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Your AI agent searches 6,500+ developer tools before writing code from scratch. 10,000+ installs.

Context-efficient AI coding: One find_tools() call finds a 3-line install command instead of generating hundreds of lines of boilerplate. Less code generated = less context consumed.

claude mcp add indiestack -- uvx --from indiestack indiestack-mcp

Then 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"


What it does

Before your AI writes auth, payments, or email boilerplate — IndieStack searches 6,500+ 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.


Install

Claude Code (zero install — runs via uvx):

claude mcp add indiestack -- uvx --from indiestack indiestack-mcp

Claude Desktop — add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indiestack": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["--from", "indiestack", "indiestack-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Cursor / Windsurf — add to your MCP config:

{"command": "uvx", "args": ["--from", "indiestack", "indiestack-mcp"]}

Persistent install:

pipx install indiestack
claude mcp add indiestack -- indiestack-mcp

CLI (terminal use):

pip install indiestack

indiestack search "analytics"
indiestack details simple-analytics
indiestack stack "auth, payments, email"

Tools (23)

Tool

What it does

find_tools

Search 6,500+ 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

Resources

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

Prompts

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


What's new in v1.12

  • Market gapsget_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.

What's new in v1.11

  • 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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