# Tony Dinh
Building since 2020. Not reviewed by Tony.
Page: https://mrrmaker.com/@tonydinh
Sold Black Magic for $128K (2023); TypingMind over $1M a year (2025)
In their words: "I’m a full-time indie hacker, building internet products and sharing my journey here in my newsletter." (news.tonydinh.com)

## Numbers
- Revenue: $130–160K /mo, TypingMind (● last reported Oct 2025)
- Total revenue so far: $500K, TypingMind (stated · Feb 2024)
- Sold 3 products for $279.8K in total (sum of stated prices)
- Products: 15
- Building since: 2020

## Products
- TypingMind (2023 →): running
- DevUtils (2020 →): running
- Xnapper (2022 – 2024): sold, sold to an individual buyer for $150,000
- Black Magic (2021 – 2023): sold, sold to Hypefury for $128,000
- DriveStats (2021): sold, sold to an undisclosed buyer for $1,800
- Tony Dinh's Newsletter: dates not stated in any source

## Timeline
- Jun 2026: TypingMind: Relaunched on Product Hunt [stated]
- Mar 2024: Sold Xnapper to an individual buyer ($150,000) [stated]
- Jul 2023: On The Bootstrapped Founder #236 [stated]
- May 2023: Sold Black Magic to Hypefury ($128,000) [stated]
- Mar 2023: Launched TypingMind [stated]
- Oct 2022: On Product Journey podcast [stated]
- Sep 2022: On Indie Hackers podcast #260 [stated]
- Aug 2022: Xnapper: Launched on Product Hunt (25 Aug 2022) [stated]
- Jun 2022: Launched Xnapper [stated]
- Sep 2021: Left his job to work on his own products full-time [stated]
- Jul 2021: Sold DriveStats to an undisclosed buyer ($1,800) [stated]
- May 2021: Launched Black Magic [stated]
- Apr 2021: Launched DriveStats [stated]
- Sep 2020: Launched DevUtils [stated]

## How sure
6 verified by someone other than Tony, 85 stated by Tony in public, 20 outdated. Read on 10 Oct 2026.

## Sources
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/about
- api.github.com: https://api.github.com/users/trungdq88
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/my-solopreneur-story-zero-to-45kmo
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/oct-2025-updates-code-money-and-travel
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/i-made-a-game-with-ai
- share.transistor.fm: https://share.transistor.fm/s/2c6e15b4
- productjourney.transistor.fm: https://productjourney.transistor.fm/episodes/indiehacker-life-building-to-20k-mrr-with-tony-dinh
- tbf.fm: https://tbf.fm/episodes/236-tony-dinh-ups-and-downs-of-an-indie-hacker-journey
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/im-building-a-new-email-client
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/another-6-figure-exit-and-the-future
- news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=trungdq88
- news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24604291
- blackmagicso.substack.com: https://blackmagicso.substack.com/p/black-magic-has-joined-hypefury
- news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27220355
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/jun-2022-updates-100k-arr-reflections-and-a-screenshot-app-1206061
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/aug-2022-one-year-since-i-quit-my
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/may-2023-i-sold-my-2-years-old-business
- nocodeexits.substack.com: https://nocodeexits.substack.com/p/tony-dinh-rejected-500k-then-sold
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/2023-recap
- blackmagic.so: https://blackmagic.so/
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/my-new-product-on-product-hunt-today
- typingmind.com: https://www.typingmind.com/
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/nov-2024-my-first-million
- news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35054116
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/500k-milestone-my-reflections-after
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/im-on-product-hunt-updates-jun-2026
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/i-sold-my-side-project
- news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26901853
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/dec-2022-updates-and-happy-new-year
- news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33076366
- news.ycombinator.com: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38717674
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/february-2022-updates-6-months-milestone-1019620
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/april-2024-updates-new-product
- myindiebook.com: https://www.myindiebook.com/
- news.tonydinh.com: https://news.tonydinh.com/p/jun-2025-update-finishing-my-book
- pulserevenue.app: https://pulserevenue.app/

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