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What people here are building, grouped by the kind of thing it is.
Things built by developers for developers — CLIs, libraries, infrastructure, the unglamorous plumbing. Usually started to scratch the maker's own itch, which is why they tend to be good.
Installed software rather than something you log into — desktop and mobile applications you download and own. Independent software still has a real market here, mostly because the incumbents got expensive and subscription-only.
Curated lists and discovery sites. Easy to start, hard to keep alive — the ones worth listing here are the ones still being maintained.
Tools for getting a product in front of people — SEO and backlinks, conversion optimization, social growth and launches. Mostly web apps from one- and two-person teams who treat distribution as a product problem.
Products built on top of models rather than training them. The fastest-moving category here, and the one where 'currently running' is most worth checking before you trust a listing.
The pieces you'd rather not build again: auth, licensing, billing, webhooks, background jobs. Independent alternatives to the incumbents, often cheaper because they're run by one person.
Editors, compressors, capture tools and rendering pipelines. A category where independent desktop software still competes with the big suites, because the big suites are slow and expensive.
Studios and solo designers building sites for other people — usually a handful of clients at a time rather than a product. Look here if you're trying to find someone to build something for you.