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.

Launched on Oct 16 (the latest complete UTC day) or listed since the previous run (IPO), ranked by current traction. Product Hunt launches all list at 07:01 UTC; their traction has had at most one or two daily updates. 1,840 matches; top 200 loaded. 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
1Jockey by TwelveLabs

Your entire video library: organized, searchable, understood

PRODPH412+36▲ +9.6%334h ago
2Gemini 4 Argon plays StarCraftAITLHN228+42▲ +22.6%1526h ago
3Harness by Autonomous

Every coding agent, every machine, one command center.

AGNTPH326+26▲ +8.7%134h ago
4Llmspeed

feel how fast a local LLM runs before you buy the hardware

HDWRHN116+116IPO—4112h ago
5Tesla Roadster

The hypercar that flies

MISCPH244+25▲ +11.4%134h ago
6rStation

A shared research lab for your AI agents

AGNTHN53+3▲ +6.0%026h ago
7SignWith

E-signatures without the subscription. Pay per doc.

FINTPH213+19▲ +9.8%434h ago
8Stoke Money

Personal finance app built around a cash flow forecast

FINTHN29+8▲ +38.1%222h ago
9Pomerado

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

NOCDPH171+6▲ +3.6%134h ago
10Fakeipedia

Wikipedia for worlds that don't exist

WRITHN29+27—1917h ago
11NitroStack

Build, test, and deploy MCP servers in one place

AGNTPH159+159IPO—1310h ago
12OneDeploy

Managed open-source apps with nightly backups and TLS

INFRHN26+1▲ +4.0%025h ago
13Hintly for Google Meet™

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

COMMPH132+3▲ +2.3%134h ago
14I got tired of btop not seeing my Mac's chip, so I built siltopPRODHN15+15IPO—2110h ago
15Fish Audio Drama 3

AI voice acting you can direct, not just generate

MDIAPH123+2▲ +1.7%034h ago
162026 Midterms Tracker blends polls and Kalshi/Poymarket oddsCRPTHN11+1▲ +10.0%022h ago
17Dottr

Agent that drafts contracts, flags risks + gets them signed

AGNTPH120+9▲ +8.1%534h ago
18Grimoire for BiologyEDUCHN10+1▲ +11.1%026h ago
19Memory Chess

Study a chess position, then rebuild it from memory

GAMEPH120+5▲ +4.3%134h ago
20Camera Controls and Motion for AI Video PromptsMDIAHN9+5—022h ago
21Caldera

Your Obsidian vault as a living profile and linked garden

PRODPH109+109IPO—1010h ago
22Weatherdeck

a read-only status board for AI coding agent lanes

AGNTHN9+1▲ +12.5%0022h ago
23Emochi

Voice journal to understand yourself through art and science

PRODPH107+107IPO—810h ago
24Fly a Tesla Roadster over parked Teslas before the air runs outMISCHN8+4—118h ago
25Train with Pasta

A personal trainer powered by Apple Intelligence

MISCPH102+102IPO—210h ago
26Capy-flash

a 125B MoE model on two 16 GB consumer GPUs

INFRHN7+1▲ +16.7%227h ago
27Parallax

Every coding agent you run, in one place.

AGNTPH99+1▲ +1.0%134h ago
28A WebGL hommage to PS1 demo discsGAMEHN700.0%0027h ago
29Firefox Enterprise

Firefox for enterprises that want control of their data

INFRPH9900.0%034h ago
30Things to Do APIDEVTHN6+2—117h ago
31Lovable Growth Tools

From building your app to growing it, in one chat

NOCDPH9900.0%034h ago
32Online Piano

Play a Free Virtual Piano Keyboard

MDIAHN6+6IPO—112h ago
33Taim

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

PRODPH97+1▲ +1.0%-234h ago
34Play a 5 minutes match of CS 1.6 1v1 while you wait for your agentAGNTHN500.0%019h ago
35Notion: Context for your agents

Switch AI agents without re-explaining your work

AGNTPH94+94IPO—110h ago
36Gitsu.app

A Linear-alternative built on GitHub Projects

DEVTHN500.0%035h ago
37BOSS Console

A tiny OS for your always-on agents

AGNTPH93+1▲ +1.1%034h ago
38Videre

a Rust CLI to manage your photos and videos with joy

DEVTHN500.0%028h ago
39Muse Spark Open

The most capable US open weights model to date

MISCPH84+7▲ +9.1%134h ago
40Right-click any log line to see its call stack in VS CodeDEVTHN5+5IPO—005h ago
41LooGo

Find public restrooms fast

MISCPH83+83IPO—710h ago
42Tinywm

a scrolling window manager for macOS, inspired by Niri

PRODHN500.0%0022h ago
43GPU Terminal by Context.dev

Compare GPU rental prices across cloud providers

INFRPH83+83IPO—0010h ago
44Anima, interactive biology models from plain English (open source)EDUCHN5+1—0027h ago
45Ultracite v8

The linter and formatter for agentic development

AGNTPH82+82IPO—210h ago
46Weatheristic.com to answer questions other weather sites don'tTRVLHN40—039h ago
47Craft Agents

The world's most powerful agents, with the UX they deserve

AGNTPH78+78IPO—310h ago
48Chickadee Bandit

Build private apps for your family

SOCLHN40—040h ago
49Unfenced

Land for sale that actually borders public land

MISCPH77+77IPO—1010h ago
50New social networking site supprting feature phones built in malawiSOCLHN40—026h 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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