Source: https://www.hype-stack.dev/docs/packs-templates/templates/indie-hacker

# Indie Hacker

A personal portfolio for someone who ships products. A shelf of your SaaS projects charting live monthly revenue from
Stripe, a built-in newsletter with a hosted archive, and a landing page that reads like a person, not a company. This is
the `indie-hacker` template.

It is the one template that is not a multi-tenant SaaS. There is one user (you), so it pins the Better Auth starter and
runs on the basic layout, and it ships no mobile or extension screens of its own.

## What's inside

- A **starter** for auth, defaulting to Better Auth.
- The **basic layout** (swappable at install).
- [Newsletter](/docs/packs-templates/packs/pack-newsletter) as its fixed feature pack: the signup panel on the landing
  page, the hosted archive, and the admin email studio.
- The **project shelf**: cards for each product with a live monthly revenue chart, pulled from your Stripe account.
- A crimson, light-mode theme, a portfolio landing page, and a resources hub.

## What you need to set up

1. **Auth** - follow [SaaS Starter (Better Auth)](/docs/packs-templates/packs/starter-saas-betterauth) for the Google
   OAuth app and Resend.
2. **Newsletter** - follow [Newsletter](/docs/packs-templates/packs/pack-newsletter): a verified Resend domain and the
   Resend webhook for delivery events.
3. **Revenue charts** - a Stripe restricted key with read access to charges, set as `STRIPE_SECRET_KEY`, so the shelf
   can read monthly revenue per product.
4. **Admin** - set `SUPER_ADMIN_EMAIL` to sign in to the [admin app](/docs/packs-templates/packs/admin) and write your
   first newsletter release.

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## Why use the template instead of composing packs yourself

Composing gets you auth and a newsletter. The template adds the parts that make it a portfolio: the product shelf with
revenue, the landing page written in the first person, and the archive laid out as a publication. You edit the copy and
add your products.