Homotope, vectorize images to SVG in the browser, MIT engine on NPM
Middle of the pack
Beat 62% of Show HN launches that day
#42 of 164 on Nov 4
#1 of 4 Open Source & Libraries launches on Show HN on Nov 4. 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 10, 10:45 UTC → Nov 11, 10:42 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 159h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 4, 19:18 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 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 3Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
- Readings
- 8over 159h
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Top on Nov 4 · 164 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1A decent text-to-image model trained for ~$20K (Apache 2.0 Weights)286 points
- #2After a decade of reversing, I got co-op working in DOS Wing Commander256 points
- #3Vegetable Gardening for Engineers217 points
- #4I built a tool that prices a pre-built PC part by part122 points
- #5Kino AI (YC S23)AI media manager and video editor112 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
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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 · #42 of 164 Show HN launches on 2026-11-04
- #40Tjaz3 points
- #41Who and where are your anagranames?3 points
- #42Homotope, vectorize images to SVG in the browser, MIT engine on NPM3 points
- #43OnCue3 points
- #44Phonon TTS on WebGPU, 44MB, 115x real time, with live word timings3 points
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