Founders

List and search public founder profiles, or fetch one founder with their launched products.

List and search founders

GEThttps://www.founder.best/api/v1/founders

Returns founders who completed their public profile. Only public fields are included; email, billing and settings never leave the database.

searchstring

Matches name, username, headline and bio (up to 120 characters).

sortstringdefault upvotes

upvotes (community upvotes received), products, followers, newest.

limitintegerdefault 20

1-100.

pageintegerdefault 1

1-based.

bash

curl "https://www.founder.best/api/v1/founders?search=analytics&sort=upvotes&limit=5"

200 OK (trimmed)

{
  "api_version": "1",
  "pagination": { "page": 1, "limit": 5, "total": 3, "has_more": false, "next": null, "previous": null },
  "count": 3,
  "founders": [
    {
      "type": "founder",
      "username": "janedoe",
      "name": "Jane Doe",
      "headline": "Building Acme Analytics",
      "url": "https://www.founder.best/founders/janedoe",
      "api_url": "https://www.founder.best/api/v1/founders/janedoe",
      "markdown_url": "https://www.founder.best/founders/janedoe.md",
      "avatar_url": "https://cdn.founder.best/avatars/janedoe.png",
      "product_count": 2,
      "total_upvotes_received": 140,
      "follower_count": 18
    }
  ]
}

Get one founder

GEThttps://www.founder.best/api/v1/founders/{username}

Returns the founder detail: profile, social_links the founder chose to publish, follower counts and every live product they launched.

bash

curl "https://www.founder.best/api/v1/founders/janedoe"

Vanity URLs

Founder Profile subscribers have their canonical page at /{username} instead of /founders/{username}. The url field always points at the canonical one; both resolve.