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Data as of Oct 18, 2026, 12:36 PM UTC · traction last updated Oct 18, 13:29 UTC · updates about once a day

Traction is early-adopter votes (Product Hunt) or points (Show HN), not usage. It stops updating about 31–36 hours after launch on Product Hunt and 7 days on Show HN. Categories come from keyword rules (about 70–75% accurate). Nothing is estimated.

LNCHLaunch Index · all sectors
387+42 (+12.2%)

launches · Oct 15–Oct 17 vs Oct 8–Oct 10 (same weekday)

Hit rate (settled)
7.8%
— · Oct 13–Oct 15 vs Oct 6–Oct 8
Trend · Volatility
+5.7 · 27%
41 hits of 527 settled
daily launches, 14 complete days

Highest traction among products launched in the last 7 days. Traction for older Product Hunt launches is frozen (votes stop being re-read ~31–36h after launch; Show HN after 7 days), so this is each product’s last recorded traction. 26 matches. Spam giveaways excluded.

#Sector
1Bomfather, eBPF Runtime SecuritySECR700.0%04d ago
2OWASP Finbot Defended with TenuoSECR40—03d ago
3MacVisor Runs VMs with VLANs and Firewall on Apple SiliconSECR40—0046h ago
4Let's Encrypt on an HP LaserJet M553, Renewed from a Proxmox ContainerSECR40—006d ago
5OpenClear

Self-hosted check and ACH fraud screening for small banks

SECR40—006d ago
6Use keepword to detect silent changes to Privacy policies or pagesSECR30—04d ago
7Malware Families Catalog

2,903 Families with ATT&CK Mappings

SECR30—004d ago
8Checkobot

Detect Deepfakes and AI Images

SECR20—03d ago
9Single-server DDoS defense, no CDN

try to take it down

SECR20—03d ago
10MadMoon Shield

single-server DDoS defense, no CDN. Round 3 live

SECR20—02d ago
11Cve.earth

Open-Source Environmental Destruction Tracking

SECR20—03d ago
12UOS

a workspace the server can't read (post-quantum, E2EE)

SECR2+2IPO—0020h ago
13DipperPDF

privacy first, Mac native PDF tools for sensitive documents

SECR20—002d ago
14GotEmail

a native Mac mail app with one-click sign-in codes

SECR20—005d ago
15SecuBuzz

Factual 60-word cybersecurity briefs and CISA zero-day radar

SECR20—006d ago
16Remove AI Metadata Offline in BrowserSECR20—006d ago
17Vigil

Open-source AI pentesting and code audits

SECR20—005d ago
18Weekend hack

shoot away Cloudflare CAPTCHAs

SECR20—005d ago
19writui

An encrypted Markdown-based writing app for the terminal

SECR20—005d ago
20Aegis

Network Firewall for AI Security

SECR10—045h ago
21OpenFactor, an open source 2FA app for iPhone and Apple WatchSECR10—02d ago
22Bazkia

CyberChef developer tools in non-linear graph recipes

SECR1+1IPO—0019h ago
23Ts-chef

CyberChef-style tools and visual pipelines for VS Code

SECR10—002d ago
24Kyber

Post-Quantum PKI

SECR10—003d ago
25Popcorn

a security workbench of disposable microVMs

SECR10—005d ago
26League Lens

a free, no-login analyzer for Sleeper fantasy football

SECR10—004d 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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