About

Build in public, with the tools to do it well.

Shippin is the social network for builders. Live build logs, interactive product demos visitors can click and type, and a weekly launch leaderboard that ranks by trust-weighted votes. Free to join at app.shippin.dev/signup.

What is Shippin?

Shippin gives every product a profile and every founder a feed. Posts are build-log entries tied to a specific product, shown in a two-tab home feed (For You and Following). Each product page carries a logo, tagline, waitlist, gallery, roadmap, and an interactive demo visitors can actually use. Once a week, products compete on the launches leaderboard for persistent badges that follow the product forever.

Marketing site: shippin.dev. Product: app.shippin.dev.

Who it's for

Solo founders and small teams shipping products in public
Indie hackers who want a structured home for build logs
Makers running pre-launch waitlists that benefit from live progress context
Builders who want a feed that is all builders, not general tech commentary

What makes Shippin different

Per-product profiles

Every product you build gets its own profile, separate from your personal account. Followers can subscribe to a single product without committing to all your work. Posts include four types: update, milestone, launch, and question. Mentions, product tags, polls, changelog blocks, and media all attach to a product context, not a generic timeline.

Interactive demos, not screenshots

Each product can host a sandboxed iframe of the running app. Visitors click buttons, type into forms, and try the product directly on the profile page. Clicks are tracked so you can see how people actually engage. Static screenshots show what a product looks like. A demo shows what it does.

Weekly leaderboard, not one launch day

Product Hunt gives a product one launch day. Shippin gives it a season. Products can launch many times through the launches surface, with three tabs: This Week, Upcoming, and Past Winners. Top three each week and each month earn persistent awards that travel with the product on every page it appears.

Trust-weighted votes

Votes count toward the leaderboard only when the voter has skin in the game: an account at least seven days old, a post older than 24 hours, or a follow-graph relationship to the product. New votes still display, they just don't move the rankings. Brigading and signup-then-vote loops don't work here.

Structured reviews, not comment threads

Reviews live on each product page with an overall rating, four sub-axes (ease of use, reliability, value, customization), and pros/cons that roll up into tag clouds. Only people who have marked I use this can write a review. The result is signal you can compare across products, not a free-text wall.

Builders-only audience

The audience on Shippin is other makers. The feedback you get is more specific, more technical, and more useful than general social noise.

How Shippin works

Sign up. Free to join. Create an account at app.shippin.dev/signup.
Create a product. Logo, tagline, categories, stack, stage (idea, building, beta, live), pricing chip, optional promo code, and a stealth toggle. Add a team with multi-role members; admins control edits.
Upload a demo. Point to a sandboxed iframe URL or an external link, then ship a gallery, roadmap (planned, in progress, shipped, shelved), and changelog.
Post build logs. Update, milestone, launch, or question. Mention @user, tag products with /slug, attach media, run polls, or add a changelog block. 15-minute edit window, then the post is locked.
Schedule a launch. Book a future launch date, watch the countdown chip on your product card, then compete on that week's leaderboard. Top three mint awards that stay on the product permanently.
Collect reviews. People who use your product mark I use this, then leave structured reviews with pros and cons. Aggregated tags surface the patterns.
Embed the badge. Paste a live SVG badge on your own landing page. Three variants, two themes, served from an edge function so it always reflects current standing.

Shippin+

Shippin+ is the optional paid verification tier. Two scopes: user (the blue check on your profile) and product (the verified mark on a product page). Stripe-backed monthly billing, manageable from settings. Verification flips the moment the subscription starts.

Shippin+ is never required. Posting, products, demos, follows, DMs, and the weekly launch board are all free.

History and current status

Shippin was started in 2025 by builders who wanted a real home for build-in-public work, not a corner of a general-purpose feed. The platform ran a pre-launch waitlist through early 2026 and is now open to the public.

The codebase is built on React, TypeScript, Supabase, and a small set of dependencies. Many features were requested by early users on Shippin itself.

Principles we hold

Honesty over hype. Every number is real. No padded signups, no inflated metrics.
Builders, not broadcasters. The product rewards people making things over people talking about things.
Sharp edges, clean information. The interface stays restrained so the content stands out.
No pay-to-play ranking. Trust-weighted votes, transparent scoring. You can't buy your way up the leaderboard.
Public roadmap. What we're building next is visible, often on Shippin itself.