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Middle of the pack
Beat 46% of Show HN launches that day
#42 of 110 on Nov 1
#9 of 26 Developer Tools launches on Show HN on Nov 1. 6.4% of Developer Tools launches (10 of 156) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Developer Tools →
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 150h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 1, 07:52 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in DEVT this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 6.4%10/156 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 1, 16:17 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 7, 13:58 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 150h
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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 Developer Tools · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- DBDelveOpen-Source DB Client Made with Rust and GPUI124 points0
- Godbolt-in-a-floating-window for Neovim (C, C++, Rust)104 points▲ +2
- JavaScript web apps with WASM layout and GPU rendering in 280 KB46 points0
- CloneGuardScan a repo for credential-stealing tricks before it runs31 points0
- Write GitHub Actions in any languageLoopt15 points0
Grades · each graded against other Developer Tools 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
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 52% · vs 672 Developer Tools · 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 · #42 of 110 Show HN launches on 2026-11-01
- #40OpenProject Agent Engine2 points
- #41Mach2 points
- #42Dolly2 points
- #43StackVitals2 points
- #44What [67] MCP servers do at startup, with the internet cut off2 points
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