Reddit for indie hackers, on quiet autopilot.
When you are shipping solo, Reddit is your cheapest channel and your biggest time sink at once. subding watches for the problems your project solves and the moments people ask for exactly what you built, then pings you, so you can drop into the right thread without leaving Reddit open in a tab you never close.
i don't want another all-in-one suite. is there a tiny tool that just does this one thing well without a monthly meeting to onboard?
→ Your project fits here
Your best launch channel eats your build time
The threads asking for your exact project are gold, but finding them means scrolling subreddits instead of shipping, and you cannot do both. So you either lurk and lose hours, or you skip it and miss the person who would have been your happiest early user. Neither is a good trade when you are the whole team.
There is a longer game as well: the assistants people ask read Reddit, so a helpful reply from you today can be why ChatGPT or Claude names your project the next time someone asks.
Zero upkeep
Add the problems your project solves once, then only hear from us when someone actually raises one.
The right threads only
Track the phrasing people use when they want what you made, so you skip the noise and catch the ask.
Cheap to start
Plans open at $19 a month with every feature included, so an indie budget is not a barrier to being early.
How indie hackers use it
- 1
Track the problem you solve
Forget your product name for a second and add the pain people describe before they know a tool exists. That is where your future users are talking.
- 2
Send it to your phone or inbox
Point matches at email or a Slack you check, so a good thread reaches you without a dashboard habit you will not keep.
- 3
Show up like a person
When a thread fits, reply as a maker who built the thing, honestly and without a pitch. subding finds the thread; the reply is yours.
What you get pinged with
Each alert holds the keyword, the subreddit, a timestamp and a link. It is a nudge to go and be useful in a real thread; subding does no posting, upvoting or DMing on your behalf.
Indie hackers ask us
I do not have time to monitor Reddit. Does this actually save me any?
That is the point. You set the keywords once and then only hear from us when someone raises the problem you solve, so the scrolling stops and the good threads still reach you.
Is it worth it for a project that is barely making money yet?
Plans start at $19 a month with everything included, and one well-timed reply that lands an early advocate tends to pay for a lot of months. You can also start on the free trial and see what turns up.
Will it post about my project for me?
No, and it should not. Reddit sees through self-promotion in a heartbeat. subding just shows you the thread; being genuinely helpful in it is the part only you can do.
Be early without living on Reddit
Let the watching run itself with a Reddit monitoring tool pointed at the problems you solve, and spend the hours you save on shipping instead of scrolling.
See what every plan includes on the pricing page.