Your AI agent searches 8,000+ developer tools before writing code from scratch. 10,000+ installs.
claude mcp add indiestack -- uvx --from indiestack indiestack-mcpThen ask your agent:
- "Find an auth solution for my Next.js app"
- "What's the lightest open-source payments library?"
- "Show me migration paths away from Webpack"
Before your AI writes auth, payments, or email boilerplate — IndieStack searches 8,000+ curated developer tools with real compatibility data from 4,500+ repos. You get install commands, health scores, and what tools actually work together in production.
"Indie" is the curation filter: independent developers and small teams. Focused, lean, maintained, honest pricing.
Claude Code (zero install — runs via uvx):
claude mcp add indiestack -- uvx --from indiestack indiestack-mcpCursor / Windsurf — add to your MCP config:
{"command": "uvx", "args": ["--from", "indiestack", "indiestack-mcp"]}Persistent install:
pipx install indiestack
claude mcp add indiestack -- indiestack-mcpCLI (terminal use):
pip install indiestack
indiestack search "analytics"
indiestack details simple-analytics
indiestack stack "auth, payments, email"| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
find_tools |
Search 8,000+ developer tools with 11 filters: price, health, stars, success rate, language, tags, compatibility |
find_compatible |
Find tools compatible with a given tool — grouped by category, with verified stacks and conflict warnings |
get_tool_details |
Integration code, pricing, API specs, and compatibility data |
scan_project |
Analyze a project description + tech stack, get a complete tool recommendation |
report_compatibility |
Report that two tools work well together — builds the compatibility graph |
report_outcome |
Report success/failure with used_with and incompatible_with — feeds the compatibility graph |
check_health |
GitHub health audit — maintenance grade, last commit, stars, alternatives for stale tools |
list_categories |
Browse all 25 categories |
compare_tools |
Side-by-side comparison of any two tools |
build_stack |
Turn a 50,000-token generation into a 2,000-token assembly |
publish_tool |
Submit a developer tool so other agents can recommend it |
browse_new_tools |
Recently added tools with pagination |
list_tags |
All tags sorted by popularity |
get_market_gaps |
Top unmet needs — what developers search for but can't find |
list_stacks |
Curated stacks for common use cases |
analyze_dependencies |
Scan package.json/requirements.txt for better alternatives |
evaluate_build_vs_buy |
Financial breakdown: build from scratch vs use what exists |
get_recommendations |
Personalized suggestions based on your search history |
| Resource | What it provides |
|---|---|
indiestack://categories |
All 25 categories with slugs for filtering |
indiestack://trending |
Top 10 trending developer tools this week |
indiestack://tools-index |
Complete index for prompt caching — include once, reference forever |
| Prompt | When to use |
|---|---|
before-you-build |
Check IndieStack before building common functionality |
find-alternatives |
Find indie alternatives to mainstream SaaS products |
save-tokens |
Audit your project for token-saving opportunities |
architect-feature |
Plan a feature using existing indie building blocks |
discover-indie |
Explore what indie developers have built |
- Market gaps —
get_market_gaps()exposes zero-result queries ranked by search volume. See what tools are missing from the ecosystem. - Trust-weighted search — Tools with higher agent success rates rank higher. Real outcome data, not just star count.
- Agent success badges — Search results show success rate badges when outcome data is available.
- Migration intelligence — Tool details include real migration data from 4,500+ GitHub repos. "jest → vitest: 27 repos", "webpack → vite: 13 repos".
- Verified combos — 93,000+ verified package combinations from production repos.
- Unlimited searches — All rate limits removed.
- 2,100+ install commands populated across the catalog.
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