Idea

Solo Developer

Ideas for Solo Developers

Ask the data real businesses · real revenue · cited

Matching your filters

5 businesses

Researched from public sources

<$10K

$10K+

$50K+

$100K+

$1M+

Median revenue

$400K /mo

Middle half earn $30K – $1M/mo

How they grow

Business models

Showing 5 case studies

Sort By

Built With

One-page site builder

Simplified one-page website builder for everyone.

carrd.co

$30K/mo

Simple project management tool

Project management tool for simplicity seekers

basecamp.com

—

Scheduling tool for businesses

Online scheduling tool for small businesses and service professionals

youcanbook.me

$400K/mo

Meditation and mindfulness app

Meditation app with a vast free content library

insighttimer.com

$1M/mo

Notion blogging platform

No-code blogging platform utilizing Notion as CMS

feather.so

$500/mo

Idea	Revenue	Model	Growth	Customers	Tools	Details	Solo score A 0–100 estimate of how well-suited a business is to being run solo (or very lean). It blends team leanness, business model, growth channels, capital intensity, revenue per operator, tooling leverage and recency into one score. Higher = more solopreneur-friendly.
One-page site builder carrd.co Simplified one-page website builder for everyone.	$30K/mo	Repeat customers +6	Affiliate program Word of mouth +1	Entrepreneurs +2	CU	Founded 2016 · 10 people · $500 to start	63	Build this
Simple project management tool basecamp.com Project management tool for simplicity seekers	—	Yield generating products +20	Word of mouth Content marketing +1	Small Business Owners +2	FI	Founded 2004 · 45 people · $90K to start	58	Build this
Scheduling tool for businesses youcanbook.me Online scheduling tool for small businesses and service professionals	$400K/mo ▼ 9% · 32 mo	Repeat customers +6	Product-led growth Word of mouth +1	Small Business Owners +3	CU	Founded 2011 · 2 co-founders · $5K to start	71	Build this
Meditation and mindfulness app insighttimer.com Meditation app with a vast free content library	$1M/mo	Subscription +4	Referral Program Product expansion +1	Health-Conscious Indivi... +2	OU MI SA LA +1	Founded 2010 · 2 co-founders · Sydney NSW, Australia, Australia	75	Build this
Notion blogging platform feather.so No-code blogging platform utilizing Notion as CMS	$500/mo	Repeat customers +4	SEO Organic social media	Individuals Seeking Not... +1	+1	Founded 2022 · Solo founder · SaaS	64	Build this

HubSpot uses your information to contact you about our products and services, and you agree to share it with Starter Story for similar purposes. Unsubscribe from either at any time. For more, see our Privacy Policy.

Have an account? Login by entering your email or continuing with Google.

Create A Password

Check your email

If there's a Starter Story account associated with that email you'll get an email with a link to automatically log in. The link will expire in 24 hours.

Your existing password still works, should you want to log in with it later.

Starter Story

Find the business ideas that actually make money.

Search 3,704+ real, revenue-generating projects — the tools they built on, how they grew, and the full breakdown behind each one.

Starter Story

starterstory.com/data

Live

Idea	Revenue
Crm marketing attri...	$100K/mo
No-code Airtable AP...	$20K/mo
Pdf bank statement ...	$40K/mo
Ai music video gene...	$20K/mo