AI
2025Gemini Pro 3 HN front page 2035 (future Hacker News front page)
Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now
Mixed3,346 points965 comments
The highest-ranked Show HN of each year, by points within its year.
AI
2025Gemini Pro 3 imagines the HN front page 10 years from now
Mixed3,346 points965 comments
Hardware
2025An open-source laptop from scratch
Loved3,237 points323 comments
Hardware
2026Loved2,935 points359 comments
Consumer and social
2024If YouTube had actual channels
Loved2,741 points514 comments
Hardware
2019A retro video game console I've been working on in my free time
Loved2,690 points210 comments
Creative
2026An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations
Loved2,391 points267 comments
Infrastructure
2021Single-file distributable web server
Mixed1,998 points249 comments
Consumer and social
2023A Reddit-like platform Ive been working on for the last 4 years
Mixed1,943 points590 comments
Games
2022I may have created a new type of puzzle
Mixed1,859 points464 comments
Learning and science
2022I 3D scanned the interior of the Great Pyramid at Giza
Mixed1,752 points280 comments
Learning and science
2026Interactive article simulating and comparing elevator dispatch algorithms
Curious1,680 points415 comments
Learning and science
2016Debated1,624 points152 comments
Productivity
2020A site where you practice typing by retyping entire novels
Mixed1,589 points378 comments
Games
2025I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam
Loved1,581 points356 comments
Other
2025Google Suite for Epstein files
Curious1,557 points363 comments
Creative
2025I built interactive graphs/globes of my flights
Loved1,539 points197 comments
Games
2017Multiplayer Missile Warfare HTML5 Game
Mixed1,535 points304 comments
Consumer and social
2023iMessage client for Android
Mixed1,521 points874 comments
Dev tools
202617 in September.
Mixed1,481 points363 comments
Finance and crypto
2021Can’t afford Bloomberg Terminal? No prob, I built the next best thing
Mixed1,422 points289 comments
AI
2023GPT-4-powered web searches for developers
Debated1,401 points414 comments
Web and SaaS
2020A Rotten Tomatoes-style platform for durable products
Mixed1,392 points398 comments
Dev tools
2012A realtime JavaScript framework
Debated1,386 points322 comments
Productivity
2022An infinite space for your ideas
Mixed1,380 points387 comments
Learning and science
202140k HN comments mentioning books, extracted using deep learning
Mixed1,359 points273 comments
Web and SaaS
2022I'm building an open-source Amazon
Mixed1,335 points301 comments
AI
2026giant isometric pixel art map of NYC
Mixed1,325 points241 comments
Security and privacy
2022How I store my secrets and communicate privately
Mixed1,290 points376 comments
Games
2025Tetris in a PDF
Mixed1,289 points223 comments
Languages and libraries
2019I think the point of a high-level language is to make your programs shorter.
Curious1,288 points456 comments
Creative
2025A synth for my daughter
Loved1,278 points209 comments
Dev tools
20243 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"
Mixed1,274 points319 comments
Hardware
2017Sorting Two Metric Tons of Lego
Loved1,264 points211 comments
Learning and science
2026HackerTube, but for books mentioned on HN
Debated1,242 points221 comments
Games
2022A minimal game to waste your time
Curious1,241 points170 comments
Learning and science
2022Loved1,241 points137 comments
AI
2016Wave function collapse algorithm
Loved1,226 points122 comments
Languages and libraries
2021I have spent 7 years creating a programming language for the web
Mixed1,216 points345 comments
Learning and science
2015Curious1,215 points378 comments
Dev tools
2019Make your site’s pages instant in one minute
Curious1,214 points337 comments
Productivity
2025An app to stop me doomscrolling by touching grass
Mixed1,203 points268 comments
Creative
2021Mixed1,192 points230 comments
Creative
2025A store that generates products from anything you type in search
Mixed1,184 points333 comments
Data
2017Privacy-focused, ad-free, non-tracking torrent search engine
Curious1,183 points346 comments
Dev tools
2026A react component library of design tropes
Mixed1,181 points213 comments
Consumer and social
2021An end-to-end encrypted alternative to Google Photos
Mixed1,180 points405 comments
Learning and science
2018Curious1,176 points324 comments
Hardware
2015Make a programmable mirror
Curious1,172 points136 comments
Dev tools
