6 open-source marketing tools for indie founders, from AI SEO skills to rank tracking
sven_ai · x · 2026-10-20
A curated list of 6 niche marketing tools for indie developers, premised on the idea that building is only half the job—the other half is getting discovered:
- Founder Marketing Skills: open-source (MIT, 85 stars) marketing skills for agents—keyword research, competitor analysis, growth strategy, social search audit—installable via npx skills, works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and any agent that reads SKILL.md
- SoPilot: finds trending X content, writes promo tweets, and submits to SEO link directories
- SerpBear: self-hosted keyword rank tracking for Google
- Formbricks: open-source in-product survey tool to understand signups and churn
- SEONaut: free open-source technical SEO audit tool
- Umami: lightweight self-hosted web analytics
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