LAUNCH·INDEX
LNCH1,007+7.6%

Experimental: traction = early-adopter votes (PH) / points (HN), not downloads or usage; updated about once a day and frozen ~31–36h after launch on Product Hunt (7 days on Show HN); sectors come from keyword rules (~70–75% accurate); data starts Oct 3 (HN) / Oct 9 (PH). “—” means not enough data; nothing is estimated. How it works

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Data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC · traction last updated Oct 17, 13:13 UTC · updates about once a day

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LNCHLaunch Index · all sectors
3,716+576 (+18.3%)

launches · Oct 14–Oct 16 vs Oct 11–Oct 13

Hit rate (settled)
6.3%
— · Oct 12–Oct 14 vs Oct 9–Oct 11
Trend · Volatility
+8.4 · 33%
228 hits of 3,645 settled
daily launches, 8 complete days

Launches: Weekday effect likely: Wed–Fri is compared with Sun–Tue, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 19). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.Hit rate: Weekday effect likely: Mon–Wed is compared with Fri–Sun, not the same weekdays last week (not enough history yet; expected from about Oct 21). Launch counts and hit rates swing a lot by weekday.

Biggest vote gain between the two latest ingest runs (Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC, 10.6h). Launches listed since the earlier run (IPOs) are left out — their “gain” would just be first-day votes — and appear in New Listings instead. Product Hunt and Show HN are ranked separately and alternated (PH #1, HN #1, PH #2, …). 72 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

Mixed sources. Traction is Product Hunt votes (PH) or Show HN points (HN) — not the same unit, and PH has ~7× the launches. So each source is ranked on its own and the two are alternated (PH #1, HN #1, PH #2, HN #2, …); the # column is that combined order. Pick a source above to see one source’s full ranking.

#SectorSrc
1Gemini 4 Argon plays StarCraftAITLHN228+42▲ +22.6%1525h ago
2Jockey by TwelveLabs

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3Wonderhop

A daily game: guess what most people say, or what none do

GAMEHN100+41▲ +69.5%223d ago
4Harness by Autonomous

Every coding agent, every machine, one command center.

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5Fakeipedia

Wikipedia for worlds that don't exist

WRITHN29+27—1916h ago
6Tesla Roadster

The hypercar that flies

MISCPH244+25▲ +11.4%133h ago
7SignWith

E-signatures without the subscription. Pay per doc.

FINTPH213+19▲ +9.8%433h ago
8Stoke Money

Personal finance app built around a cash flow forecast

FINTHN29+8▲ +38.1%221h ago
9Dottr

Agent that drafts contracts, flags risks + gets them signed

AGNTPH120+9▲ +8.1%533h ago
10Flipflop

Iroh-powered persistent tunnels for filesharing

MISCHN140+5▲ +3.7%42d ago
11Muse Spark Open

The most capable US open weights model to date

MISCPH84+7▲ +9.1%133h ago
12Camera Controls and Motion for AI Video PromptsMDIAHN9+5—021h ago
13Pomerado

Turn any website into an API; Faster & reliable browser use

NOCDPH171+6▲ +3.6%133h ago
14Fly a Tesla Roadster over parked Teslas before the air runs outMISCHN8+4—117h ago
15Memory Chess

Study a chess position, then rebuild it from memory

GAMEPH120+5▲ +4.3%133h ago
16rStation

A shared research lab for your AI agents

AGNTHN53+3▲ +6.0%025h ago
17Nemotron 3.5 Super VL

NVIDIA’s open multimodal model for specialized agents

AGNTPH77+5▲ +6.9%033h ago
18Things to Do APIDEVTHN6+2—116h ago
19Tetriz Harness

Turn what your team learns into everyone’s agent setup

AGNTPH67+5▲ +8.1%133h ago
20Netsat, a shared internet virtual satellite you can use to learn DSPHDWRHN3+2—0015h ago
21Hintly for Google Meet™

Real-time hints for every term you miss on Google Meet

COMMPH132+3▲ +2.3%133h ago
22Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboardMDIAHN570+1▲ +0.2%03d ago
23iKnowMyMac

See why your Mac is slow, with the evidence and the fix

PRODPH62+3▲ +5.1%333h ago
24Unfenced

Land for sale that borders public land

MISCHN311+1▲ +0.3%32d ago
25Fish Audio Drama 3

AI voice acting you can direct, not just generate

MDIAPH123+2▲ +1.7%033h ago
26WallHop

12ft.io is gone, so I built a replacement

MISCHN287+1▲ +0.3%06d ago
27Sparrow

Self-hosted webhook delivery. One binary, just Postgres.

DEVTPH62+2▲ +3.3%433h ago
28Petal, open-source CoScreen/ScreenHero finally freeOSRCHN221+1▲ +0.5%02d ago
29Monavio

Track your money, reach FI — no bank login needed

SECRPH3+2—033h ago
30I built a tool to track what AI leaders say and how their views changeAITLHN118+1▲ +0.9%03d ago
31Indigene

Native plants for where you stand

TRVLHN118+1▲ +0.9%14d ago
32Parallax

Every coding agent you run, in one place.

AGNTPH99+1▲ +1.0%133h ago
33Proa

A Rust web framework with fast SSR and multi-target rendering

DEVTHN105+1▲ +1.0%02d ago
34Taim

Capture it. Taim files, schedules & syncs it with your AI.

PRODPH97+1▲ +1.0%-233h ago
35BOSS Console

A tiny OS for your always-on agents

AGNTPH93+1▲ +1.1%033h ago
36My Terminal Themes Web AppDEVTHN43+1▲ +2.4%02d ago
37FinderGit

Every Git repo on your Mac: browse, commit, review, clean

DEVTPH61+1▲ +1.7%033h ago
38Building an LLM from Scratch in TypeScriptDEVTHN33+1▲ +3.1%03d ago
39Helicon

Open-source desktop app and VS Code panel for Muse Code

DEVTPH59+1▲ +1.7%033h ago
40OneDeploy

Managed open-source apps with nightly backups and TLS

INFRHN26+1▲ +4.0%024h ago
41Grablo Spot

Free AI NVR that finds any person or vehicle in seconds

TRVLPH55+1▲ +1.9%033h ago
422026 Midterms Tracker blends polls and Kalshi/Poymarket oddsCRPTHN11+1▲ +10.0%021h ago
43Grimoire for BiologyEDUCHN10+1▲ +11.1%025h ago
44AI Checker by Signum.AI

Check if AI agents can see your website for free

AGNTPH9+1▲ +12.5%033h ago
45Weatherdeck

a read-only status board for AI coding agent lanes

AGNTHN9+1▲ +12.5%0021h ago
46KnockKnock

Knock on your MacBook. Your windows vanish. Knock again

PRODPH6+1▲ +20.0%033h ago
47Capy-flash

a 125B MoE model on two 16 GB consumer GPUs

INFRHN7+1▲ +16.7%226h ago
48Ayana: Precise Vedic astrology + AI

Vedic astrology, computed precisely and explained with care

GAMEPH3+1—033h ago
49Gvmux

A native macOS terminal with vertical tabs, built on libghostty

DEVTHN7+1▲ +16.7%04d ago
50Prandi

Nutrition tracking for your goals, not calories.

HLTHPH3+1—033h ago

Traction = current votes (PH) / points (HN) — early-adopter attention, not downloads or usage. Gained = traction gained between the two latest daily ingest runs; Gain % only when the previous traction was 5+. Buzz = comments gained in that interval. “frozen” = no longer tracked, so no current gain. How it works

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