madepublic

Freemium#22 of 29 in Indie Hacker Tools

madepublic: A free project showcase for sharing progress and collecting community feedback. Ranked #22 of 29 in Indie Hacker Tools by our editors (6.4/10); pricing: Free plan; best for founders sharing project progress publicly.

6.4/10★★★☆☆Editor score

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At a glance

• Editor score
  6.4 / 10
• Pricing
  Free plan
• Best for
  Founders sharing project progress publicly
• Free plan
  Yes
• Primary use
  Launch
• Facts checked
  24 Sep 2026

• Where it wins

  • Project pages bring updates, tasks, changelogs, and FAQs together.
  • Comments, replies, and reactions invite feedback on project updates.
  • Twitter cross-posting and project badges extend project visibility.

• Where it doesn't

  • No product analytics are included.
  • Homepage promotion is paid, with no price specified here.
  • The workflow centers on public showcases, not product hosting.

Our verdict on madepublic

madepublic gives indie hackers and makers a public place to showcase projects, share progress, and exchange feedback. It suits solo founders and small teams who want a lightweight launch and build-in-public presence rather than a place to host their product or measure its usage. Its core service is free, and project pages can collect a project's updates in one public feed.

The feature set supports an ongoing project story, not just a launch announcement. Makers can post progress entries, maintain a task list and changelog, host an FAQ, and let visitors comment, reply, or react to feed entries. A badge can link back to a project, and updates can be cross-posted to Twitter. This makes madepublic most relevant when public conversation and discoverability are part of a founder's workflow; it is less suited to teams whose priority is private coordination or analytics.

The free core lowers the barrier to creating a project presence, while homepage promotion is an optional paid feature. The published description does not provide a promotion price, so it is best treated as an additional visibility option rather than a predictable part of the core workflow. madepublic is a reasonable fit for makers who want a simple public home for updates and feedback. Founders who need product analytics, product hosting, or a broader project-management system should look elsewhere for those capabilities.

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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Last updated 7 Oct 2026 · How we research and update