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Beat 90% of Show HN launches that day
#16 of 166 on Nov 2
#2 of 33 AI Agents launches on Show HN on Nov 2. 4.7% of AI Agents launches (8 of 172) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Agents →
points · traction gained Nov 8, 12:36 UTC → Nov 9, 10:27 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 164h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 2, 14:33 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 7points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in AGNT this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 4.7%8/172 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 6Nov 2, 19:58 UTC
- Last reading
- 7Nov 9, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 164h
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Top on Nov 2 · 166 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1SubvocalTalk to your computer without making noise844 points
- #2WikihackHackerTube, but for Wikipedia articles mentioned on HN339 points
- #3Warsaw in voxelsAn interactive 3D map of the city centre325 points
- #4I've updated my Linux System Call website and API238 points
- #5HackerHackHackerBooks but for Posts Posted on HN185 points
More in AI Agents · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives439 points▲ +10
- AgentRunopen-source, Self-improving Managed Agents103 points▲ +103
- Klad, a paint app your coding agent can drive (source-available)83 points▲ +4
- Pomerado (YC F26)Turn any website into an MCP for agents61 points▲ +6
- RecalcSpreadsheet where cells can be Claude Code or Codex terminals37 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Agents 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
A0.15 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 91% · vs 746 AI Agents · 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 · #16 of 166 Show HN launches on 2026-11-02
- #14HackerTube for Apple TV. Videos HN Recommends, on Your TV8 points
- #15I used Jev to build an off-topic detector for meetings8 points
- #16The Public Eye7 points
- #17Diwali in threejs6 points
- #18Better Together6 points
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