Maulik Dhameliya

Maulik Dhameliya is a software product builder based in Surat, India. His work combines software engineering, independent entrepreneurship and the development of narrowly focused digital tools. He is best known for LaunchIgniter, a product-launch community; AppPage, a smart-link service for mobile applications; and DeepCleanMac, a native macOS cleanup utility.[1][2][3]

Maulik’s wider portfolio includes startup databases, public-building platforms, browser extensions, experimental directories and specialized event software. Between March 2024 and September 2026, he documented the release of at least ten separate products. These projects frequently address the operational needs of independent software makers, including distribution, launch visibility, search indexing, analytics and user acquisition.[1][3]

Before concentrating publicly on founder-led products, Maulik established a background in software engineering. His professional record includes study at Nirma University and recognition from Samsung for application work.[2]

Education

Maulik attended Nirma University in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, from 2009 to 2013. His LinkedIn education history also records periods of study in 2007–2009 and 2024–2025.[2]

In April 2009, he was recognized for placing tenth in Surat in the Gujarat Board Higher Secondary Certificate examinations. English is listed among his languages at professional working proficiency.[2]

Software engineering career

Maulik’s professional identity encompasses software engineering, software-as-a-service development, mobile and web development, artificial intelligence and automation. His career history includes an association with Heer and work connected to Surat and the Noida area.[2]

Recommendations from colleagues describe him as a technically capable, solution-oriented engineer. One colleague credited him with delivering successful React Native applications and integrating effectively into an international team. Another emphasized his ability to analyze problems, devise technically efficient solutions and approach engineering tasks from unconventional directions.[2]

In September 2016, Samsung presented Maulik with Samsung Kudos for his work on the M upgrade of the Clock application. This recognition is the clearest documented milestone from his earlier application-development career.[2]

Entrepreneurship

AppPage

Maulik released AppPage in March 2024. Also represented by the AppPa.ge domain, the service gives a mobile application a single link that can direct visitors to the appropriate platform destination. A person using an iPhone can be sent to Apple’s App Store, while an Android user can be routed to Google Play. Desktop visitors can receive a conventional landing page instead.[1][2][3]

The idea emerged from a practical problem Maulik encountered while working with applications. Each app otherwise required multiple store links and separate pages for support, privacy policies and terms of service, together with some method of tracking visits. AppPage consolidates these functions behind one address and adds click or installation analytics.[2][3]

For much of its early existence, AppPage remained a side project. Its use case became more visible when developers reported that direct App Store links were failing to open properly through Instagram’s in-app browser on iPhones, sometimes displaying a blank page instead. Maulik positioned AppPage’s intermediary links as a way to preserve the route from an Instagram profile or advertisement to an application listing.[2]

He later began developing a second version of the service. The planned additions included native Android and iOS software-development kits through which developers could associate smart-link traffic with application installations. After moving AppPage to Cloudflare, Maulik reported more than 59,000 page views.[1][2]

LaunchIgniter

Maulik released LaunchIgniter in October 2024 as a weekly platform through which makers can introduce software products to early adopters. Its intended functions include helping founders attract initial users, collect feedback and create momentum around a release.[2][3]

LaunchIgniter uses a recurring discovery model rather than treating product promotion as a one-day event. Makers submit projects, community members vote and engage, and the platform identifies weekly winners. Maulik has remained actively involved in product announcements, voting guidance and community participation.[1][2]

The platform became an important hub within his portfolio. Its public materials connect it with AppPage, StartupTrusted, SaaSGrow, DeepCleanMac, OutDR and Email Finder. This network of projects reflects a common emphasis on helping small software businesses become visible, reach users and establish an online presence.[1][2][3]

Maulik continued to develop LaunchIgniter after its initial release. His work included interface and mobile improvements, responses to user feedback, authentication changes, administrative security, new commercial plans, featured placements and educational demonstrations for related tools. This iterative development turned LaunchIgniter from a single launch utility into a broader collection of discovery and community features.[1][2]

Expansion of the product portfolio

Email Finder

Email Finder was released in October 2025 as a Chrome browser extension. It extracts email addresses that have been publicly displayed on a website and supports scanning multiple websites from a CSV file. Results can then be exported for later use.[3]

The extension fits within the growth-tool segment of Maulik’s portfolio. Unlike LaunchIgniter, which focuses on public product discovery, Email Finder concentrates on gathering publicly available contact information through a lightweight browser-based workflow.[3]

