Indie

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

• 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 film, a film produced outside of the major film studios
  • Indiewood
• Indie game, video games created without financial backing from large companies
• Indie role-playing game, a role-playing game published outside of traditional, "mainstream" means
• 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 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

• 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