Recto
A desktop app where you can design with AI, edit with your mouse
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Strong launch
Beat 89% of Show HN launches that day
#19 of 188 on Nov 3
#2 of 14 AI Tools & LLM Apps launches on Show HN on Nov 3. 7.5% of AI Tools & LLM Apps launches (3 of 40) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See AI Tools & LLM Apps →
points · traction gained Nov 9, 10:27 UTC → Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 159h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 3, 19:35 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 8points
- Comments
- 10
- Rank in AITL this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 7.5%3/40 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 7Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 8Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 159h
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Top on Nov 3 · 188 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1HackerTVHN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels488 points
- #2Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News475 points
- #3Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie127 points
- #4KairosOpen-source risk and fraud decisioning platform107 points
- #5I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands72 points
More in AI Tools & LLM Apps · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- AI Red Lineswrite down what would make you act on AI36 points▲ +36
- LLM weight editing tool made by a 15-year-old14 points0
- Airgap-checkfind what your AI app silently downloads offline11 points0
- TheoremSmithMass-Producing Hard Proof Problems to Train LLMs10 points0
- AI boom or bust, US war footing or not (four scenarios to 2029)5 points0
Grades · each graded against other AI Tools & LLM Apps 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
A0.17 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 93% · vs 193 AI Tools & LLM Apps · 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 · #19 of 188 Show HN launches on 2026-11-03
- #17SIE Serverless9 points
- #18Mintype8 points
- #19Recto8 points
- #20I built an interactive visual playground for interaction nets7 points
- #21Open-Source Searchable Job Board for HN's Hiring Threads6 points
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