Ask an AI to "find an indie tool that does X" and it returns the same authority-biased incumbents. Devadex is a search index of only independent software — 54,201 indie apps, open-source repos, and developer tools the big engines bury — with one clean endpoint an agent can call.
Search API
GET https://devadex.com/api/search?q={query}&small=true&fresh=true — returns JSON listings, each with an outbound link to where the maker sells it.
Discovery document
https://devadex.com/.well-known/devadex.json
MCP server (remote — plug in the live index)
Add this as a remote MCP server in Cursor, Claude, Windsurf, or any MCP client — no install, it queries the live 54,201-listing index: