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Middle of the pack
Beat 46% of Show HN launches that day
#39 of 110 on Nov 1
8.4% of Other launches (8 of 95) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Other →
points · traction gained Nov 6, 17:32 UTC → Nov 7, 13:58 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 147h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 1, 10:52 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 2
- Rank in MISC this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 8.4%8/95 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 1Nov 1, 16:17 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 7, 13:58 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 147h
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Top on Nov 1 · 110 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1HackerBooksHackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN1,868 points
- #2OmniDiffOpensource, super fast, content aware Git difftool, in Rust320 points
- #3BBRouterBen Eater's 8-bit computer, simulated on 3D breadboards58 points
- #4Vela, a New Linux Desktop Environment13 points
- #5Multi-Layer ASCII Art7 points
More in Other · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller289 points0
- Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View252 points▲ +5
- FlideMake Jev-like decision models up to 9.5x faster124 points0
- MeowDisplay Is iPhone Mirroring, but in Reverse120 points0
- MicronOberon with the Power of C66 points▲ +6
Grades · each graded against other Other launches from the same source
Momentum
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 49% · vs 377 Other · 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
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #39 of 110 Show HN launches on 2026-11-01
- #37A static recompilation of God of War Ascension for PC2 points
- #38Modeljury2 points
- #39BeachFinder2 points
- #40OpenProject Agent Engine2 points
- #41Mach2 points
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Data as of Nov 13, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC. Sector comes from keyword rules on the title and tagline and can be wrong. How it works