
Michal Ptacek made this product
Officelovin' is a website that allows you to discover the best startup & tech offices from around the world.
CommentsTweet
1
BlankPage

Stay motivated to write, and finish your story

JesperBylundFounder, BlankPage.io · Written
JesperBylund made this product
Built 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. :)
CommentsTweet
Angelos Chalaris made this product
I 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.
CommentsTweet