Vela, a New Linux Desktop Environment
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Breakout launch
Beat 96% of Show HN launches that day
#4 of 110 on Nov 1
#2 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
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 157h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 1, 00:36 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 13points
- Comments
- 14
- 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
- Hit10+ points
- First reading
- 12Nov 1, 16:17 UTC
- Last reading
- 13Nov 7, 13:58 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 157h
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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
- #5Multi-Layer ASCII Art7 points
- #6Jika self-hosted language using region-based memory management6 points
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- 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
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Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
A0.27 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 94% · vs 672 Developer Tools · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
A10.8 per 10 points
Comments per 10 points
Better than 95% · vs 48 Developer Tools · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Staying Power
D1.1×
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Better than 22% · vs 46 settled Developer Tools · Show HN launches with 10+ points
Launch-day race · #4 of 110 Show HN launches on 2026-11-01
- #2OmniDiff320 points
- #3BBRouter58 points
- #4Vela, a New Linux Desktop Environment13 points
- #5Multi-Layer ASCII Art7 points
- #6Jik6 points
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