Technology

Open-source a small tool and grow a dev audience

Ship the thing. The audience comes for free.

intermediate5 phases20 steps90-day path

open sourcedevrelaudience

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Indie hackers undervalue distribution because they overvalue closed-source. Open-source flips the calculation. Ship the smallest useful tool, write the README people actually read, and let GitHub do the marketing. 90 days to a project that hits the trending page.

Phases (5)

1
Pick the right scope
4 steps
2
Build the README before the code
4 steps
3
Ship v0.1 publicly
4 steps
4
Get the first 100 stars
4 steps
5
Turn stars into users
4 steps

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