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Middle of the pack
Beat 62% of Show HN launches that day
#57 of 166 on Nov 2
#1 of 5 Open Source & Libraries launches on Show HN on Nov 2. 10.5% of Open Source & Libraries launches (2 of 19) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Open Source & Libraries →
points · traction gained Nov 7, 13:58 UTC → Nov 8, 12:36 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 2, 06:11 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 3points
- Comments
- 1
- Rank in OSRC this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 10.5%2/19 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 3Nov 2, 19:58 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 8, 12:36 UTC
- Readings
- 6over 150h
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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 Open Source & Libraries · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- YogurtFree, private, open-source alternative to Granola290 points▲ +51
- An open source webbluetooth and NFC browser for iOS15 pointsfrozen
- PotsOpen-source Grok Bot alternative, used by 6 startups for a month7 points0
- KilnA WebGPU alternative to transformers.js, 2.2× faster (median)5 points▲ +5
- Good First TokenSpend your spare tokens on open source4 points0
Grades · each graded against other Open Source & Libraries 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
B0.06 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 61% · vs 101 Open Source & Libraries · 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 · #57 of 166 Show HN launches on 2026-11-02
- #55HackerTube for Apple TV. Videos HN Recommends, on Your TV3 points
- #56HackerPapers3 points
- #57Open-sourced alternatives to every SaaS tool3 points
- #58AWKLog3 points
- #59Rufous3 points
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