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Beat 32% of Show HN launches that day
#83 of 182 on Nov 5
#4 of 4 Open Source & Libraries launches on Show HN on Nov 5. 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 11, 10:42 UTC → Nov 12, 10:31 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 165h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 5, 13:03 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- 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
- 2Nov 5, 18:13 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 12, 10:31 UTC
- Readings
- 8over 165h
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Top on Nov 5 · 182 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1FirenookFirebase emulators in Rust: 40× faster writes, 10× less RAM176 points
- #2Rivet (YC W23)Scale and Orchestrate Agents on S3122 points
- #3Stroqa local audit of what your coding agent did and why96 points
- #4WaymarkA workflow engine that compiles jobs instead of replaying88 points
- #5Spindlea full-featured, type-safe web framework for OCaml 564 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
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 46% · 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 · #83 of 182 Show HN launches on 2026-11-05
- #81See an AI-drafted LinkedIn post and quote graphic, no signup or card2 points
- #82Tunefield2 points
- #83Cwist2 points
- #84ReadyTab2 points
- #85A 69-byte on-chain PNG that turns OLED pixels off (0 nits)2 points
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