Launches

Every Show HN post, reviewed for whether people would use or pay for it. Strong is 6 or more, Solid 5 to 6; noise is Dismissed. Judged on the title and description only, so open the launch before you trust a score.

141 of 141 launches.

VerdictLaunchCategoryPointsAge
4.1Dismissed Sgrep; fast, accurate code search for agents github.com Vague

Agent code search is crowded and the listing is just a GitHub signup stub with nothing concrete to judge.

DevTools 1
4.0Dismissed A guided 3D Leonardo da Vinci museum, built in code museumofages.org Not a product

A free nonprofit virtual da Vinci museum; lovely content project, no product or paying audience.

Education 77
4.0 boostmyagents – A README badge lets your users pay for your AI usage boostmyagents.com

Clever funding idea for AI-heavy OSS maintainers, but few communities will actually pay via a badge.

DevTools 2
4.0 Chrome extension that flags propaganda techniques locally propalens.com

On-device propaganda flagging is interesting but classification accuracy is dubious and few users will bother.

Consumer 1
4.0Dismissed Panelize – Ask ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and DeepSeek Side by Side github.com Clone

For casual users comparing model answers; crowded space, and 'no API keys' raises sustainability questions.

AI infra 1
3.9Dismissed Wonderhop – A daily game: guess what most people say, or what none do wonderhop.io Not a product

A daily trivia game with a clever multilingual answer-matching problem, but it's a game, not a product.

Consumer 10
3.9Dismissed Shrine, a calm pixel room on your Mac for all your coding agents agentshrine.com Toy

Cute monitor for agent sessions aimed at devs running many agents; charm over utility, likely a toy.

DevTools 5
3.9Dismissed Pericentre, a 3D space atlas with continuous zoom pericentre.com Toy

A polished space-exploration demo; pleasant to visit, but no clear audience or reason to return or pay.

Education 2
3.9Dismissed Interactive NYC food inspection map with a deduction game prizz.io Not a product

NYC data nerds; a neat open-data mashup with a game, but it is a fun site, not something anyone pays for.

Data 1
3.9 Hailab Fail-Closed and RAM Zeroization Engine in Python waleedmubarak.substack.com

Python RAM zeroization library; Python is the wrong substrate for this, limiting trust.

Security 1
3.8Dismissed OraStage – turn two photos into a Hotel Lobby rap video orastage.com Thin wrapper

A thin wrapper making silly rap videos from photos; fun for a viral moment, not a durable product.

Consumer 3
3.8 Cve.earth – Open-Source Environmental Destruction Tracking cve.earth

Public ledger of corporate environmental harm is noble but lacks sourcing, moderation, and a clear user base.

Other 2
3.8Dismissed Veduta – Personal Agent with GenUI github.com Thin wrapper

Personal agent with generative UI atop OpenClaw-style daemons; interesting direction, vague differentiation.

AI infra 1
3.8 Model Atlas – An LLM leaderboard you can reweight philippdubach.com

Reweightable LLM leaderboard; a nicer table on data others publish, minor utility.

AI infra 1
3.7Dismissed Can AI read your mind? jeffyclassify.com Toy

Fun demo showing an AI can exploit your choice patterns; entertaining but no product or audience.

Consumer 6
3.7Dismissed My live 3D satellite tracker, now with asteroids and a UAP archive skylens.yantraai.app Toy

Space-curious consumers; pretty tracker but satellite maps exist and the UAP angle suggests hobby project, not a product.

Consumer 5
3.7Dismissed Watch RL-trained squads play a 2D battle royale (full match replay) 123wwwa.github.io Not a product

Research demo of MARL-trained bots in a battle royale; interesting to watch, not a usable product.

Other 2
3.6Dismissed UpDown – free multiplayer Markdown documents updown.laravel.cloud Clone

Another multiplayer Markdown editor; HackMD and friends already do this with sync that works.

Other 2
3.5Dismissed The LAST DOOR – a tiny game about deciding when to leave sydro.surge.sh Not a product

A small art-game about leaving; fine to play, not a product anyone pays for.

