Indie Alternatives

io.github.WuDao0123/indie-alternatives · v0.2.0 · cloud-and-infra

Indie Alternatives is healthy: it completed an MCP handshake in 1480 ms and exposes 3 tools.

Find indie-made tools and alternatives to big-name software. 1,500+ products. Logs unmet needs.

Endpoint: https://indiealternatives.dev/mcp (streamable-http)

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Facts

Users (last 30 days)0
HandshakeHealthy
Auth neededNone
Tool count3
Latency1480 ms
Last checked (UTC)2026-11-05T21:05:51.217Z

Health history

Checked (UTC)StatusLatencyError
2026-11-05T21:05:51.217ZHealthy1480

Tools (3)

search_toolsCall when the user asks whether there is a tool for X, or for an alternative to a product. Matches the need against a catalog of indie-made products and returns the most relevant ones. matched=false means nothing suitable was found; then call log_unmet_need to record the need anonymously.
get_tool_detailsGet the full description of a product by the id returned from search_tools.
log_unmet_needCall when no tool in the catalog meets the user's need. Records the need anonymously so indie makers can discover what to build. Send only the need itself: no names, company names, contact details, links or account handles. The server redacts again and never stores identity, IP or exact time.