Klad, a paint app your coding agent can drive (source-available)
Breakout launch
Beat 97% of Show HN launches that day
#5 of 179 on Nov 11
#1 of 31 AI Agents launches on Show HN on Nov 11. 4.7% of AI Agents launches (8 of 172) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Agents →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 18, 16:00 UTC).
comments · buzz +2 in latest interval
listed Nov 11, 16:00 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 83points
- Comments
- 33
- Rank in AGNT this week
- #3of 174 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #20of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 4.7%8/172 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 79Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Last reading
- 83Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 2over 42h
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Top on Nov 11 · 179 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1YogurtFree, private, open-source alternative to Granola290 points
- #2I recreated Papers Please but you're deciding which YC startups to fund239 points
- #3Black Ops II statically recompiled to native ARM64 macOS149 points
- #4Godbolt-in-a-floating-window for Neovim (C, C++, Rust)104 points
- #6Pomerado (YC F26)Turn any website into an MCP for agents61 points
More in AI Agents · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives439 points▲ +10
- AgentRunopen-source, Self-improving Managed Agents103 points▲ +103
- Pomerado (YC F26)Turn any website into an MCP for agents61 points▲ +6
- RecalcSpreadsheet where cells can be Claude Code or Codex terminals37 points0
- Agents infer Lego mechanisms from sources, then animate them31 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Agents launches from the same source
Momentum
A+4 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 98% · vs 136 still-tracked AI Agents · Show HN launches
Velocity
A2.01 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 99% · vs 746 AI Agents · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
B4.0 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Better than 60% · vs 39 AI Agents · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #5 of 179 Show HN launches on 2026-11-11
- #3Black Ops II statically recompiled to native ARM64 macOS149 points
- #4Godbolt-in-a-floating-window for Neovim (C, C++, Rust)104 points
- #5Klad, a paint app your coding agent can drive (source-available)83 points
- #6Pomerado (YC F26)61 points
- #7I created a library for correctly using SQLite in Go programs23 points
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