Indie Hackers posts
Returns community posts from Indie Hackers with their engagement numbers, optionally narrowed by a search term or a minimum upvote count. Useful for seeing what bootstrapped founders discuss about pricing, growth, tools and churn.
What you get
- Post title and link
- Author
- Upvote count
- Comment count
- Tags
- Publication time
What it can do
- Read the posts feed, or switch to products
- Filter by a case-insensitive term matched against title, link, author and tags
- Keep only items above a minimum number of upvotes
- Set how many items to return
Limits
- Up to 10000 results per run
- The search term filters collected items; it is not a full-text search of post bodies
- Product revenue pages and founder interviews are not included; revenue appears only if written in a post
- Upvote and comment counts reflect the time of collection, and tags are chosen by authors
- Only publicly visible data
Input options
| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| type | Collect posts or products. |
| searchQuery | Optional filter over title, link, author and tags. |
| minUpvotes | Only return items with at least this many upvotes. |
| maxItems | Maximum number of items to return. |
Example
Ask your AI for the data in plain words and it picks this source. Developers can also call source procli_indiehackers_a directly through the REST API or MCP with an input like this:
{
"maxItems": 30,
"type": "posts"
}How to use it
- Create an account at prolevelmax.com. New users receive $1 in sign-up credit after verifying their email (one per person). No card required.
- Connect your AI. In the Dashboard, open Get started → Coding tools and API → Generate setup instructions and paste the instructions into your AI (Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex and others). You can also add the MCP server
https://prolevelmax.com/mcpor call the REST API. - Request data. Your AI selects a source, quotes the price and runs it only after you confirm. Results are returned as structured JSON that the AI can format as a table or report.
FAQ
How is this source billed?
Per result: $0.003/result + $0.006/run, min $0.02/run. Your AI quotes the price first, and you are never charged more than the quote.
Do I need an Indie Hackers account or API key?
No. You only need a ProLevelMax account. One balance and one connection cover all 157 platforms.
Is the data real-time?
Yes. Every call fetches public Indie Hackers data at the time of the request. Only publicly visible content is collected.
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New users receive $1 in sign-up credit after verifying their email (one per person). No card required. Pay per use with no subscription. Top up by card (USD) or Alipay (CNY); Enterprise top-ups from $1,000 by bank transfer.
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