Cursor Directory: a community site for Cursor rules and plugins at $35K+ MRR from ads and listings, a 3-hour hack coded with Cursor

A free community site where developers share and find Cursor rules, MCP servers and plugins, paid for by job listings, featured placements and ads.

$35K+ MRR from ads and listingsper month, founder, X, September 2025; $150K+ in profit, as claimed

Verification: Self-reported Number stated in a post or interview. Not independently verified.
App type: Developer tools
Currency: US dollars (USD)
Built with: Cursor
Got customers via: X, Open source, SEO
Prior audience: About 31K followers on X; cofounder of the open-source Midday app before building the directory (source)
Source: Pontus Abrahamsson (cofounder), X on X, Sep 12, 2025

“I've never shared MRR before, but here it goes: cursor.directory, a 3-hour hack that now makes $35k/month”

Pontus Abrahamsson (cofounder), X on X, Sep 12, 2025

Editor's note: Pontus Abrahamsson and Viktor Hofte built the site after Pontus called Viktor from an airport; in the Starter Story interview (Nov 16, 2025) they say 'we of course use cursor to code', with Next.js, Vercel and shadcn, and that they spend about three hours a month on it. The interview repeats the X figure (about $34,000 to $35,000 a month) but shows no dashboard, so this stays self-reported. Pontus is an experienced developer with a large audience, not a beginner. The site is live as of Oct 19, 2026 ('Extend Cursor with community plugins', 90.9K+ developers); his X bio now says he is building at Ramp, and we did not confirm who runs the directory today. We found no TrustMRR listing.

How they got customers

They posted the site on X the day it was built and it took off; Pontus already had a large developer audience there. Every rule is open source and merged on GitHub, so the community keeps adding content, which brings search traffic and the sponsors and job posters who pay for listings.

Steps to try

Spot a gap the moment a tool takes off: Cursor users had nowhere to share rules, so they built the directory in about three hours.
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Launch the same day on X, where the founder already had a developer audience.
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Make the content open source on GitHub so the community keeps it growing for free.
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Monetize the traffic with paid job listings, featured MCPs and ads instead of charging users.
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Keep the stack serverless and cheap (Next.js, Vercel, Polar) so margins stay near 100%.
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A directory tied to one tool depends on that tool's popularity; diversify before the platform changes direction.
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Quick answers

How much does Cursor Directory make?

Cursor Directory reports $35K+ MRR from ads and listings (per month, founder, X, September 2025; $150K+ in profit, as claimed). Source: Pontus Abrahamsson (cofounder), X, Sep 12, 2025. Proof level: Self-reported. Number stated in a post or interview. Not independently verified.

What was Cursor Directory built with?

The source says it was built with Cursor.

How did Cursor Directory get customers?

Main growth channels: X, Open source and SEO. They posted the site on X the day it was built and it took off; Pontus already had a large developer audience there. Every rule is open source and merged on GitHub, so the community keeps adding content, which brings search traffic and the sponsors and job posters who pay for listings.