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product-hunt

Product Hunt is a great place to launch a developer tool.

Many developer-first products successfully launched there. For inspiration, you can find stories and examples below.

This repository includes a wiki with bit-sized pro tips and discussions to help you prep your launch and enjoy it.

It also includes:

• product-hunt-launch-kit.md: required inputs to submit a new product;
• product-hunt-community-kit.md: ideas to leverage your network;

Want to contribute? Awesome! See here: CONTRIBUTING.md

+ watch this repo to get notifications about new product launches

contents

• glossary
• examples
• alternatives
• resources
• about

glossary

• POTD = Product of the Day;
• POTW = Product of the Week;
• POTM = Product of the Month;

examples

Sorted by launch date.

• Want to add more examples? Awesome! See here: CONTRIBUTING.md
• If you enjoyed this list, please do repost this

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alternatives

Non-exhaustive list of alternative places to launch dev-first products. Domain ratings by Ahrefs. More suggestions in this repository.

• Beta Console (54)
• DevHunt (55)
• Hacker News (ShowHN) (90)

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resources

Sorted by release date.

• Product Hunt Launch Guide by Product Hunt

blog posts

• Lessons from 42 launches on Product Hunt (2024) by @fmerian (launched Specify, ranked #2 POTD)
• Automate a Product Hunt launch (2024) by @colegottdank (launched Helicone AI, ranked #1 POTD)
• How Daytona survived from Product Hunt (2024) by @nkko (launched Daytona, ranked #2 POTD)
• #1 Developer Tool of the Month (2023) by @tanya-rai (launched LastMile AI, ranked #2 POTD)
• How Permit.io got #1 Product of the Day (2023) by @danielbass37 (launched Permit.io, ranked #1 POTD)
• Lago's Product Hunt Launch Playbook (2023) by @anhtho-lago (launched Lago, ranked #1 POTM);
• Launching dev tools on Product Hunt (2022) by @ronakganatra (launched GraphCMS, ranked #5 POTD)

podcast episodes

• Launching on Product Hunt on Scaling DevTools (2024) by @fmerian (launched Specify, ranked #2 POTD)

presentations

• Setting up the launchpad (2022) by @fmerian (launched Specify, ranked #2 POTD)

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about

This repository is maintained by @fmerian.

• launched twice on Product Hunt in 2022;
• contributed to launching 40+ dev-first products in 2023 and 2024;
• among the most active users;
• 2022 Community Member of the Year (runner-up).

+ currently available for work: hello at fmerian.com

Follow me @fmerian on 𝕏 for more insights.

Enjoy your launch day!