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.

Most buzz (comments gained) over the latest interval (Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC, 10.6h). 22 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
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2Capy-flash

a 125B MoE model on two 16 GB consumer GPUs

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3HiDataLinker

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4SpawnDroid, Cloud-Provisioned Android Containers via WebRTC and ReDroidINFRHN3+3IPO—17h ago
5Omucloud

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6Roomy

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7GlobalMacro.Expert

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8DynamicQR Cloud

Create, edit & track QR codes without the high costs

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9StorIQ.io

AI revenue management for self-storage operators

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10Rafiky

AI Infrastructure for Global Tourism

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11Spectra Super Intelligence

Train LLMs on half the GPU hardware via frequency math

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12United Auto Film

Ceramic Window Tint with 90–97% Infrared Rejection

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13HostingCompass

HostingCompass — Compare hosting, VPS and domain prices.

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14Lanternaut

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15Titan Reforged

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16SimpleExcelTools

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17Cartgy

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18ImageFinch

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INFRPH1+1IPO—111h ago
19Upfling.host

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20Receipt to Excel

Turn receipt photos into a clean Excel spreadsheet with AI

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21StatementConv

Convert PDF bank statements to CSV & Excel

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22MindTheClub

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INFRPH1+1IPO—111h 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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