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Week 1, 2026

Admitted 196. Still standing 188.

100%95%90%day 0day 90day 27796%
Dashed line: some of these were already dead when we first looked. We do not know when they died, so the drop is spread evenly.
Products in this cohort
ProductDayStatus
Dosaygo22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite276Alive
OpenWorkersSelf-hosted Cloudflare workers in Rust274Alive
HowbrowsersworkAn interactive guide to how browsers work271Alive
BalajmariusVibe coding a bookshelf with Claude Code277Alive
EnrollA tool to reverse-engineer servers into Ansible config mgmt274Alive
LfflWebsite that plays the lottery every second272Alive
NilchMy not-for-profit search engine with no ads, no AI, & all DDG bangs277Alive
ShepherdSee what readers who loved your favorite book/author also loved to read277Alive
ApoorvI built a "Do not disturb" Device for my home office272Alive
CleoseleneServer-rendered multiplayer games with Lua (no client code)271Alive
Wario SynthTurn any song into Game Boy version274Alive
Textonly48-digit prime numbers every git commit274Alive
TraceformerAn LLM-Powered PCB Schematic Checker (Major Update)271Alive
TryfluxI built a tool to create AI agents that live in iMessage271Alive
QuickclipI built a universal clipboard that syncs realtime on multiple devices275Alive
CustompasteI built a clipboard tool to strip/keep specific formatting like Italics273Alive
VoklitI built an international calling platform for the past 6 months272Alive
TidyTidy Baby is a SET game but with words276Alive
SummitLocal AI meeting insights276Alive
CookieI remade my website in the Sith Lord Theme and I hope it's fun276Alive
EvidexAI Clinical Search (RAG over PubMed/OpenAlex and SOAP Notes)277Alive
TaskerAn open-source desktop agent for browser and OS automation274Alive
Quantum Tunnel271Alive
RambnbRAMBnB.xyz P2P marketplace for RAM rentals276Alive
JeevanA game to document my electronics learning journey.272Alive
ShoogleI built "Google" for searching Shadcn blocks on the web273Alive
AleyanThe ASCII Side of the Moon277Alive
OfferGridAISide-by-side comparison of real estate offers from PDFs273Alive
UserjamGenerate your personal HN recap for 2025275Alive
Til.reThe URL is your timer, no signup required272Alive
IpchatChat with people who share the same Internet connection (= IP address)274Alive
Tetris Time276Alive
GojjuA Fun Programming Language273Alive
WatermelonsonA solar system simulation in the browser277Alive
C-TURTLA turtle graphics game274Alive
MatchmathMatchstick Puzzle Game in the Browser277Alive
FluxerOpen-source Discord-like chat273Alive
HeimdalI made R/place for LLMs271Alive
SvgAn SVG Inspection Tool274Alive
Underpriced AISnap a photo, get instant resale value with AI272Alive
DisclassI Built a Tool to Turn YouTube into Structured Courses277Alive
LeftouterjoinsPrivate voice-to-text for macOS using Apple's SpeechAnalyzer271Alive
ADSBeeAn open source dual band embedded ADS-B receiver for anything274Alive
StartboardA simple little browser start page and bookmarks organizer273Alive
TextunwrappedI created a 2025 Wrapped for WhatsApp Conversations276Alive
Tools for HumansPublic Tracker for Workflows274Alive
AcademiaAre the Riemann Hypothesis and Navier-Stokes the Same Problem?277Alive
Isit2026yet.comA single-serving site for the New Year275Alive
Svelte Check RsI built a 30x faster svelte-check in 2 days with AI272Alive
Words.zip (Infinite Word Search)274Alive
MapmatesA small web app where people appear on a world map272Alive
DroidDockBrowse Android files on Mac with a Finder-like experience274Alive
Lock InA goal Mac tracker controlled by typed commands273Alive
WeftA reactive and interactive Python experience272Alive
Collage87.comFree photo collage/grid maker (no login, no watermarks)273Alive
FuseCells2,500 handcrafted levels logic puzzle game with leaderboard275Alive
ExosphereInference API that adapts to your SLA and quality constraints273Alive
JssfrI made presets for Darktable which mimic Fujifilm's Film Simulations273Alive
ScreenCraftScreenshot and PDF API Without the Puppeteer Headaches276Alive
IlovecsvI built an "ilovepdf" for CSV files (and I called it ILoveCSV)277Alive
PhilippdubachRunning Analytics on 22 GB of Hacker News in SQLite275Alive
DiscontinuumAn Interactive Fiction made during Claude's "20% Time"271Alive
Latent SignalCurated feed for AI news274Alive
GumroadSelf-hosted video clipper architecture (Next.js, N8N, FFmpeg, Docker)273Alive
ZScreenshotCapture any viewport size without browser resize274Alive
Marathon Cope 2025Your peak fitness, whether or not you ran it275Alive
SsrnI analyzed 297k HN posts – your fate is sealed in 2 hours276Alive
KeyByKey.appDaily piano game for practicing playing melodies by ear277Alive
Video to JPGExtract frames in browser with blur detection274Alive
