# GapMine

> GapMine surfaces the biggest unbuilt market opportunities by scanning 90,000+ tracked builder signals across Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt, and GitHub. Every gap traces to real posts — AI only classifies and translates, never fabricates analysis. Built for US indie founders and VC analysts.

## Today's opportunities
- [Today's top market gaps](https://gapmine.com/): Live ranking refreshed at 03:00 PT daily
- [Archive — every gap ever surfaced](https://gapmine.com/archive): Browse historical signals by date
- [All opportunity pages (sitemap)](https://gapmine.com/sitemap.xml): Machine-readable index of every detail page

## How it works
- [Methodology](https://gapmine.com/how-it-works): Algorithm, sources, evidence-pool standards, false-positive policy
- [Submit a signal](https://gapmine.com/submit): Add a real demand URL — humans verify before publishing

## Sectors
- [Tech / Developer tools](https://gapmine.com/sectors/tech): CLIs, APIs, dev workflow tooling
- [Ecommerce](https://gapmine.com/sectors/ecommerce): Shopify, Amazon, DTC operator pain
- [NoCode](https://gapmine.com/sectors/nocode): Bubble, Webflow, Zapier integration gaps
- [Creator economy](https://gapmine.com/sectors/creator): YouTube, TikTok, newsletter monetization tools

## Market gap reports (2026)
Evidence-graded deep-dives on unbuilt opportunities per sector, computed from real builder signals and refreshed weekly:
- [The State of Developer & Tech Tools Market Gaps](https://gapmine.com/blog/state-of-tech-gaps-2026): gaps graded validated / corroborated / early
- [The State of No-Code & Automation Market Gaps](https://gapmine.com/blog/state-of-nocode-gaps-2026)
- [The State of Ecommerce & DTC Market Gaps](https://gapmine.com/blog/state-of-ecommerce-gaps-2026)
- [The State of Creator Economy Market Gaps](https://gapmine.com/blog/state-of-creator-gaps-2026)
- [Open market-gap dataset on GitHub (JSON, CC-BY 4.0)](https://github.com/Balance0014/gapmine-market-gaps): machine-readable, free to cite with attribution

## Latest analyses (auto-updated)
- [The State of Self-Hosted Software Demand: September 2026](https://gapmine.com/blog/state-of-self-hosted-demand-2026) (2026-09-04)
- [Underserved Software Niches in 2026: Rarer Than the Listicles Claim](https://gapmine.com/blog/underserved-software-niches-2026) (2026-08-28)
- [How to Validate a Startup Idea With Public Data (Not Surveys)](https://gapmine.com/blog/validate-startup-idea-public-data) (2026-08-28)
- [What People Were Asking For on Reddit: August 2026](https://gapmine.com/blog/what-people-want-built-august-2026) (2026-08-28)
- [8 Micro-SaaS Ideas for 2026, Pulled From Real Complaints](https://gapmine.com/blog/micro-saas-ideas-2026) (2026-08-28)
- [Crowded Does Not Mean Solved: 309 Gaps With 10+ Competitors Are Still Open](https://gapmine.com/blog/crowded-does-not-mean-solved-2026) (2026-08-27)
- [The ecommerce app gaps: 9 tools sellers keep searching for — and not finding (2026)](https://gapmine.com/blog/ecommerce-app-gaps-sellers-searching-2026) (2026-06-10)
- [The plumbing tax: 8 back-office gaps builders keep hitting — Q2 2026](https://gapmine.com/blog/back-office-builder-gaps-q2-2026) (2026-06-10)

## Optional
- [Blog](https://gapmine.com/blog): Long-form market analysis using GapMine's own signal data
- [Partners](https://gapmine.com/partners): Brand placement for indie builders
- [Privacy](https://gapmine.com/privacy)
- [Terms](https://gapmine.com/terms)