UluP Nexus is an index of indie projects: you browse it on a node map, and an AI assistant can search it on its own, through an MCP server. As of today it is online at nexus.ulupstudio.com.
In the first post I told you about the idea when it only existed on my computer. Now it's here, and it works.
Why I built it
A launch day lasts a day. After that, an indie project is one link among millions. And more and more people ask an AI assistant instead of scrolling a feed: the assistant can only suggest what it can read.
Nexus gives every project one clean card: what it does, what it costs, which area it belongs to. In a form a person can browse and an assistant can query.
What's there today
- The map. Areas branch out from the center and projects hang off their area: the same node language as UluP Spaces. You can search it, open it full screen and use it on your phone.
- The list. If you prefer a list, filter it by area and search projects one by one.
- A page for every project, with structured data and a box showing what an assistant sees.
- llms.txt and a sitemap, for search engines and crawlers.
For AI assistants
Nexus has its own MCP server, at `https://nexus.ulupstudio.com/mcp`. Connect it to an assistant that supports MCP, like Claude, and it can search the index while it answers you. There are two tools: `search_projects`, which finds verified projects by keywords, area, language or price, and `list_categories`, which lists the areas.
I tried it with a real assistant: ask for a "focus timer" and it answers UluP Focus, ask for a "VR game" and it answers Eddie Von Walt.
How a project gets in
1. You paste your site's link: Nexus reads the page and fills in the name and description for you. 2. You choose the price and the areas. 3. You add a meta tag to your site to prove it's yours. 4. Every listing is checked by hand before it goes live.
You can do it at nexus.ulupstudio.com/submit. The presentation page, which explains all of this better, is ulupstudio.com/nexus.
What's not there yet
Nexus has just started. The first listings are UluP Studio's own products, and projects by other indie makers will come when their authors submit them. For now the Nexus site is in English only.
Planned, but not there yet: other ways to verify a site without touching its HTML (a file or a DNS record). Later on I'd also like to try a small build-in-public tool that turns your dev log into short updates on your project's page: for now it's only an idea.
Made something? Put it on the map.
*UluP Nexus has been online since November 5, 2026, in its early days: the first projects are UluP Studio's own.*