Indie Hackers

You’re an indie hacker — juggling ideas, building side projects, experimenting, validating.

You’ve got a small idea that could turn into something big. Maybe it’s a public API, a mini SaaS, or a directory of useful tools. You just need to ship it fast, test if people care, and move on to the next thing if they don’t.

But the moment you start, you realize the problem:
You need an API. That means servers, routes, frameworks, databases, deployment pipelines, monitoring — all that heavy setup just to serve a few pieces of data.

You wanted to build a product, not manage infrastructure.

That’s where StatikAPI becomes your best friend.

Build your API like a static site

With StatikAPI, you don’t start with servers — you start with files.

Your API lives inside src-api/, where each file represents a route. Write your logic there, and StatikAPI will build static JSON endpoints for you — instantly.

npx create-statikapi my-side-project
cd my-side-project
pnpm dev

The moment you run pnpm dev, StatikAPI launches a local UI that helps you visualize routes and outputs in real-time.
No configuration, no setup — you just start writing code and see JSON responses appear instantly.

For example:

src-api/
  tools/
    index.js          → public tools list
    [id].js           → single tool detail
  stats.js            → daily traffic or usage info

Each of these files becomes a clean JSON endpoint once you build:

pnpm build

Boom — you now have /api-out/tools/index.json, /api-out/stats/index.json, and more.
Everything is ready to deploy anywhere — Cloudflare, Netlify, GitHub Pages, or even StatikAPI Cloud (coming soon, join waitlist).

Ship fast, test faster

Indie hackers thrive on momentum — and StatikAPI gives you exactly that.
No servers to spin up, no Docker, no database migrations.

You can use your static JSON endpoints to power:

• Landing pages that fetch product data
• Dashboards that read from cached stats
• Chrome extensions or browser plugins
• Simple public APIs for your followers or community

When your idea changes, update your logic, rebuild, and redeploy — done.
No downtime, no scaling concerns, no “Ops” in your weekend project.

Avoid API rate limits and dependency overhead

Let’s say your project depends on an external API that allows only 1,000 requests per day.
But the data you’re fetching doesn’t change that often — maybe it’s weather info, product listings, or analytics from another service.

Instead of hitting that API for every user request, you can use StatikAPI to fetch the data once during build time and serve it as a static JSON file.
Now even 100,000 users can access that same data without you ever hitting the original API again.

You can even combine multiple APIs — pull data from different sources, merge or reshape it however you want, and then serve that unified dataset through StatikAPI as a single static JSON endpoint.

When it’s time to refresh the data, you can:

• Rebuild on a schedule (every hour, daily, etc.)
• Trigger a rebuild using webhooks (supported on Netlify, Cloudflare, and others)
• Or rebuild manually after content updates

StatikAPI Cloud: connect, fetch, and automate

StatikAPI Cloud (coming soon, join waitlist) takes this even further.
It will let you connect to third-party services through OAuth — like Notion, Google Sheets, Airtable, and more.

Once connected, you can:

• Fetch data securely from those services
• Transform or organize it as you want
• Serve it as a plain static JSON endpoint

That means you no longer have to hit Notion’s or Google’s APIs again and again for the same data.
Just build once, serve instantly, and update occasionally using:

• Webhooks
• Scheduled rebuilds
• Or any other trigger medium you choose

It’s fast, predictable, and independent — no rate limits, no auth juggling, no burnout.

Share and monetize your APIs

StatikAPI isn’t just about hosting your JSON — it’s about sharing it too.
You’ll be able to:

• Make your APIs publicly accessible
• Or restrict access using authentication, tokens, or domain-based access rules
• Even sell your APIs directly from the platform if that’s part of your business model

If enough creators and developers show interest, we’ll introduce a full StatikAPI Marketplace — a platform where developers can discover, buy, or integrate your public APIs with zero setup friction.

The beauty of static JSON

Your static JSON only consumes resources once — during the build.
After that, every user, every API consumer, every widget on your site just receives plain text data from a CDN — fast, lightweight, and practically free.

• No cold starts
• No server load
• No scaling headaches
• No unexpected bills

You can focus entirely on building, marketing, and shipping your ideas — not keeping servers alive.

TL;DR

For indie hackers:

• Scaffold projects with npx create-statikapi
• Develop locally using pnpm dev (powered by statikapi dev)
• Build and deploy with pnpm build (runs statikapi build)
• Combine data from multiple APIs without worrying about rate limits
• Automate rebuilds via schedules or webhooks
• Connect OAuth sources like Notion or Sheets via StatikAPI Cloud
• Share or sell your APIs with access control
• Grow into the upcoming StatikAPI Marketplace (coming soon, join waitlist)

You get the agility of a static site generator — but for APIs.
StatikAPI = the perfect backend for indie hackers who hate backends.