Consumer 5
3.5Dismissed Launch Videos Gallery – A free collection of startup launch videos launchvideos.gallery Not a product

A curated gallery of launch videos is a content site, not a product; fine browsing, no one pays.

Other 4
3.5Dismissed A purely in-browser harness – let SaaS users act with natural language gametorch.app Vague

One-line pitch with no description of what the harness does, for whom, or how to try it.

AI infra 3
3.5Dismissed Caesarcipher.org caesarcipher.org Clone

Classical-cipher tools exist on dozens of sites; this is an SEO content play with no new capability.

Education 2
3.5Dismissed An Algol 60 compiler with a LuaJIT runtime github.com Toy

Algol 60 compiler to LuaJIT is an impressive language-nerd project with no practical audience.

DevTools 1
3.5Dismissed A webcomic for AI agents, written and drawn by Claude stop-sequence.com Not a product

AI-drawn webcomic for agents; amusing art project, not something anyone buys.

Consumer 1
3.4Dismissed Built a Rome City Builder tiberava.pages.dev Toy

Browser Rome city-builder game is a hobby project, not a launch with users or revenue in mind.

Consumer 15
3.4Dismissed I made a hockey web game with Opus 5.5, and Gemini Argon optimized it playblueline.pages.dev Not a product

An arcade hockey browser game; fine as a post but not a product anyone pays for.

Consumer 5
3.4Dismissed DevShelf – 500 free developer tools with a CLI and validation bot github.com Clone

Developers who like curated lists; another awesome-list directory with a CLI, indistinguishable from many existing ones.

DevTools 1
3.4 Three free 3D browser games, no download, no signup, daily rankings toplaynow.com

Casual browser games with daily rankings; thousands of such sites, no hook.

Consumer 1
3.3Dismissed Popcorn Tracker popcorn-tracker.wasmer.app Toy

Nobody in particular; an amusing popcorn-timing gimmick with no use case beyond a chuckle.

Consumer 1
3.3Dismissed Doom running inside a JavaScript datagrid toclocoinc.github.io Toy

A clever hack showing Doom in a datagrid; fun demo, no intended users or product behind it.

Other 1
3.2Dismissed Brutus CLI – Tiny Dagger to Kill Your Mac's Caesar github.com Vague

Cryptic name, no description; nothing to judge who it is for or what it does.

DevTools 3
3.2Dismissed Fold a sheet of paper until it reaches the Moon twentyfun.com Toy

A paper-folding exponential demo; a fun diversion with no intended users beyond a click.

Other 3
3.2Dismissed Keep your eyes in one place while typing claude.ai Toy

A typing experiment hosted as a Claude artifact; a personal curiosity, not something people will adopt.

Consumer 2
3.1Dismissed A personal website built around phone movement and spatial UI marcolavielle.com Not a product

An experimental personal site with motion-based UI; creative, but it's a portfolio piece, not a product.

Other 1
3.1Dismissed Turn your keyboard's Caps Lock LED into a status light for Claude Code github.com Toy

Cute hack for Claude Code users wanting ambient status, but trivially niche and solves almost nothing.

DevTools 1
3.0Dismissed Recreating Gemini Argon 3D demo using ExtrudeAI and FreeCAD chat.extrudeai.com Toy

A demo recreating someone else's 3D demo with an in-house CAD tool; showcases little of standalone value.

Other 1
2.9Dismissed Phrack.org RSS Feed phrack-feed.lh.mk Toy

A handy RSS shim for Phrack readers; useful to a few hundred people, not a product.

Other 2
2.8Dismissed MLX Direct Decider, Mac local decider without fine-tuning github.com Vague

'Decider without fine-tuning' never explains what a decider is or why anyone needs one.

AI infra 2
2.7Dismissed Decision Models in a Game Toy

A personal experiment comparing model cost/latency as a game; no intended users beyond curiosity.

AI infra 2
2.6Dismissed botsay – cowsay for the AI Era github.com Toy

cowsay with an AI twist; self-described whimsy, a weekend joke.

DevTools 5
2.2Dismissed Can a solo founder compete in the crowded Chrome extension market? chromewebstore.google.com Vague

Unclear; a rhetorical title with no description of what the extension does or who it serves.

Consumer 2