Creators

Ric Barnes

First product launched 6y ago

Total monthly visits
<5K
Oct 2026 · Below 5K floor
MRR
$1,000Claimed
Indie Hackers · 2026-09-29“$1K/mo”
Products
1
Since Mar 2020
Latest launch
6y ago
Protolyst<5K visits/mo · $1,000/mo (claimed)
100% full-depth creator dossier open: complete product portfolio, 12-month combined traffic & MRR curves, shipping cadence, and timeline events.

Traffic & revenue

Portfolio · Last 12 months
Monthly visits
Monthly revenue & equivalents1 / 1 products with revenue evidence
Sep 2026
Protolyst$1,000/moSelf-reported eq.

Products

Products and research metrics
ProductVisits · OctActions
ProtolystYour Knowledge. Your Projects. One Platform.<5K

Timeline

Launches, marketing, revenue milestones, and pricing/plan/positioning changes across products

  1. Nov 1 · 15d ago

    • Protolyst Removed technology: BetterDocsFeatures

      BetterDocs→—

    • Protolyst Removed technology: BetterDocs pluginFeatures

      BetterDocs plugin→—

    • Protolyst Adopted technology: Twitter Emoji (Twemoji)Features

      —→Twitter Emoji (Twemoji)

  2. Sep 29 · 48d ago

    • Protolyst disclosed MRR $1,000Claimed revenue

      $1K/mo · Indie Hackers

  3. Mar 25, 2020 · 6y ago

Questions & evidence

What products has Ric Barnes built?
Ric Barnes tracks 1 standalone software products on EarlyLore (1 currently live), led by Protolyst.
How much website traffic do Ric Barnes's products get?
Across tracked standalone domains with web traffic estimates, Ric Barnes's portfolio reaches <5K combined monthly visits in each site's latest observed month. Coverage excludes shared third-party hosts and store listings.

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