# Gregory Schier
Building since 2013. Not reviewed by Gregory.
Page: https://mrrmaker.com/@gregoryschier
Sold Insomnia to Kong (2019); built Yaak to roughly $5k MRR (2026)
In their words: "bio": "Indie developer building Yaak, an offline, open-source, and git-friendly API client" (github.com)

## Numbers
- Revenue: $4,946 MRR, Yaak (stated · Oct 2026)
- Total revenue so far: $95.5K, Yaak (stated · Oct 2026)
- Products: 9
- Building since: 2013

## Products
- Yaak (2024 →): running
- Insomnia (2014 – 2019): sold, sold to Kong
- Forkjoy (2013): shut down
- Kabook!: dates not stated in any source
- Platform Pixels: dates not stated in any source
- To Read: dates not stated in any source
- Victoria Bus: dates not stated in any source
- Plans4Ramps: dates not stated in any source

## Timeline
- May 2024: Left his job to work on Yaak full-time [stated]
- Jan 2024: Launched Yaak [stated]
- 2024: Yaak: Launched Yaak's commercial-use license [stated]
- Apr 2021: On Code Story, season 4 bonus episode [stated]
- 2021: Joined Railway [stated]
- Jan 2020: On Does Not Compute Podcast [stated]
- Dec 2019: On The Entrepreneurial Coder Podcast, episode 17 [stated]
- Jul 2019: Sold Insomnia to Kong [verified]
- May 2017: Insomnia: Insomnia became open source under the MIT license [stated]
- May 2017: Insomnia: Insomnia grew to over 30,000 monthly users [stated]
- Jul 2016: Left his job to work on Insomnia full-time [stated]
- 2014: Launched Insomnia [stated]
- Apr 2013: Launched Forkjoy [verified]

## How sure
10 verified by someone other than Gregory, 62 stated by Gregory in public, 4 outdated. Read on 11 Oct 2026.

## Sources
- About Yaak — The API client from the creator of Insomnia, yaak.app: https://yaak.app/about
- Gregory Schier, schier.co: https://schier.co
- Projects – Gregory Schier, schier.co: https://schier.co/projects
- github.com: https://api.github.com/users/gschier
- Public Metrics, yaak.app: https://yaak.app/open
- 2025 Year in Review: 10x Growth, yaak.app: https://yaak.app/blog/2025-review
- Funding MIT Software with Commercial-use Binaries, yaak.app: https://yaak.app/blog/funding-open-source
- Yet Another REST Client?, yaak.app: https://yaak.app/blog/yet-another-api-client/
- Going Indie Again – Gregory Schier, schier.co: https://schier.co/blog/going-indie-again
- Indie to Acquisition – Gregory Schier, schier.co: https://schier.co/blog/indie-to-acquisition
- Kong acquires open-source REST client provider Insomnia - SD Times, sdtimes.com: https://sdtimes.com/api/kong-acquires-open-source-rest-client-provider-insomnia
- The Entrepreneurial Coder Podcast | #17 - Greg Schier - How I Built and Sold Insomnia, share.transistor.fm: https://share.transistor.fm/s/926c076e
- S4 Bonus: Greg Schier, Insomnia - DEV Community, dev.to: https://dev.to/codestorypodcast/s4-bonus-greg-schier-insomnia
- Does Not Compute Podcast – Gregory Schier, schier.co: https://schier.co/blog/does-not-compute-podcast
- Insomnia Is Now Open Source | Insomnia, insomnia.rest: https://insomnia.rest/blog/open-source-announcement/
- Victoria tech startup ForkJoy puts a new spin on restaurant reviews – Martlet, martlet.ca: https://martlet.ca/victoria-tech-startup-forkjoy-puts-a-new-spin-on-restaurant-reviews
- Show HN: Insomnia REST API Client (Chrome App), news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8758625
- Yaak – a minimal app for REST and GraphQL, news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38928577
- Show HN: Yaak – An open source, Git-friendly desktop API client, news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43185836
- 2021 Recap: Reprioritization – Gregory Schier, schier.co: https://schier.co/blog/2021-review
- Insomnia Month 7 Recap – $110 MRR, news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13600087
- 2020 Recap: Life Shuffle – Gregory Schier, schier.co: https://schier.co/blog/2020-review
- Platform Pixels, platformpixels.com: https://platformpixels.com
- To Read – Reading List - Apps on Google Play, play.google.com: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gregschier.toread
- Site checks on 2026-10-11, MRRMaker: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works#checks

Labels: "verified" means confirmed by someone other than the founder; "stated" means the founder said it in public. Method: https://mrrmaker.com/how-it-works