For Indie Hackers

Support on autopilot. Ship more.

You're doing everything — product, marketing, sales, support. Let an AI agent handle supported questions with citations and offer a verified human path for the rest, so you can focus on building.

What HelpShelf provides for solo builders

Built for builders who wear every hat

Built by indie hackers

We get it. You're a team of one (or two). Every tool needs to earn its place. HelpShelf does.

Free tier that actually works

Not a 7-day trial. A real free tier with AI included. Use it until your project takes off.

Published self-service

Publish reliable source content for cited answers, then update or re-sync it when your product changes.

One-script setup

Import existing docs or write new ones. Add a script tag. You're live. That's it.

Look professional

Beautiful help center that makes your side project look like a real company. Because it is.

No enterprise nonsense

No sales calls, no enterprise contracts, no feature bloat. Just the tools you need.

Perfect for

Whatever you're building, we've got your back

Side projects
Micro-SaaS
Solo founders
Bootstrapped products
Weekend projects
Passion projects

The math is simple

Repetitive questions can use the self-service path when your published sources support a complete answer.

$0

to start

1 tag

widget installation

Cited

supported answers

Frequently asked questions

Yes. No time limits, no credit card required, no strings attached. We believe in earning your business as you grow. Use the free tier as long as it works for you.

Yes. Paste a website URL for HelpShelf to crawl, write or paste content in the editor, or import an existing Intercom, Zendesk, or Freshdesk help center. Direct Notion import is not shipped yet. Installing the widget still requires adding its script tag, yourself or with a site builder.

Publish reliable answers in HelpShelf, then point visitors to the hosted help center or widget. Supported questions receive cited answers; account-specific and unsupported work remains on the human path.

Upgrade when you're ready. Pro starts at $49/month with 10,000 AI searches and 2,000 AI chats each month. Scale raises those limits to 100,000 searches and 20,000 chats.

Ready to automate support?

Start free with cited answers from the product sources you control.