Can you promote in r/indiehacker?
A community for indie hackers and devs who build and ship products with AI coding tools. Share your progress, workflows, wins, failures, and revenue. From “vibe coding” to profitable apps.
The short answer
Share a substantive post that focuses on your learning, technical implementation, metrics, and lessons learned; mention your product/company briefly and transparently but don’t make a pure signup pitch.
What works here
- Launch posts that include story, approach, and lessons
- Posts sharing first-hand experiments, metrics, and code-level insights
- Technical walkthroughs showing how a product was built with AI
What gets posts removed
- Pure promotional posts like 'Here is my tool, please sign up'
- Generic lists, clickbait screenshots, or scraped/top-50 style posts
- Low-effort or off-topic requests without context or prior work
Where this comes from
View the current official rules on RedditSelf-promotion must include real value
Launches allowed only if they share story, approach, and lessons; pure 'please sign up' posts are removed.
Share real experience
Community expects first-hand experiments, metrics, and code-level insights rather than generic lists or clickbait.
No low-effort/off-topic posts
Posts should show what you tried and include context; low-effort posts may be removed.
Focus on building with AI
Subreddit is for builders shipping products with AI — relevant posts should center on that.
Official rules of r/indiehacker
- 01Posts must be about building products with AI
- 02Self-promotion must include real value
- 03Share real experience, not generic AI content
- 04No low-effort posts or off-topic questions
- 05Be honest about numbers and claims
- 06Be kind, candid, and constructive
- 07Follow Reddit’s Content Policy
Based on the community’s official rules, analyzed July 8, 2026. Rules change; the official rules page is always the source of truth.
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