Working in isolation
You follow hundreds of creators. None of them know what you're making. Scrolling is not collaboration.
Accountability pods for independent creators
Find your people. Finish the work.
Writers, filmmakers, poster artists, musicians: if you're making work on your own time and your own money, you don't have to do it alone. Join a small pod that meets every week, in person or online. Trade skills, hold each other to your deadlines, and help each other get the work out.
Now open to founding members. Pods meet in person or online.
Most platforms give you followers. IndieGroup gives you people who show up.
The real problem
Talent isn't what's missing. Other people are.
You write before work and edit after it. Your script, your album, your poster series has been "almost done" for months. You know talented people, but you can't get them in a room, and when you stop, nobody notices.
Nobody holding you to it
No deadline, no one checking in. When the day job runs long, the project slips, and nobody asks where it went.
Doing every job yourself
It's your money and your off hours, so you try to be the writer, the designer, and the sound department. Trading skills with people who need yours gets it made.
How it works
From working alone to working together.
Tell us what you're making
Set up a profile with your role, your city, and where your project stands: a pilot draft, an EP, a short film, a poster series.
Join a pod of 4 to 8
Meet every week, in person or online. A pod can be a writers' room, a mix of artists on different projects, or the team behind one project. Set deadlines out loud and hold each other to them.
Trade skills and show up
Search for collaborators by role, location, and project stage. Post a collab, trade what you're good at for what you need, and meet at local meetups, table reads, and shoot days.
What's inside
Everything here moves your project forward.
No feeds to scroll. No content to consume. Every part of IndieGroup is built to connect you with people and get the work done.
Accountability pods
A small group that notices when you go quiet.
Pods are 4 to 8 creators who meet weekly, in person or online, set deadlines, and hold each other to them. Mix writers, musicians, and artists, or bring the team behind one project.
Discover and collabs
Find people by role, location, and project stage.
Find a writing partner who sends pages on time, a composer for your short, or a designer for your cover art. Post a collab when you need hands, trade skills, and commit to each other's projects.
Events
The connections that matter happen face to face.
Local meetups, table reads, and shoot days. Easy to find, and easy to start your own.
Workspace
Keep every moving piece visible.
Track milestones and organize your team in one place, so your project stays on rails from first idea to release.
People who show up
Connection that leads somewhere.
Followers and feeds
- Collect followers
- Post updates nobody reads
- Scroll endlessly
- Wait to be discovered
- Still make it all alone
A pod on IndieGroup
- See the same people every week
- Set deadlines and hit them
- Get real feedback on real work
- Trade skills with people who show up
- Help each other get the work out
IndieGroup and MyNiverse
Finish with your people. Run the production in MyNiverse.
Your pod keeps the work moving in IndieGroup. When a film or video project is ready to plan and shoot, run it in MyNiverse, production management software for independent producers.
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Find your people and keep moving.
- Accountability pods of 4 to 8, in person or online
- Collaborators by role, location, and project stage
- Local meetups, table reads, and shoot days
- Milestones for your project
MyNiverse · myniverse.com
Plan and run the shoot.
- Script breakdown and stripboard
- Shooting schedule and call sheets
- Budget
- Financing, post, and festivals in the same project
Finishing is the result
We count finished projects, not followers.
People who show up for each other finish more of what they start. That is the result we measure, and we will share the numbers here once they are real.
We don't sell your personal information
What we collect and why is spelled out in our Privacy Policy.
Your work stays yours
You keep ownership of the profiles, projects, and listings you post.
No feed, no ad tracking
No feeds to scroll, and no third party advertising cookies.
Now open to founding members
Help build the community you wish existed.
IndieGroup is new. The first members here shape how it works: the pods, the collabs, the events. Join now, start a pod in your city or online, and be the person who helps someone else finally finish.
Start a pod
Free to join.
What is IndieGroup?
A community where independent creators find their people, hold each other accountable, and help each other finish. You join a small pod that meets every week, in person or online, find collaborators by role, location, and project stage, and get to local meetups, table reads, and shoot days. No feeds to scroll.
Who is it for?
Anyone trying to break in and making work on their own time: writers, filmmakers, poster and visual artists, musicians, actors, and crew. Film and TV are home turf, and every kind of creator is welcome. Bring a project of your own, or help someone else finish theirs. You must be 13 or older to join. Anything that happens in person, like meetups, table reads, and shoot days, is for members 18 and older.
Do I need a budget or a team already?
No. IndieGroup is built for people making work on their own time and their own money. Your pod keeps you accountable, and trading skills with collaborators is how you find the help you can't hire.
How do pods work?
A pod is 4 to 8 creators who meet every week, in person or online. Each week you share what you're working on, set a deadline out loud, and check in on it the next time you meet. A pod can be a writers' room, a mix of artists on different projects, or the team behind one project. Join a pod, or start your own.
How do I find collaborators?
Use Discover to search for people by role, location, and project stage, whether you need a composer, a poster artist, or a writing partner. Or post a collab that says what you need and what you can trade.
How do you keep meetups safe?
Events in person are for members 18 and older. Meet in public places like cafes, libraries, or coworking spaces, and tell a friend where you're going. You can report or block anyone. Read our safety tips and Code of Conduct.
How much does it cost?
Nothing. IndieGroup is free to join and free to use: pods, collabs, events, and your project Workspace. See pricing.
How is IndieGroup related to MyNiverse?
IndieGroup is where your pod and collaborators help you get the work done. For film and video projects, MyNiverse is production management software for independent producers, with script breakdown, stripboard, schedule, call sheets, and budget. When your project is ready to plan the shoot, run it in MyNiverse at myniverse.com (opens myniverse.com).
Is this a social network?
No. There are no feeds to scroll and no content to consume. IndieGroup is built around pods, projects, and events, so the people you meet turn into people you work with.
What happens to my data?
We don't sell your personal information, and we don't use third party advertising cookies. You own the content you post, and you can ask us to delete your account at any time by emailing support@indiegroup.com.
Who is behind IndieGroup?
IndieGroup is built by filmmaker and producer Mike Stahl and operated by Aaronde Entertainment.
Don't make it alone.
Find your people, hold each other to it, and get the work out.
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