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IndieStack plugs into your AI editor. Before it writes code, it checks if a free indie tool already does it.

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Overview

IndieStack

Dependency guardrail for AI coding agents. Validates packages before installation, catches hallucinations and typosquats, and provides compatibility intelligence across 6,500+ developer tools.

10,000+ PyPI installs | 110,000+ unique visitors | 23 MCP tools

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

Then ask your agent:

"Validate this package before installing"
"Find an auth solution for my Next.js app"
"Check compatibility between these two tools"

What it does

Before your AI installs a dependency or writes boilerplate — IndieStack validates it exists, checks for typosquats, and 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.

Tech stack

Backend: Python 3 / FastAPI / SQLite (FTS5 full-text search, WAL mode)
Infrastructure: Fly.io / Docker / 48-endpoint smoke testing
MCP server: Published on PyPI — 23 tools, 3 resources, 5 prompts
Auth: GitHub OAuth via sessions
Payments: Stripe subscriptions
Monitoring: Event reactor, pattern detection, Telegram alerting

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 v1.19

Package validation — validate_package() verifies packages exist and are safe before installation. Catches hallucinated and typosquatted packages.
Guardrail-first design — Built for AI agents that need to validate dependencies, not just discover them.

Recent highlights

Migration intelligence — Tool details include real migration data from 4,500+ GitHub repos.
93,000+ verified package combinations from production repos.
Trust-weighted search — Tools with higher agent success rates rank higher.
Market gaps — get_market_gaps() exposes zero-result queries ranked by search volume.

Links

MIT License

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Server Config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "indiestack": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": [
        "-m",
        "indiestack.mcp_server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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