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

Developer Tools (DEVT)

Sector · Show HN + Product Hunt · data as of Oct 17, 2026, 12:21 PM UTC

264+39 (+17.3%)

launches · 3D Oct 14–Oct 16 vs Oct 11–Oct 13 (225)

7.9%—

hit rate · Oct 12–Oct 14 settled (21/266) vs Oct 9–Oct 11 (9/146)

— Not significant at current sample size: +1.7pp, z = 0.6 (needs |z| ≥ 2); 9/146 → 21/266.

+7.8

trending score

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.

Launches & hit rate

Supply · launches per day
0100200Oct 3: 12 launches (incomplete day)Oct 4: 15 launches (incomplete day)Oct 5: 21 launches (incomplete day)Oct 6: 23 launches (incomplete day)Oct 7: 33 launches (incomplete day)Oct 8: 35 launches (incomplete day)Oct 9: 54 launchesOct 10: 44 launchesOct 11: 48 launchesOct 12: 77 launchesOct 13: 100 launchesOct 14: 89 launchesOct 15: 106 launchesOct 16: 69 launchesOct 17: 48 launches (incomplete day)Oct 3Oct 5Oct 7Oct 9Oct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17
Demand · hit rate per day (share of settled launches with 10+ votes)
0%10%20%Oct 3: incomplete dayOct 4: incomplete dayOct 5: incomplete dayOct 6: incomplete dayOct 7: incomplete dayOct 8: incomplete dayOct 9: 3 of 54 settled launches hit 10+ votes (5.6%)Oct 10: 5 of 44 settled launches hit 10+ votes (11.4%)Oct 11: 1 of 48 settled launches hit 10+ votes (2.1%)Oct 12: 3 of 77 settled launches hit 10+ votes (3.9%)Oct 13: 12 of 100 settled launches hit 10+ votes (12.0%)Oct 14: 6 of 89 settled launches hit 10+ votes (6.7%)Oct 15: launches not settled yetOct 16: launches not settled yetOct 17: incomplete dayOct 3Oct 5Oct 7Oct 9Oct 11Oct 13Oct 15Oct 17

9 days left blank: votes still coming in (launches under 48h old), incomplete day, or no launches — not shown as zero.

Faded bars are incomplete days (today, or days before every selected source was being collected).

Key statistics

Launches
69Oct 16
Avg daily launches
73.48d
7D range
44 – 106Oct 10–Oct 16
Hit rate
7.3%30/412 · Oct 9–Oct 14
Volatility
32%7 daily chg
Share of market
6.9%7D
Top source
Product Hunt71%
Previous window
225Oct 11–Oct 13

Stocks in this sector (DEVT)

Most buzz (comments gained) over the latest interval (Oct 17, 02:39 UTC → Oct 17, 13:13 UTC, 10.6h). 42 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.

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Uptime monitoring for websites, applications and APIs

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10HextaUI Pro

The hard states of AI product UI, handled, for shadcn/ui

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11Tessera Lite

Customizable, high-converting portfolios with zero code

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12RVUtils

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13100kb-sdk

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14Toolbit

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Paste AI or Tailwind code into Webflow as native elements

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25Samir GenAI Academy

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26Waabizx- WhatsApp Business API

Automate. Engage. Grow

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28AiCOO

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29KioTools

Fast, privacy-first browser tools powered by WebAssembly.

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30DogeBot

Build Powerful Discord & WhatsApp Bots Without Writing Code

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31CMS CardOS

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32cave-vm

A fast, lightweight Linux VM for every project

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33Blogs Byte

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34PreShipIt

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35Prep by Arkaserve

Final year project kits: source code, viva Q&A & tools

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36Foliofolio

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37Topophany

A terminal network topology & path observability tool

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38pingtype

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39Web App Manifest Checker API

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40Senax.AI

Build and deploy predictive models without code

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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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