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Great! I launched ReadMe 2.5 years ago as a Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8422408 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8422408), then did a Prod

Great! I launched ReadMe 2.5 years ago as a Show HN (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8422408 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8422408), then did a Product Hunt launch (https://blog.readme.io/product-hunter-becomes-the-hunted/ https://blog.readme.io/product-hunter-becomes-the-hunted/), and got into YC a few weeks later. Having a good launch was something we could point VCs to. We got some awesome customers (including some big names) from our HN launch, and it kickstarted out growth. If I remember correctly, we finished out the week at about $4k MRR... nothing compared to now, but at the time it felt awesome to be making money. We've come a long way since then, but our Show HN was a great way to kick things off!

tiffanyh 9y ago
Hi Gregory I've really been interested in ReadMe because it fills such a simply yet extremely important need for developers. Would you be willing to ever do one of those Indie Hacker posts [0]? Also, question: is ReadMe no longer free to Open Source projects? I see reference in your docs that say that ReadMe is free for Open Source projects [1] but on your current pricing page [2] I don't see any reference to the free-open source version. [0] https://www.indiehackers.com/ https://www.indiehackers.com/ [1] https://readme.readme.io/v2.0/docs/open-source https://readme.readme.io/v2.0/docs/open-source [2] http://readme.io/pricing/ http://readme.io/pricing/
- gkoberger 9y ago
  We still have an open source tier! It's available on the credit card page :)
Shank 9y ago
Hey! I've been using ReadMe FOSS and had no idea that you were a show HN project. Congrats on your success! Super, super happy with it and love using it! Thank you!
mtVessel 9y ago
I might just be slow, but I can't tell from your landing page exactly what types of things I would document with this. Is it just APIs?
gnicholas 9y ago
I totally thought this was a different ReadMe. Do you ever get confused for these guys? http://www.readmei.com http://www.readmei.com They're one of our licensees (of BeeLine Reader), and sometimes people send us customer support requests because they think they're owned by us. I had no idea there was a different ReadMe, but I suppose it's not surprising. Presumably since you're in different markets, you can each own your respective trademarks?
franciscop 9y ago
Hi Gregory, I love your startup and documentation, I am doing https://serverjs.io/documentation/ https://serverjs.io/documentation/ right now and launched https://documentation.agency/ https://documentation.agency/ in the past (but didn't actually have time at that moment to follow up on the requests). I am thinking on applying there.

tiffanyh 9y ago

Hi Gregory I've really been interested in ReadMe because it fills such a simply yet extremely important need for developers. Would you be willing to ever do one of those Indie Hacker posts [0]? Also, question: is ReadMe no longer free to Open Source projects? I see reference in your docs that say that ReadMe is free for Open Source projects [1] but on your current pricing page [2] I don't see any reference to the free-open source version. [0] https://www.indiehackers.com/ https://www.indiehackers.com/ [1] https://readme.readme.io/v2.0/docs/open-source https://readme.readme.io/v2.0/docs/open-source [2] http://readme.io/pricing/ http://readme.io/pricing/

gkoberger 9y ago
We still have an open source tier! It's available on the credit card page :)

Shank 9y ago

Hey! I've been using ReadMe FOSS and had no idea that you were a show HN project. Congrats on your success! Super, super happy with it and love using it! Thank you!

mtVessel 9y ago

I might just be slow, but I can't tell from your landing page exactly what types of things I would document with this. Is it just APIs?

gnicholas 9y ago

I totally thought this was a different ReadMe. Do you ever get confused for these guys? http://www.readmei.com http://www.readmei.com They're one of our licensees (of BeeLine Reader), and sometimes people send us customer support requests because they think they're owned by us. I had no idea there was a different ReadMe, but I suppose it's not surprising. Presumably since you're in different markets, you can each own your respective trademarks?

franciscop 9y ago

Hi Gregory, I love your startup and documentation, I am doing https://serverjs.io/documentation/ https://serverjs.io/documentation/ right now and launched https://documentation.agency/ https://documentation.agency/ in the past (but didn't actually have time at that moment to follow up on the requests). I am thinking on applying there.