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Beat 63% of Show HN launches that day
#56 of 179 on Nov 11
#2 of 8 AI Tools & LLM Apps launches on Show HN on Nov 11. 7.5% of AI Tools & LLM Apps launches (3 of 40) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Tools & LLM Apps →
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 18, 13:43 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 11, 13:43 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in AITL this week
- #10of 47 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #204of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 7.5%3/40 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 2over 45h
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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
- #5Klad, a paint app your coding agent can drive (source-available)83 points
More in AI Tools & LLM Apps · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- AI Red Lineswrite down what would make you act on AI36 points▲ +36
- LLM weight editing tool made by a 15-year-old14 points0
- Airgap-checkfind what your AI app silently downloads offline11 points0
- TheoremSmithMass-Producing Hard Proof Problems to Train LLMs10 points0
- AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Tools & LLM Apps launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 49% · vs 41 still-tracked AI Tools & LLM Apps · Show HN launches
Velocity
A0.07 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 80% · vs 193 AI Tools & LLM Apps · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
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
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #56 of 179 Show HN launches on 2026-11-11
- #54Hubzoid3 points
- #55Whisperstream3 points
- #56AI Purgatory3 points
- #57Zaelar, self-hostable life agent with voice, UI and network A2A3 points
- #58I Rebuilt iCloud's Apps in Rust for Linux, Windows and Android3 points
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