BUILDING SINCE 2018 · NOT REVIEWED BY FREEK
Freek
Van der Herten
“I'm the co-owner of Spatie, where my colleagues and I maintain over 300 open source packages for PHP and Laravel.”in their words · freek.dev
€10K MRR
Oh Dear revenue
● last reported Jul 20205
products
2018
building since
Career
Every main product, who ran it, and when it changed hands.
Mailcoach2020 →
NOW
Flare2019 →
NOW
Oh Dear2018 →
NOW
Side projects2
There There · freek.dev newsletter
201820192020202120222023202420252026
Freek runs ita new owner runs itsold, with the stated priceshut downside project
Oh DearRUNNINGsince Jan 2018
€10K
MRR
Jul 2020 · old
Figures Freek stated, each measuring something different. We don’t draw a line between them.
The journey
Launched Oh Dear (2018), Flare (2019) and Mailcoach (2020)
Milestones
€10K
MRR · Oh Dear
Jul 2020 · old
Latest
Jul 2026On Laracon US, Boston, talk: Proven Package Patterns
Jul 2026On WP Legends podcast, episode 133
Jun 2023Flare: Flare 2.0 launched
Mar 2023On Sit Down with Freek Van der Herten, an interview by Bert De Swaef
Oct 2022Oh Dear: Oh Dear 2.0, a full redesign, launched
How sure are we?
5 verified by someone other than Freek49 stated by Freek in public3 outdated, older than our limits
Read on 11 Oct 2026 · more data coming