The term was coined by @pketh in 2023 in his blog post “In Search of Organic Software”. TL;DR1: Businesses change when they take VC money.
Certainly, there were already terms like "Indie" and "Bootstrapped", but what do they really mean? The "organic" label for software means something specific:
Screen recorder for macOS. Create engaging product demos, courses, tutorial and social media videos. Add automatic zoom on mouse actions, smooth mouse movement, and other powerful effects and animations. Designed for macOS.
Create a viral a waitlist for your next idea for free. People climb up as they invite friends. Set milestones, integrate it in minutes and build an audience pre-launch.
Take your Markdown files and turn them into forms and web pages that are beautiful, customizable, accessible, and fully localizable.
Instantly publish your own books on the web for free, no publisher required.
Your digital space for meditation and capturing unfiltered thoughts.
NearlyFreeSpeech.NET web hosting provides powerful, low-cost hosting services for experienced webmasters with a do-it-yourself focus.
Screencast tutorials to help you learn Ruby on Rails, Javascript, Hotwire, Turbo, Stimulus.js, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Ubuntu, and more.
Sononym is a sample browser that offers a fresh perspective on how sounds can be explored and organized. Available for Windows, Linux and macOS.
A modern multi-pane file manager that lets you create workspaces for different projects. It's a great alternative to Finder on Mac and Explorer on Windows.
Memorize the most common words in the language you want to learn with the spaced-repetition technique on the Menu Bar of your Mac.
A single app to help you track habits, build routines, journal, improve sleep, and more.
Pirsch is a powerful, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics — lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrated into any website or server.
SavvyCal is scheduling software that helps people to find a time to meet instantly.
Rhythm backup for any song at any tempo, generated from real instrument samples. Designed for bluegrass, old-time, fiddle tunes, swing, etc.
Helps leadership teams identify priorities, highlight consensus, make tradeoffs, and finalize a plan.
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easily compete with fishing buddies on iOS and Android.
Budgeting software that teaches you good habits, making personal budgeting suck less.
Literal is the best platform to collectively explore the ideas of the world's greatest authors.
A space to save inspiration & knowledge. Create & organize, images, bookmarks & notes.
A fast, simple RSS feed reader and sync service.
Flexible and affordable space management + appointment scheduling for any type of business. Useful for multi-purpose spaces like yoga studios or art studios. Organic software based in the Netherlands. A bit clunky, but very stable, performant, and cost-effective. Some useful (though, limited) API access, to boot!
Write it. Show it. Rock it. A fresh, fast and fun way to create and hold presentations.
A macOS app that lets you quickly jot things down.
Stuck on a problem? Unfamiliar with a new API or language? Developer Duck is your rubber duck programming helper that talks back!
Muse is a canvas for thinking that helps you get clarity on things that matter. Think in private or collaborate with others. Available for iPad and Mac.
Craigslist provides local classifieds and forums for jobs, housing, for sale, services, local community, and events
Remember everything. Organize nothing.
Blot turns a folder into a website.
Reading Supply is a reading and writing tool for artists, thinkers, creators, and humans.
A modern team knowledge base for your internal documentation, product specs, support answers, meeting notes, onboarding, & more.
Create spaces to mindmap, moodboard, research, whiteboard, brainstorm, plan, and take notes
Pika is a pretty good blogging platform built by the good people at Good Enough.
Grow wiser and retain books better: Readwise sends you a daily email resurfacing your best highlights from Kindle, Instapaper, iBooks, and more.
Super simple group chat, without a subscription. And you get the code, too.
100% Free Tax Filing. Efile your tax return directly to the IRS. Prepare federal and state income taxes online.
Are.na is a place to save content, create collections over time and connect ideas. Privately or with other people.
Fairly priced, privacy focused web hosting for experienced webmasters / DIY builders. Running since 2002.
The type foundry of David Jonathan Ross (DJR), home of the Font of the Month Club. (All the the fonts on this site are from here!)
Obsidian is the private and flexible note‑taking app that adapts to the way you think.
Static hosting, tunneling, docker img registry, pastebin, RSS, and blog services for hackers.
Websites don't have to be so cookie cutter. Make a website that feels uniquely you in under five minutes.
Treat yourself to an awesome web address, a devastatingly gorgeous profile page, a stellar email address, and tons more
Forecast your schedule, track your time & income, and reach your financial goals.
Newsletter software for people like you.
A web-app framework that includes everything needed to create database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern.