Launches stories

Show HN is where builders introduce what they have made to a discerning technical audience. This page tracks product launches, demos, open-source releases, and the feedback threads that follow.

Early user reactions, technical critiques, and founder responses make these threads uniquely valuable for anyone shipping software. Birbla archives them with full discussion context.

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I built a URL shortener from scratch

2 points · 1 comments

One Gets Through – Missile Command, but you launch the missiles

onegetsthrough.com · 13 points · 10 comments

Fluidify – A wiki of the industrial world being built (post-2026)

fluidify.org · 2 points · 0 comments

I built Otis, a minimal AI agent that runs local models out of the box

triangllabs.ai · 19 points · 4 comments

I built an Instagram data dashboard with a REST API back end

hikerapi.com · 5 points · 2 comments

AI-Native dependency upgrades through codemods

apiweiser-cli-fe.vercel.app · 2 points · 0 comments

'Tidal wave' of PFAS being launched to satisfy AI industry

theguardian.com · 7 points · 0 comments

I was frustrated with AI giving confident answer,Even when it was wrong

demo.aqqai.in · 2 points · 3 comments

Turkish authorities launch crackdown on LGBTQ+ and HIV support groups

apnews.com · 30 points · 0 comments

Demorta – Create interactive demos. Don't just describe your product

demorta.com · 2 points · 4 comments

Due to concerns about malicious applications, GPT2 will not be released (2019)

openai.com · 74 points · 41 comments

Navier-Stokes Visualized as 1kB i386 demos

juandecos.github.io · 48 points · 7 comments

Built a Lego minifigure configurator. Shuffle until something makes you laugh

minifigs-studio.vercel.app · 13 points · 6 comments

I built my own knowledge graph from the code AI writes

github.com · 8 points · 4 comments

I Built a CLI for Proton Mail, Drive, Calendar, Pass and Contacts

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

DietPi released a new version v10.7

3 points · 0 comments

The Kinect is dead, so I rebuilt it in a browser tab for my kids

hoplagames.com · 5 points · 5 comments

OpenAI built a text generator so good, it's considered too dangerous (2019)

techcrunch.com · 10 points · 1 comments

Aqqai – Every answer, checked before you see it

demo.aqqai.in · 5 points · 3 comments

Lumae Native macOS screen-demo recorder that agents can edit over MCP

lumae.app · 4 points · 3 comments

We built a local-first Android agent. Then Meta launched Muse

creepy.im · 5 points · 0 comments

macOS defaults list: Incomplete list of macOS defaults commands with demos

macos-defaults.com · 10 points · 1 comments

ResolveHQ – A Helpdesk Built on Cloudflare Workers, D1, R2 and Queues

github.com · 11 points · 25 comments

I built a hand-modeled 3D Windows 98 portfolio with Three.js

wesselsdesktop.com · 2 points · 4 comments

GrapheneOS' rewritten Messages app is released

github.com · 20 points · 256 comments

Suno v6 released for music creation

suno.com · 11 points · 17 comments

GCC 13.5 Released with 256 bugs fixed, closing release series

gcc.gnu.org · 41 points · 1 comments

GIMP 3.2.6 Released with Some Early Preparations Toward Eventual GTK4 Port

phoronix.com · 7 points · 4 comments

Could United Launch Alliance's money problems force its owners to sell?

arstechnica.com · 3 points · 0 comments

SolidPing — open-source uptime monitoring, agents inside your network

solidping.io · 2 points · 0 comments