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Indie Dev Tools: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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One free form, four followed links, and a three week queue you can pay $14.99 to jump

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Eligibility

Who Indie Dev Tools accepts

You need
An account, which Google sign-in creates
A 128x128 logo
A short description of 120 characters or less
A live website
You'll be rejected if
Anything their reviewer decides is not useful to the indie dev community, which the form says in as many words
Developer toolsIndie productsSaaS productsDirectories
What you actually get
A page at /tool/<slug>-<id> carrying four links to your site, none of them with a rel attribute. Your profile at /profile/<handle> shows the tool as Pending verification with a dated estimate on it, and the listing is hidden until that passes. The audience is indie developers and solopreneurs, and the site runs a domain rating leaderboard of its own listings.

How to submit to Indie Dev Tools

  1. Sign in
    Add your tool goes to /login until you have an account. The card offers Sign in with Google above an email and password form, and Google opens in a popup window rather than in the page.
  2. Fill one screen
    Name, a short description capped at 120 characters, a long description, the website, one category from a dropdown of 17, a logo, an optional cover and up to five tags. That is the whole form; there is no second step.
  3. Submit
    The button drops you on your own profile with the tool listed as Pending verification and a dated estimate: a submission on 4 September 2026 was given Friday 25 September, twenty days out.

Indie Dev Tools requirements

An account
Google, or email and password
Name
Short description
120 characters max
Long description
Website URL
Category
one of 17
Logo
128x128, max 1MB
Cover imageoptional
1024x512, max 2MB
Tagsoptional
up to 5

Gotchas

The free queue runs about three weeks and the listing stays hidden until it clears: a submission on 4 September 2026 was dated Friday 25 September.
Only one category can be chosen, from a dropdown rather than a multi-select, so a tool that spans two has to pick the one it wants to be found under.
Google sign-in opens a separate window and the tab underneath keeps showing the login form until it closes. The page behind it is not stuck.

Let your agent submit to Indie Dev Tools

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Indie Dev Tools playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 5 Indie Dev Tools rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 9 fields this form asks for, 2 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: submitting is free and the form has no payment step at all. The only money on offer is $14.99 to be verified within 24 hours instead of waiting the queue out, and their own panel says it is refunded if the tool is not accepted.
Types it into Indie Dev Tools in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to Indie Dev Tools?".
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Indie Dev Tools FAQ

How long does Indie Dev Tools approval take?
Indie Dev Tools's typical time from submission to going live is 2-4 weeks.
How much does it cost to submit to Indie Dev Tools?
Indie Dev Tools has a free submission option plus paid placement (Submitting is free and the form has no payment step at all. The only money on offer is $14.99 to be verified within 24 hours instead of waiting the queue out, and their own panel says it is refunded if the tool is not accepted.).
Does Indie Dev Tools give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Indie Dev Tools carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 31.
Does Indie Dev Tools require a backlink to your site?
No, Indie Dev Tools does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Indie Dev Tools?
Anything their reviewer decides is not useful to the indie dev community, which the form says in as many words.