What are solo founders actually building?

Find ideas, compare projects, meet their makers.

71 waves452 projects mappedProjects can belong to more than one wave.

Describe an idea, problem or product

Explore a group

Find a starting point

Founders compare complaints, competitors and revenue examples before choosing what to build.

Getting a project or brand listed becomes an ongoing distribution task.

Placement is allocated by a visible bid or credit rule.

Founders need an audience and useful feedback before they have an established acquisition channel.

Editorial products package concrete building experience and conversations.

Funding is coupled to milestones, technical help or operational intervention.

Meet other builders through live conversations, introductions and founder communities.

A directory of the directories: find solo founders, see what they build, and put them on the map.

Keep the September 2026 map nearby, or explore every project on the interactive board.

The starting point: Founder networking threads, quote posts and related posts, followed by project websites. The September 18 research reviewed 854 records: 851 unique projects and three duplicates.
What we could learn: 485 projects had enough evidence for the offering, audience and approach; 177 had a meaningful description with gaps; 189 lacked enough information. 440 projects fit the 70 recurring ideas in this edition.
What a wave means: A shared task, audience need or approach, checked against each project’s sources. It describes a pattern in this catalogue, not measured market growth. Some projects fit several waves; others have a distinct idea or need more information.
Follow the evidence: Open a wave for its criteria and source excerpts, then a project for the original sources and its builders. Counts above reflect the current published catalogue; the downloadable map records the research edition.