Light control for MacBook charger status light (open-source)
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Breakout launch
Beat 95% of Show HN launches that day
#1 of 21 on Nov 14
#1 of 3 Open Source & Libraries launches on Show HN on Nov 14. 11.5% of Open Source & Libraries launches (3 of 26) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Open Source & Libraries →
points · since listing → Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 21, 00:44 UTC).
comments · buzz +10 in latest interval
listed Nov 14, 00:44 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 16points
- Comments
- 10
- Rank in OSRC this week
- #3of 30 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #41of 1,043 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 11.5%3/26 · 7D
- Traction line
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 16Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
- Last reading
- 16Nov 14, 10:32 UTC
- Readings
- 1over 10h
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Top on Nov 14 · 21 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #2Open-Source Version of CyclonPhone where AI is the interface?6 points
- #3XdocHigh-fidelity Offline PPTX viewer and pdf converter6 points
- #4Portal2BenchCan AI agents solve Portal 2?5 points
- #5Gamma PDFAI-native PDF reader, self-hosted4 points
- #6RemoteKuDesktop Roku remote and live ECP keyboard deck for Mac/PC4 points
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- YogurtFree, private, open-source alternative to Granola300 points▲ +10
- ReflotaOpen-source data recovery for NTFS/FAT disks with phased copy30 points▲ +30
- PotsOpen-source Grok Bot alternative, used by 6 startups for a month7 points0
- Open-Source Version of CyclonPhone where AI is the interface?6 points▲ +6
- KilnA WebGPU alternative to transformers.js, 2.2× faster (median)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other Open Source & Libraries launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Listed in the latest interval; no earlier reading to compare
Velocity
A1.82 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 97% · vs 101 Open Source & Libraries · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
—6.3 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Too few peers to grade (10; need 20)
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Still being tracked; graded once settled (48h)
Launch-day race · #1 of 21 Show HN launches on 2026-11-14
- #1Light control for MacBook charger status light (open-source)16 points
- #2Open-Source Version of Cyclon6 points
- #3Xdoc6 points
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