Indie

Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies
Indie game, any game (board-based, video, or otherwise) published or produced outside mainstream means; a subset of third party game
- Indie Fund, an organization created by several independent game developers to help fund budding indie video game development
- Indie Game Jam, an effort to rapidly prototype video game designs and inject new ideas into the game industry
- Indie role-playing game, a role-playing game published outside of traditional, "mainstream" means
  - Indie RPG Awards, annual, creator-based awards for Indie role-playing game products

Independent music, subculture music that is independent of major producers
- Indie dance, or alternative dance, a type of dance music rooted in indie rock and indie pop
- Indie electronic, a music genre
- Indie folk, a music genre that arose in the 1990s from singer/songwriters in the indie rock community influenced by folk and country music
- Indie hip hop, hip hop music that primarily exists in the independent music scene
- Indie music scene, localized indie music, listed by country
- Indie pop, a genre of alternative pop music
- Indie rock, a genre of alternative rock music
Independent record label, operates without major corporate funding
Indie Recordings, a Norwegian independent record label specializing in heavy metal

Independent film, a film produced outside of the major film studios
- Indiewood
Independent media, media free of influence by government or corporate interests
Indie art, fine arts made by artists independent of commercial fine arts establishments
Independent animation
Indie comics, independently published comics
Indie design, for handmade products by independent artisans
Indie literature, a book published outside mainstream publishing
Indie poster, or alternative poster, a poster created by a novice graphic designer
Small press, or indie press, a book or magazine publisher whose publications appeal to small, niche audiences, and are typically not distributed widely

Independent baseball league, a professional league in the U.S. and Canada not affiliated with Major League Baseball
Independent circuit, or indie circuit, in professional wrestling, comprising smaller promotions that do not have national TV contracts

Independent business (unique and not part of a chain or larger corporation).
Independent soda, made by small, privately run companies
Non-denominational church, or independent church, a church unaffiliated with a denominational organization