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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
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contents
glossary
POTD= Product of the Day;POTW= Product of the Week;POTM= Product of the Month;
examples
Sorted by launch date.
| Launch date | Product | POTD | POTW | POTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2024-12-18 | Tempo Labs | #1 | ||
2024-12-05 | Reflex Cloud | #1 | #8 | |
2024-12-03 | Supabase AI Assistant | #2 | #6 | |
2024-12-03 | Trigger.dev Realtime API | #4 | ||
2024-11-10 | Trench | #3 | ||
2024-10-30 | bolt.new | #1 | #2 | #9 |
2024-10-11 | Octomind QA Agent | #1 | ||
2024-10-10 | Latitude | #2 | #8 | |
2024-10-09 | Layouts.dev | #2 | #6 | |
2024-09-25 | Workflow Kit by Inngest | #5 | ||
2024-08-22 | Helicone AI | #1 | #2 | |
2024-08-08 | Inkeep | #3 | ||
2024-08-01 | Not Diamond | #1 | ||
2024-06-23 | UI Components by Auth0 | #3 | ||
2024-06-13 | Liveblocks 2.0 | #4 | ||
2024-06-12 | MotherDuck | #5 | ||
2024-05-23 | StarSearch by OpenSauced | #3 | ||
2024-04-26 | Langfuse 2.0 | #1 | #8 | |
2024-04-23 | Subframe | #1 | #4 | |
2024-04-18 | Pullpo.io | #2 | ||
2024-04-17 | Dagster+ | #5 | ||
2024-04-15 | Supabase | #1 | #1 | #1 |
2024-03-27 | Daytona | #2 | #6 | |
2024-03-16 | Stacktape | #3 | ||
2024-02-26 | Octomind | #3 | #7 | |
2024-02-08 | Retell AI | #5 | ||
2024-01-25 | Corbado | #4 | ||
2023-12-19 | Pieces Copilot | #2 | ||
2023-11-15 | OpenMeter | #2 | #8 | |
2023-11-02 | Liveblocks Comments | #5 | ||
2023-10-18 | LastMile AI | #2 | #4 | |
2023-10-17 | Appwrite Cloud Beta | #4 | ||
2023-10-11 | OpenSauced | #5 | ||
2023-10-10 | Frigade | #4 | ||
2023-10-09 | Payload 2.0 | #2 | ||
2023-09-28 | Unrevealed | #4 | ||
2023-09-19 | Graphite | #2 | #2 | #3 |
2023-09-12 | Permit.io | #1 | #2 | #6 |
2023-09-08 | Gitstart | #1 | #6 | |
2023-08-20 | Langfuse | #1 | #9 | |
2023-08-10 | AI SQL Editor by Supabase | #1 | #6 | |
2023-06-23 | Pieces for Developers | #5 | ||
2023-06-08 | Supabase Vector | #5 | ||
2023-05-10 | Raycast Pro | #1 | #4 | #9 |
2023-04-03 | Lago | #1 | #1 | #1 |
2023-03-17 | Warp AI | #2 | #6 | |
2023-02-23 | Raycast AI | #5 | ||
2023-02-22 | Typo | #1 | #1 | #2 |
2023-02-08 | Resend | #2 | #2 | #2 |
2022-09-21 | Appwrite | #1 | #2 | #6 |
2022-07-20 | Raycast for Teams | #4 | ||
2022-06-13 | Mintlify | #1 | #7 | |
2022-04-06 | Warp | #1 | #3 | #3 |
2022-02-24 | Specify | #2 | #9 | |
2021-11-30 | Raycast API and Store | #1 | #4 | |
2021-11-05 | Session Management by Clerk | #5 | ||
2021-09-29 | Railway | #3 | ||
2021-07-29 | Liveblocks | #4 | ||
2021-04-22 | Clerk | #4 | ||
2021-02-17 | Ray.so | #3 | #2 | #4 |
- Want to add more examples? Awesome! See here: CONTRIBUTING.md
- If you enjoyed this list, please do repost this
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)
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)
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!