Owen Melbourne

Lead UX Developer, Selesti Ltd

@owenmelbz 311 X followers forged-ui maelstrom-cms owenmelbz.dev First product launched 9y ago

Total monthly visits: 15.7K; Down28.7%MoMOct 2026All others besides Backpack for Laravel are <5K
MRR: $10KClaimed; Indie Hackers · 2026-09-29“$10K/mo”
Products: 4; Since Jul 2017
Latest launch: 6y ago; Forged UI<5K visits/mo

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 / 4 products with revenue evidence

Sep 2026

Backpack for Laravel$10K/moSelf-reported eq.

Products and research metrics
Product	Tagline	Category	Visits · Oct	MoM	Launched	Revenue
Backpack for LaravelOSSbackpackforlaravel.comTimeless admin panels. They save months and last a decade or more.	Timeless admin panels. They save months and last a decade or more.	Internal Tools & No-Code Databases	13.9K	Down27.9%	2017-07	$10KClaimed
Forged UIOSSforged-ui.comA customisable Forge UI for your desktop.	A customisable Forge UI for your desktop.	Hosting, Deployment & DevOps	<5K	Prev <5K	2020-03	Undisclosed
Maelstrom CMS ToolkitOSSmaelstrom-cms.comA CMS toolkit for intermediate to advanced development teams who love React, Tailwind & Laravel.	A CMS toolkit for intermediate to advanced development teams who love React, Tailwind & Laravel.	Boilerplates, Templates & UI Components	<5K	Prev <5K	2019-05	Undisclosed
Fuelledfuelled.meA simple fuel expenditure monitoring tool powered by SMS 🇬🇧🚗	A simple fuel expenditure monitoring tool powered by SMS 🇬🇧🚗	Vehicles & Mobility	<5K	Prev <5K	2018-07	Undisclosed

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

Nov 9 · 6d ago
- Backpack for Laravel introduces air-datepicker field replacementProduct Activity
  Backpack for Laravel announced an update replacing three previous datepicker fields with one modern air-datepicker field. The consolidated field supports dates, date & time, and date ranges with a footprint of around 13KB.
Nov 1 · 14d ago
- Backpack for Laravel Homepage headline (H1) changed to “Timeless admin panels. They save months and last a decade or more.”Positioning
  The most flexible admin panel for Laravel. Since 2016.→Timeless admin panels. They save months and last a decade or more.
- Backpack for Laravel Adopted technology: Cloudflare TurnstileFeatures
  —→Cloudflare Turnstile
- Backpack for Laravel Removed technology: PrismFeatures
  Prism→—
- Backpack for Laravel Removed technology: reCAPTCHAFeatures
  reCAPTCHA→—