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Track MRR, user metrics, and startup milestones. Share your indie hacker journey — all from one beautiful page.

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Analytics

Real-time analytics to track your growth

Deep insights powered by Stripe integration — see your MRR, customers, and revenue trends the moment they happen.

MRR
$87
$1.0k ARR
Active Customers
3
Churn Rate
0.0%
0 churned this month
Net Revenue
$87
Rolling 30 days (UTC)
ARPU
$29.00
Avg. revenue per user
Failed Payments
0
Rolling 30 days (UTC)

MRR Over Time

Monthly recurring revenue trend

Revenue

Gross collected per week (UTC, summed)

Customer Growth

Active customers over time

Features

Everything You Need to Build in Public

Track your startup metrics, share milestones, and grow your audience. Simple tools that let you focus on building.

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Connect once and pull a complete, accurate revenue history — no manual entry, ever.

Real-time growth tracking

MRR, ARR, churn, and ARPU updated the moment transactions flow in.

Celebrate milestones

Mark moments like first customer, $1K MRR, or product launch. Build your story.

Weekly digest email

A clean Monday recap of your week — new revenue, customers, milestones, and changelog.

Public progress page

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One-click sharing

Generate pre-filled tweets with your latest metrics. Grow your audience effortlessly.

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Metrics, milestones, and updates — all on one clean, public page.

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CookLog

Recipe sharing platform for home cooks

Alex Chen · @alex_chen · Day 127 · Since Nov 18, 2025

MRR

$2.4k

+18%

Users

847

+24%

Day

127

building

🎯 Milestones

Launched MVP on Product HuntNov 18
First paying customerDec 11
Reached 100 usersJan 15
Hit $1K MRRJan 24
Featured on Indie HackersFeb 15
Reach $5K MRRIn progress...

📝 Recent Updates

Mar 22
feature
Added recipe collections feature
Mar 20
fix
Fixed mobile navigation bug
Mar 18
improvement
Improved search speed by 3x
Mar 12
feature
Dark mode support

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Pricing

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Perfect for getting started

$0
  • 1 project
  • Manual metric input
  • Public progress page
  • Share button
  • Unlimited milestones
  • Unlimited changelog
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$9/mo
  • Up to 3 projects
  • Everything in Free
  • Stripe analytics (MRR, churn, revenue)
  • Custom project logos
  • Weekly digest emails
  • Remove BuildTrail branding

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