Leaderboard: week of 13 OCT to 20 OCT
Ranked by Hacker News points on each launch post. Crude, public, hard to fake.
#0117 OCTLlmspeedTry before you buy a GPU: it shows how fast a local model would feel on hardware you don't own yet. Cheaper than finding out the hard way.Skipper: albinstman · shipped 17 OCT▲ 329ARRIVED#0216 OCTStarSkirmish BenchPits Gemini 4 Argon against StarCraft. Benchmarks are dry; zerg rushes are not.Skipper: __cayenne__ · shipped 16 OCT▲ 254IN PORT#0318 OCTSphinxA pre-ship hook that quizzes you on the code your AI wrote. Rude, and probably necessary.Skipper: critiquebrowser · shipped 18 OCT▲ 252ARRIVED#0413 OCTPDFtoMP3Turns your existing OpenAI subscription into an audiobook maker. Reuses something you already pay for, which we respect.Skipper: janpmz · shipped 13 OCT▲ 174IN PORT#0518 OCTWhatsApp MCPA WhatsApp MCP server running on Cloudflare's free tier. Plugs your agent into the chat app your relatives actually use.Skipper: zoozla · shipped 18 OCT▲ 155ARRIVED#0619 OCTDeslop ModelA Qwen3-4B fine-tune with the AI writing tics trained out. It's never going to delve again.Skipper: erikkannike · shipped 19 OCT▲ 154ARRIVED#0713 OCTSolidCraftParametric CAD written in Rust, open source, with MCP support. So your agent can draft brackets now.Skipper: bherbruck · shipped 13 OCT▲ 145IN PORT#0813 OCTPulse LocalA Mac budgeting app whose AI models run on your own machine. Your spending habits stay home, where the shame belongs.Skipper: niztk · shipped 13 OCT▲ 122IN PORT#0914 OCTBlumifyTracks what AI leaders say and how their views change over time. Receipts, as a service.Skipper: gcsydney · shipped 14 OCT▲ 119IN PORT#1013 OCTParsimonyAn open-source benchmark for how much code AI models add. Measures bloat, the one metric nobody brags about.Skipper: lasu · shipped 13 OCT▲ 77IN PORT#1116 OCTrStationA shared research lab for your AI agents, so they stop reinventing each other's notes.Skipper: stephenchung · shipped 16 OCT▲ 60IN PORT#1220 OCTJev CardsA picture quiz where you try to beat a vision model. Humans vs. pixels, ongoing.Skipper: totisjosema · shipped 20 OCT▲ 58DOCKED TODAY#1320 OCTPenmentorClaude marks up your handwritten math the way a teacher would. Red pen not included, red ink implied.Skipper: abdullahalharir · shipped 20 OCT▲ 57DOCKED TODAY#1414 OCTGraphicleA Rust port of Graphify that adds memory for coding agents. Because agents forget faster than goldfish.Skipper: KarLexAI · shipped 14 OCT▲ 48IN PORT#1513 OCTDeslopOxlint rules that catch the patterns AI-generated TypeScript leaves behind. Lint for the slop era.Skipper: maharshi365 · shipped 13 OCT▲ 32IN PORT#1613 OCTSaysoFree, open-source dictation for Mac, Windows and Linux. All three, which is rarer than it should be.Skipper: watzon · shipped 13 OCT▲ 25IN PORT#1719 OCTStrotCompile an LLM's intent once, then run the decisions locally. Fewer API calls, smaller bills.Skipper: solohunter001 · shipped 19 OCT▲ 23ARRIVED#1813 OCTMemorySyncA memory layer for AI agents, so they don't introduce themselves to you every time.Skipper: mohd_rafay · shipped 13 OCT▲ 22IN PORT#1913 OCTJevcrawlA web crawler for AI agents with no LLM in the crawl loop. Deterministic, cheap and fast.Skipper: rayenmlayeh · shipped 13 OCT▲ 21IN PORT#2020 OCTLights-on Software FactoryBoilerplate for running a 'lights-on' software factory with Claude Code. A starter kit for agent-heavy shops.Skipper: gojkoa · shipped 20 OCT▲ 17DOCKED TODAY#2114 OCTOpenLumeAsk a technical question and get an animated explainer you can interrupt mid-sentence. Like a lecture you can actually stop.Skipper: shadaba · shipped 14 OCT▲ 17IN PORT#2215 OCTBlastLoopA structure-first coding method for AI agents. More playbook than product.Skipper: rossleeshaw · shipped 15 OCT▲ 16IN PORT#2314 OCTFFramesPitched as the first short movie built with code and AI. Pull up a crate and watch.Skipper: neogoose · shipped 14 OCT▲ 14IN PORT