MerchantA lightweight ecommerce back end on Cloudflare Workers274Alive
Make 67A tiny maths game276Alive
Alexjacobs08The Lobste.rs invitation tree, visualized277Alive
Agent37Monetize your Claude skills with shareable links277Alive
Exponential CMS 6.0.11PHP 8.5 Support for a CMS Born in the 1990s273Alive
JilebiThe Best Way to use MCPs with coding agents274Alive
AI-SDK for Rust277Alive
Social Network for Gamers273Alive
Chatbot Without Safety Alignment272Alive
BreachLabCan you hack our AI?273Alive
Startup investing game272Alive
ForesightRolling dice with 2025 weak signals273Alive
HappymailMake email great again272Alive
VeredictlabsClient-side encrypted AI detector using model ensembling275Alive
AwaazRevolutionary public opinion app for understanding society277Alive
qq-pwnA browser-based idler game275Alive
StudyBuddyAI study tool276Alive
AivirtualstagingI made AI virtual staging tool for real estate listing276Alive
FefiI'm building Bloomberg for retail investors with my 16 year old brother271Alive
Signing RoomStateless Bitcoin Multisig Coordinator276Alive
Seatplan.ioDrag-and-drop seating charts for weddings and events271Alive
Log VoyagerView 10GB+ log files in browser without crashing RAM271Alive
GoogleapisA Bloomberg terminal for finding fresh powder (DuckDB WASM)273Alive
PhotoweatherI built a weather alert system for photographers274Alive
TechTools23 Free Browser-Based Productivity Tools277Alive
PhilippdubachBuilding a No-Tracking Newsletter from Markdown to Distribution277Alive
MiddleViewerA native macOS app for technical interview feedbacks277Alive
Neko.jsA recreation of the first virtual pet277Alive
Chess HeliosAn automated tutor to help you understand chess277Alive
FormstrNotion-like private Markdown pages on Nostr277Alive
Ibniz LiveOne Line Audiovisuals on the Browser276Alive
FinancialahaFinancial calculators with no tracking, no signup, no email gates276Alive
Image Gen10 AI image providers unified in one Claude Code plugin276Alive
JoshOpen-source macOS app to install and manage MCPs276Alive
Brennerbot.orgGeneralizing the scientific methods of Sydney Brenner276Alive
ShredonoI built my own Metronome Desktop App276Alive
Perfetto2LLMA tool to pass system traces to an LLM275Alive
PixelPointingBenchmarkSimple tests reveal surprising gaps275Alive
vmuxRun Python in Cloudflare containers in 3s275Alive
UserjamI built an AI tool to summarize your 2025 on HN275Alive
Chaos Chess960 Bullet built in 37 days with Google Antigravity275Alive
PursuedScan job posts to identify tech and pain points274Alive
EveeRAG chatbot platform at 1/4 the cost of Chatbase274Alive
ArvoTypeScript toolkit for event-driven agentic systems and mesh274Alive
AllscreenshotsA developer focused screenshot as a service API274Alive
ZenodoEarth.Org.UK public data snapshot including home energy timeseries274Alive
MergehelperBuilt my first-ever macOS app – a tiny statusbar app for your PRs/MRs274Alive
AutogramgeneratorGenerating self-enumerating pangrams with constraint solving on the Web274Alive
AI Motion Poster1-click static image to animated poster273Alive
FountainDataProduct, revenue, and GTM Intel from user conversations273Alive
Local LiftI built an AI dispatcher for emergency plumbers273Alive
DentistAIAI receptionist that answers dental practice calls 24/7273Alive
cspressoCLI tool to scan a website & generate/evaluate a CSP header273Alive
ReelbaseCreate Viral TikTok Slideshows in Seconds (Reelbase.io)273Alive
BrandGet company brand data API273Alive
Square Face GeneratorA Flash-free tool to generate avatars273Alive
SwologA text based workout log273Alive
StretchBreakA simple web app to solve planning time off273Alive
AgentexportsShare Claude Code and Codex CLI Transcripts272Alive
EzFileChangerClient-side WebP converter (no server uploads)272Alive
MetarefreshI made a tool to strip GPS and EXIF metadata from photos client-side272Alive
EasylangLaw of Large Numbers or Why It's a Bad Idea to Go to a Casino272Alive
KaggleI built a render pipeline to generate 'impossible' CCTV training data272Alive
LoveatfirstnameA calm baby-name decision tool (not a generator)272Alive
SitewatchFast checks for SSL, DNS, HTTP status, and security headers272Alive
Konstantly 2.0AI-powered course creation for teams272Alive
Snippets.devOpen-source, local-first PWA code scratchpad271Alive
CreimakeAn AI Agent with a 32-Layer Psyche (Dreams, Trauma, Defense Mechanisms)271Alive
NumgatePhone number validation API focused on fake signups271Alive
VectorVidConvert Videos to RAG-Ready Chunks (No UI, No DB)271Alive
RespectlyticsPrivacy-Paranoid Mobile Analytics with Built-In Intelligence272Alive
OpenGradSelf-directed, AI-facilitated graduate programs271Alive
Easy Habits275Alive
DynamicHorizonDynamic Island for macOS276Alive
Cloud Chamber in Browser276Alive

8 did not make it.

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