StartupTrusted

Maulik released StartupTrusted in December 2025. The project is a curated database of verified startups, organized so visitors can browse companies by category. Founders can also submit their startups for inclusion and discovery.[1][3]

StartupTrusted extended the directory element of LaunchIgniter into a separate product centered on company identity and verification. It became one of several launch and discovery properties listed in Maulik’s public profiles.[1][3]

SaaSGrow

SaaSGrow followed in January 2026. It is a platform for startups that build in public, using a leaderboard to organize companies and their updates. The service is intended to give founders a place to document progress, business wins, failed experiments and lessons rather than displaying only polished launch announcements.[1][3]

The project complements LaunchIgniter but focuses on the period after a product’s introduction. LaunchIgniter provides a venue for presenting a release, whereas SaaSGrow records the continuing process of developing and growing a software business.[1][3]

Cricket Auction

In March 2026, Maulik released Cricket Auction, a specialized platform for organizing player auctions in cricket tournaments. It incorporates player pools, team budgets and live bidding into one system so tournament organizers can conduct an auction without relying on fragmented manual tools.[3]

Cricket Auction differs from his founder-oriented products in subject matter, but it follows the same development pattern: a clearly defined process is converted into focused software with the principal controls presented in one interface.[3]

DeepCleanMac

DeepCleanMac was released in April 2026. The native macOS application is intended to recover disk space by finding and removing junk files, system caches, logs, temporary files and data left behind by applications.[1][3]

The product expanded Maulik’s work into desktop system utilities. Whereas AppPage and LaunchIgniter operate as hosted online services, DeepCleanMac is installed directly on a user’s computer and works with local applications and storage. Maulik described it publicly as a Mac cleaner and continued sharing its development after launch.[1][3]

DeepCleanMac became one of the main products named in Maulik’s public identity, alongside AppPage and LaunchIgniter. Its inclusion reflects a portfolio strategy based less on a single industry than on solving distinct technical and operational problems through compact software products.[1][3]

Directories and experimental products

OutDR

Maulik released OutDR in August 2026. The site ranks websites by Domain Rating and applies a paid leaderboard model. Makers can purchase a position, obtain a backlink and display the relative rating of their website.[3]

OutDR applies competitive ranking mechanics to an aspect of search-engine optimization. It also continues the emphasis on backlinks and discoverability found in Maulik’s launch-platform work.[3]

IndieMap

IndieMap, also released in August 2026, is a playful interactive map for independent makers. Participants claim countries through bids, retaining a country until another person outbids them by offering at least one dollar more.[3]

The project combines a world map with a continuously changing ownership game. Though presented primarily as an experimental project, it adapts the paid-position and competition concepts also seen in OutDR.[3]

IndexNow Submitter

In September 2026, Maulik released IndexNow Submitter. The free Chrome extension sends individual URLs or complete sitemaps to Bing, Yandex and other search engines that implement the IndexNow protocol. It does not require users to create an account.[3]

IndexNow Submitter addresses a different stage of product distribution: ensuring that search engines are notified about new or changed web pages. Its release extended Maulik’s growth-oriented software from launch communities and directories into technical search-indexing infrastructure.[3]

Product-development approach

Maulik’s products are generally organized around a constrained problem and an immediately understandable task. AppPage replaces multiple mobile-app links and support pages with one address. LaunchIgniter gives founders a repeatable launch venue. DeepCleanMac brings several storage-cleaning operations into a native application, while Cricket Auction centralizes the controls required for a specialized sporting event.[1][2][3]

Several products also form a connected founder-services portfolio. LaunchIgniter concentrates on launches and early feedback; StartupTrusted catalogs startups; SaaSGrow follows companies as they build in public; OutDR addresses website authority and backlinks; and IndexNow Submitter focuses on search discovery.[1][3]

His work demonstrates an iterative, publicly documented development process. AppPage progressed from a tool created for his own needs to a service being expanded with install-tracking software-development kits. LaunchIgniter continued to receive interface, security, community and commercial changes after release. Later projects reused concepts such as public progress, directories, leaderboards and online discoverability in more specialized forms.[1][2][3]

By September 2026, Maulik’s portfolio encompassed hosted software services, browser extensions, a native desktop application and experimental web projects. Across those formats, his work remained centered on building practical software products from Surat, India.[1][2][3]