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Breakout launch
Beat 93% of Show HN launches that day
#11 of 179 on Nov 11
#2 of 8 Open Source & Libraries launches on Show HN on Nov 11. 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
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 18, 11:11 UTC).
comments · buzz +1 in latest interval
listed Nov 11, 11:11 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 7points
- Comments
- 3
- Rank in OSRC this week
- #3of 27 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #76of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 10.5%2/19 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 7Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Last reading
- 7Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 2over 47h
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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 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
- KilnA WebGPU alternative to transformers.js, 2.2× faster (median)5 points▲ +5
- Good First TokenSpend your spare tokens on open source4 points0
- 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
A0.15 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 90% · vs 101 Open Source & Libraries · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #11 of 179 Show HN launches on 2026-11-11
- #9Daily GPU Rental Prices Across AWS, Azure, RunPod and Vast.ai15 points
- #10ThingStudio, Node-RED style programming for microcontrollers15 points
- #11Pots7 points
- #12Mimzie, an agent-neutral alternative to the Claude Suite/Claude Cowork6 points
- #13Web Crawl Platformer Game6 points
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