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Hob

Open-source, on device alternative to Claude and ChatGPT

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Beat 98% of Product Hunt launches that day

#13 of 1,237 on Oct 28

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101+10 (+11.0%)

votes · traction gained Oct 28, 16:45 UTC → Oct 29, 16:38 UTC

Traction frozen — tracking ended at 34h after listing. Product Hunt votes are re-read for ~48h (with one daily run, the last reading lands ~31–36h in).

8

comments

5d

listed Oct 28, 07:01 UTC

Traction (votes) over time

0100200Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31ListedTracking endedNo readings after tracking ended; traction stays at the last recorded valueOct 27, 16:09 UTC · 5 votes · 1 comments · -15h after listingOct 28, 16:45 UTC · 91 votes · 3 comments · 10h after listingOct 29, 16:38 UTC · 101 votes · 8 comments · 34h after listing
3 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
101votes
Comments
8
Rank in OSRC this week
#1of 49 PH
Rank overall this week
#74of 7,468 PH
Sector hit rate
8.0%4/50 · 7D
Traction line
Hit10+ votes
First reading
5Oct 27, 16:09 UTC
Last reading
101Oct 29, 16:38 UTC
Readings
3over 34h

Grades · each graded against other Open Source & Libraries launches from the same source

Momentum

—

—

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain

Velocity

A

2.10 votes/h

Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)

Better than 98% · vs 122 Open Source & Libraries · Product Hunt launches, last 30 days

Engagement

—

0.8 per 10 votes

Comments per 10 votes

Too few peers to grade (10; need 20)

Staying Power

—

20.2×

Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading

Too few peers to grade (10; need 20)

Launch-day race · #13 of 1,237 Product Hunt launches on 2026-10-28

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Discussion

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Data as of Oct 31, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works