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The indie hacker AI stack — 2026 edition

The boring layer (Vercel, Supabase) plus the leverage layer (Cursor, v0). What's actually shipping one-person businesses right now.

8 tools · curated by Stork

Every six months the indie hacker stack shifts a little. Here's what's actually working in 2026 — the boring layer, the leverage layer, and the get-paid layer. We deliberately link each to its Stork page so you can read the real-world reviews before paying — half the tools on this list have nasty pricing surprises that the marketing site won't tell you about.
  1. 1

    Cursor

    🧩 Build

    Built to make you extraordinarily productive, Cursor is the best way to code with AI.

  2. 2

    Vercel

    🤖 AI Tools

    A cloud platform for frontend developers that provides tools and infrastructure for building, deploying, and scaling web projects, including AI-powered applications.

  3. 3

    Supabase + pgvector

    🧩 Build

    Supabase + pgvector focuses on Postgres + vector → Data → Build workflows.

  4. 4

    Linear Insights

    🤖 Automate

    Linear Insights focuses on Project ops → Back‑office → Automate workflows.

  5. 5

    React Email 6.0 by Resend

    🤖 AI Tools

    An open-source email editor you can embed in your own app, plus a new collection of templates.

  6. 6

    Playwright

    🤖 AI Tools

    Playwright is an open-source automation library developed by Microsoft for reliable end-to-end testing and web automation across various browsers.

  7. 7

    OpenAI Realtime API

    🧩 Deploy

    Bidirectional streaming interface for GPT-4o Realtime.

  8. 8

    Anthropic Claude API

    🧩 Deploy

    Direct Claude access with US-only data residency.