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Where solo founders and bootstrapped teams should launch: Peerlist, Uneed, MicroLaunch, Smol Launch, SoloPush, and the smaller hunts worth the form.
8 min read · Updated 2026-09-03
What to prepare
- Peerlist profile filled in, including a project that looks like a product
- A tryable URL — hunters bounce from coming-soon pages
Resources
- Indie ranking
Scored list with sequence and submit links.
- Peerlist Launchpad
Weekly Monday launch. Complete the profile first.
- Uneed — submit / queue
Daily board. Free queue can take weeks. Unique copy.
- Hunt0
Daily AI and SaaS hunt. Extra day, not the same morning as Product Hunt.
Optimize for being seen by the right twelve people
Indie products do not need a million hunters. They need a handful of people who will pay $19 and tell two friends. Platforms that optimize for spectacle will hide you under a well-funded launch. Platforms that optimize for makers will not.
The stack
Peerlist for a professional week. Uneed for a fair daily contest. MicroLaunch or Smol Launch if you want time more than a contest. SoloPush if you built it alone. Hunt0, Aura++, or TinyLaunch as optional extra days. IndieHunt if the product is AI and you want a Monday week instead of another daily.
Product Hunt is optional and later.
What to actually file this month
Peerlist on Monday. Uneed queued. MicroLaunch if you need a dwell. SoloPush or Hunt0 only as an extra day after those land. Product Hunt is optional and later.