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Beat 77% of Show HN launches that day
#39 of 179 on Nov 11
#7 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 · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 18, 10:24 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 11, 10:24 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 4points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in AGNT this week
- #33of 174 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #137of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 4.7%8/172 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 4Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Last reading
- 4Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 2over 48h
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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 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
- Klad, a paint app your coding agent can drive (source-available)83 points▲ +4
- Pomerado (YC F26)Turn any website into an MCP for agents61 points▲ +6
- RecalcSpreadsheet where cells can be Claude Code or Codex terminals37 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Agents launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 48% · vs 136 still-tracked AI Agents · Show HN launches
Velocity
A0.09 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 85% · vs 746 AI Agents · 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 · #39 of 179 Show HN launches on 2026-11-11
- #37TrueDate4 points
- #38small WireGuard mesh VPN with no coordination server4 points
- #39Halyard4 points
- #40Inp-analyser skill4 points
- #41A trim size and margin calculator for self-published books3 points
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