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Beat 83% of Show HN launches that day
#17 of 112 on Nov 7
#1 of 2 Open Source & Libraries launches on Show HN on Nov 7. 10.5% of Open Source & Libraries launches (2 of 19) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Open Source & Libraries →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 14, 20:00 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 7, 20:00 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 4points
- Comments
- 2
- Rank in OSRC this week
- #5of 27 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #137of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 10.5%2/19 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 4Nov 8, 12:36 UTC
- Last reading
- 4Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 134h
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Top on Nov 7 · 112 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller289 points
- #2We compressed a 31B video+audio diffusion model to 14B, 6 steps, INT884 points
- #3Where Were We58 points
- #4JavaScript web apps with WASM layout and GPU rendering in 280 KB46 points
- #5An offline desktop companion to help maintain a healthy blink rhythm40 points
More in Open Source & Libraries · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- YogurtFree, private, open-source alternative to Granola290 points▲ +51
- An open source webbluetooth and NFC browser for iOS15 pointsfrozen
- PotsOpen-source Grok Bot alternative, used by 6 startups for a month7 points0
- KilnA WebGPU alternative to transformers.js, 2.2× faster (median)5 points▲ +5
- Open-Source Audit of 1.58M Harvard Orbits and Vera Rubin Predictions4 points▲ +1
Grades · each graded against other Open Source & Libraries launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 43% · vs 21 still-tracked Open Source & Libraries · Show HN launches
Velocity
B0.08 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 72% · vs 101 Open Source & Libraries · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
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Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #17 of 112 Show HN launches on 2026-11-07
- #15I made a guardrail against AI outreach slop (API/MCP)5 points
- #16I declared war on every country, one at a time. 77 of 133 survived4 points
- #17Good First Token4 points
- #18Live songbook for guitarists4 points
- #19Hosted dashboard for small VPS fleets, outbound-only agent4 points
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