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Tinycap, a tiny Mac screen recorder that makes PR-sized GIFs and MP4s

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Beat 80% of Show HN launches that day

#21 of 132 on Oct 30

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40

points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 6, 14:26 UTC).

2

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

3d

listed Oct 30, 14:26 UTC

Traction (points) over time

035Oct 31ListedOct 30, 16:20 UTC · 4 points · 2 comments · 2h after listingOct 31, 15:35 UTC · 4 points · 2 comments · 25h after listing
2 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
4points
Comments
2
Rank in MDIA this week
#9of 50 HN
Rank overall this week
#130of 998 HN
Sector hit rate
5.8%3/52 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
4Oct 30, 16:20 UTC
Last reading
4Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Readings
2over 25h

Grades · each graded against other Video, Audio & Music launches from the same source

Momentum

C

+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Better than 48% · vs 44 still-tracked Video, Audio & Music · Show HN launches

Velocity

A

0.16 points/h

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

Better than 88% · vs 212 Video, Audio & Music · 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 · #21 of 132 Show HN launches on 2026-10-30

  1. #19Rust based window switcher for macOS5 points
  2. #20Deckdrill5 points
  3. #21Tinycap, a tiny Mac screen recorder that makes PR-sized GIFs and MP4s4 points
  4. #22Anime Text Datasets for LLMs Training4 points
  5. #23I'm seriously concerned about this commenter's mental health4 points
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