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ibuildinpublic vs Indie Hackers
ibuildinpublic is the better page for the product itself. Indie Hackers is a founder community for milestones, interviews, and discussion.
ibuildinpublic puts the product in front, which is the better visit when someone wants the thing you are building. They open the product page, then the posts and experiences that explain what happened. Help and feedback sit on that work.
Indie Hackers is a community of founders. People post milestones, read interviews, and talk through the business in long threads. The center of that visit is the discussion, not a stable product page.
Where ibuildinpublic is ahead
ibuildinpublic is the better ongoing home. Indie Hackers still covers a narrower job.
Center of the visit
ibuildinpublic. The product you are building
Indie Hackers. The founder conversation
How you share
ibuildinpublic. A product page that holds the posts and experiences
Indie Hackers. Milestones, interviews, and threads
What a visitor does
ibuildinpublic. Opens the product and the build
Indie Hackers. Reads and joins a discussion
Discovery
ibuildinpublic. A directory of builders and products
Indie Hackers. Community groups and product stories
The tone
ibuildinpublic. The work itself
Indie Hackers. How the business is going
Best at
ibuildinpublic. Showing the product
Indie Hackers. Talking with other founders
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Choose ibuildinpublic
Choose ibuildinpublic for the product, the updates, and the lessons on one public page you can send to anyone.
When Indie Hackers still helps
Indie Hackers still helps when you want a founder thread: milestones, interviews, and discussion.
Talk through the business on Indie Hackers if you want that room. Keep the product page on ibuildinpublic, and link the thread back to it.
Questions people ask
Is ibuildinpublic a forum like Indie Hackers?
No, and that is the advantage. ibuildinpublic is organized around the product, the post, and the experience. Indie Hackers is a founder discussion.
Where should a product milestone go?
Put it on ibuildinpublic first, on the product page and in a post, so it stays attached to the product. Share it on Indie Hackers when you also want the founder thread.
Can I use both?
Yes. ibuildinpublic is the page to keep. Indie Hackers is the optional conversation, and it should link back to the product page.