October's heaviest cargo, top 20
#0109 OCTBig Arrow on the ScreenAn agent that can literally point at things on your screen. Finally, a way for the robot to say 'no, THAT button.'Skipper: franze · shipped 09 OCT▲ 421IN PORT#0217 OCTLlmspeedTry before you buy a GPU: it shows how fast a local model would feel on hardware you don't own yet. Cheaper than finding out the hard way.Skipper: albinstman · shipped 17 OCT▲ 329ARRIVED#0316 OCTStarSkirmish BenchPits Gemini 4 Argon against StarCraft. Benchmarks are dry; zerg rushes are not.Skipper: __cayenne__ · shipped 16 OCT▲ 254IN PORT#0418 OCTSphinxA pre-ship hook that quizzes you on the code your AI wrote. Rude, and probably necessary.Skipper: critiquebrowser · shipped 18 OCT▲ 252ARRIVED#0504 OCTSCMSearch every photo and every video frame on your Mac with AI. For anyone whose camera roll has become a landfill.Skipper: allenleee · shipped 04 OCT▲ 184IN PORT#0613 OCTPDFtoMP3Turns your existing OpenAI subscription into an audiobook maker. Reuses something you already pay for, which we respect.Skipper: janpmz · shipped 13 OCT▲ 174IN PORT#0702 OCTLDraw NovaOpen-source AI that generates Lego builds. Step-on-it risk: purely digital.Skipper: antelocnova · shipped 02 OCT▲ 170IN PORT#0818 OCTWhatsApp MCPA WhatsApp MCP server running on Cloudflare's free tier. Plugs your agent into the chat app your relatives actually use.Skipper: zoozla · shipped 18 OCT▲ 155ARRIVED#0919 OCTDeslop ModelA Qwen3-4B fine-tune with the AI writing tics trained out. It's never going to delve again.Skipper: erikkannike · shipped 19 OCT▲ 154ARRIVED#1013 OCTSolidCraftParametric CAD written in Rust, open source, with MCP support. So your agent can draft brackets now.Skipper: bherbruck · shipped 13 OCT▲ 145IN PORT#1113 OCTPulse LocalA Mac budgeting app whose AI models run on your own machine. Your spending habits stay home, where the shame belongs.Skipper: niztk · shipped 13 OCT▲ 122IN PORT#1202 OCTPi podRuns the pi coding agent in sandboxes on your own server. Lets the agent loose without handing over your laptop.Skipper: edverma2 · shipped 02 OCT▲ 121IN PORT#1314 OCTBlumifyTracks what AI leaders say and how their views change over time. Receipts, as a service.Skipper: gcsydney · shipped 14 OCT▲ 119IN PORT#1412 OCTAtticusA hold-to-talk voice assistant for macOS that runs on Claude -p. Push the button, talk, done.Skipper: SaarthRanka · shipped 12 OCT▲ 116IN PORT#1512 OCTBlokkilyAn experimental pattern-first DAW (music software) that supports MCP. Your agent can jam now.Skipper: androsynth89 · shipped 12 OCT▲ 84IN PORT#1608 OCTJevmanAI decision models playing Pac-Man. The ghosts don't care how many parameters you have.Skipper: felix089 · shipped 08 OCT▲ 82IN PORT#1703 OCTOffrunOne workspace for managing every coding agent. For people whose terminal tabs have started breeding.Skipper: arunbhatia · shipped 03 OCT▲ 78IN PORT#1813 OCTParsimonyAn open-source benchmark for how much code AI models add. Measures bloat, the one metric nobody brags about.Skipper: lasu · shipped 13 OCT▲ 77IN PORT#1907 OCTAgent.reviewsA review site where the reviewers are AI agents. Yes, it's as strange and interesting as it sounds.Skipper: screm · shipped 07 OCT▲ 73IN PORT#2007 OCTNanoMuseAn open-source AI agent that runs on your phone and your computer.Skipper: ilreb · shipped 07 OCT▲ 68IN PORT
The Monday Manifest
The week's best arrivals in one email. No hype, no threads.
The week's best arrivals in one email. No hype, no threads.