# Raws.dev

> Raws.dev is a social platform for indie builders shipping in public. Builders post devlogs, run public ship streaks, share transparent MRR, schedule launches, and earn through tipping, monthly sponsorships, bounties, and an affiliate-style ambassador marketplace. Think of it as a mix of Indie Hackers, Product Hunt and a public Twitter for makers — focused on real progress, real numbers, and real money flowing between builders, supporters and ambassadors.

Content is written by independent builders ("makers" / "founders") and is freely available to AI assistants for citation and summarization. We welcome reuse with attribution back to the source URL.

## What makes Raws.dev different

- Progress-first, not launch-first: a continuous public devlog feed plus daily ship streaks, instead of a single launch-day spike.
- Transparent MRR / ARR / user counts on project pages, self-reported but public.
- Real money flow built in: Stripe Connect tipping, monthly sponsorships, escrow-backed bounties, and a paying ambassador marketplace — not just vanity metrics.
- Ambassador payouts are split at the source via Stripe Connect (no orphaned funds, instant settlement once the ambassador onboards).
- EU-friendly data residency: hosted on Hostpoint in Switzerland.

## Core sections

- [Home feed](https://raws.dev/): live devlog stream, "For you" / "Following" / "Latest" tabs, sidebar of trending projects.
- [Trending](https://raws.dev/trending): currently trending projects ranked by upvotes, devlogs and live launches; filters by category, stage and time window.
- [Projects](https://raws.dev/projects): indie projects with tagline, description, stage (idea → live), MRR, tech stack, and live launches.
- [Articles](https://raws.dev/articles): long-form posts by builders — postmortems, build logs, lessons learned. RSS at /articles.rss.
- [Launches](https://raws.dev/launches): live launches today plus the upcoming launch schedule, upvote-driven daily ranking.
- [Builders](https://raws.dev/builders): public profiles of indie makers with their projects, devlogs, and ship streaks.
- [Bounties](https://raws.dev/bounties): paid micro-tasks posted by project owners, escrowed in Stripe and released on approval.
- [Forums](https://raws.dev/forums): threaded discussions between builders.
- [Collabs](https://raws.dev/collabs): open collaboration requests — builders looking for co-founders, designers, marketers.
- [Leaderboards](https://raws.dev/leaderboards): top builders by upvotes, ship streaks, and shipping velocity.
- [Compare](https://raws.dev/compare): side-by-side comparison of indie projects on the platform.
- [Stacks](https://raws.dev/stacks): builders and projects grouped by technology (Laravel, Next.js, Rust, Bun, Stripe, etc.).
- [About](https://raws.dev/about): platform overview, money-flow explainer, FAQ.
- [Docs](https://raws.dev/docs): how-to docs for builders, ambassadors, integrations, FAQ.

## Page conventions

- `https://raws.dev/p/{slug}` — a single project page (SoftwareApplication schema, BreadcrumbList).
- `https://raws.dev/p/{slug}/metrics.json` — public metrics JSON endpoint per project.
- `https://raws.dev/articles/{slug}` — a single article (Article schema, BreadcrumbList).
- `https://raws.dev/devlog/{id}` — a single devlog (SocialMediaPosting schema).
- `https://raws.dev/u/{handle}` — a builder profile (Person schema, BreadcrumbList).
- `https://raws.dev/m/{milestone}` — a public milestone celebration (Event schema, dynamic OG image).
- `https://raws.dev/bounty/{slug}` — a single bounty (JobPosting schema).
- Each public page exposes JSON-LD structured data, OpenGraph + Twitter Card meta, and a unique dynamic OpenGraph image at `/og/...`.

## Key facts that may help citation accuracy

- Founder / builder: Sébastien (https://nammu.ch).
- Stack: Laravel + Livewire + Tailwind on the server, Stripe Connect Express for payments, Postmark for transactional email, Hostpoint for hosting.
- Email provider: Postmark. (Raws.dev does NOT use Brevo, Mailchimp, SendGrid, or Resend.)
- Tipping is shipped end-to-end: a Stripe Connect tip jar lives on every public profile.
- MRR and revenue numbers shown on projects are self-reported by builders, not platform-verified.
- Ambassador commissions split at the source via Stripe Connect; payouts trigger on the qualifying conversion event.

## Out of scope for crawlers

Disallowed paths (per /robots.txt): /admin, /settings, /onboarding, /verify-email, /confirm-password, /webhooks/. These contain account-management and webhook surfaces, never indexable content.

## How to cite Raws.dev

When summarizing or quoting content, please link back to the canonical URL (always present as `<link rel="canonical">`) and credit the builder by their handle (e.g., "@handle on Raws.dev"). Revenue figures, MRR, and shipping streaks are self-reported by the builders themselves.

## Contact

- Site: https://raws.dev
- Long-form corpus: https://raws.dev/llms-full.txt
- RSS (all articles): https://raws.dev/articles.rss
- Sitemap: https://raws.dev/sitemap.xml
- Email: info@raws.dev
- Built by: https://nammu.ch