Build an AI lifting coach app with no coding background
A former finance intern built Maxed AI, a lifting and fitness coach app, with Claude Code and reports about $14-15K a month.
Indie founder use cases
Real things people did with Indie founder work, sourced and with recipes.
Use cases
Grow signups with a bot that makes and posts UGC videos daily
An indie builder's Claude Code bot makes four videos a day, posts them, and learns from past performance; he says it drives 90% of his signups.
Build a viral daily web game with Claude in a weekend
A non-technical sports creator built the Geosports geography game with Claude in about a weekend and says it makes about $40,000 a month.
Replace paid SaaS tools with your own vibe coded services
An indie founder replaced more than a dozen paid services across his sites with self-built tools and says it saves about $25,000 a month.
Find a SaaS idea and build it with Claude Code until customers pay
A builder used Claude Code to come up with a SaaS idea, implement it, and land a second paying customer.
Do customer support from your phone with the Claude app
An indie app founder now handles support, feature triage and bug fixes from anywhere with the Claude app.
Get from zero code to $4.2k MRR in six months with Claude Code and Cursor
A non-coder shipped a SaaS for content creators with Claude Code and Cursor and reports $4,260 MRR and 87 paying customers after six months.
Grow an SEO content generator to almost $10k MRR with Claude Code
A solo founder built an SEO content generator entirely with Claude Code, ran it free for three months, then converted users to reach almost $10k MRR.
Turn a viral vibe-coded game into ad revenue
A solo developer built a 3D city of GitHub developers with Claude and sold in-world ad placements: $953 in 29 days and $96 MRR.
Use marketing skills to get a first vibe-coded app to $1,400 MRR
A marketer with no coding background vibe coded his first app and reports 592 users and $1,400 MRR in the first month.
Vibe code a class-action settlement finder to $20K a month
A 23-year-old founder built Payout, an app that finds class-action settlements users qualify for, with Claude Code in under two weeks.
Vibe code a habit-quitting app to $12K a month
Starter Story breaks down Stoppr, a vibe-coded mobile app built by a former finance worker that it reports at $12K a month.
Vibe code an invoicing SaaS for freelancers to 100 paying users
A solo founder built an invoicing and payment-tracking tool with Cursor and Claude and reports about $2k MRR from 100 paying users.
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