2017A GPU-accelerated terminal emulator written in Rust
Curious1,170 points476 comments
Productivity
2023A news app that uses AI to desensationalize the news
Debated1,166 points332 comments
Games
2026Mixed1,160 points366 comments
Games
2022A friend and I spent 6 years making a simulation game, finally released
Curious1,157 points279 comments
Creative
2024An After Effects alternative
Mixed1,150 points258 comments
Games
2022Trading cards made with e-ink displays
Loved1,149 points291 comments
Data
2024A Modern Firebase
Curious1,145 points297 comments
Creative
2025I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel display
Loved1,145 points144 comments
Games
2022A web game called Almost Pong
Mixed1,135 points181 comments
AI
202590s UI for local LLMs
Mixed1,122 points275 comments
Dev tools
2016A visual guide to the most popular CSS properties
Debated1,117 points122 comments
Consumer and social
2024A(nother) house optimized for LAN parties
Loved1,117 points381 comments
Games
2021My own RTS game engine in C
Mixed1,102 points262 comments
Web and SaaS
2017Get Paid to Build Your Next Side Project
Mixed1,100 points451 comments
AI
2023New AI edits images based on text instructions
Curious1,098 points227 comments
Productivity
2017An open-source CRM to manage friends and family
Mixed1,097 points568 comments
Dev tools
2025Term.everything – Run any GUI app in the terminal
Loved1,094 points144 comments
Web and SaaS
2015an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt
Curious1,093 points180 comments
Languages and libraries
2018Create hand-drawn graphics using JavaScript
Mixed1,087 points92 comments
Productivity
2020A knowledge base that works on local Markdown files
Debated1,087 points477 comments
Games
2019I taught my little brother JS, and he made this videogame in a week
Loved1,079 points270 comments
Consumer and social
2021My wife is pregnant; naturally I made a baby-name app to prepare
Curious1,077 points372 comments
Learning and science
2018I'm 12, learning JS, and wrote Wolfram's cellular automaton in Node
Loved1,072 points283 comments
Learning and science
2014Loved1,070 points92 comments
Dev tools
2021Web browser to help programmers think clearly
Mixed1,070 points226 comments
Productivity
2023A dedicated scratchpad for developers
Mixed1,063 points303 comments
Learning and science
2024A puzzle game that gently introduces my favorite math mysteries
Mixed1,054 points172 comments
Learning and science
2020Loved1,053 points102 comments
Creative
2026An entire PowerPoint in one HTML file (edit+view+data+collab)
Mixed1,033 points239 comments
Productivity
2025I recreated Windows XP as my portfolio
Debated1,032 points323 comments
Consumer and social
2025Tinder but it's only pictures of my wife and I can only swipe right
Curious1,030 points263 comments
Web and SaaS
2014OneBody Church Directory software I've been hacking on for 7 years
Loved1,020 points304 comments
Dev tools
2024a low power tool for HTML
Mixed1,020 points242 comments
Security and privacy
2014I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire
Debated1,013 points331 comments
Creative
2016an interactive exploration
Loved1,004 points64 comments
AI
202525MB CPU-Only, Open-Source TTS Model
Mixed1,003 points361 comments
Consumer and social
2023a web app to easily create a workout routine
Mixed993 points281 comments
Games
2021I'm 48 and finally learning how to be a game developer
Loved985 points252 comments
Hardware
2025A hardware processor that runs Python
Curious983 points265 comments
Productivity
2021A modern web UI for Wikipedia
Debated979 points409 comments
Creative
2020Curious971 points162 comments
Data
2018A privacy-first minimalist Google Analytics
Curious968 points263 comments
Dev tools
2018A modern, text-based browser
Debated967 points322 comments
Learning and science
2026A game where you build a GPU
Debated964 points187 comments
Consumer and social
2024A website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling
Mixed963 points210 comments
Consumer and social
2021All Your Chats in One App
Curious962 points486 comments
Creative
2025Ten years of running every day, visualized
Mixed958 points495 comments
AI
2020Debated956 points342 comments
Dev tools
2008Quiet3 points0 comments
AI
2009Our new online face recognition demo
Mixed50 points25 comments
Creative
2010I finally released that sheet music app I keep yammering about
Loved318 points112 comments
Learning and science
2011The easiest way to learn to code
Debated787 points232 comments
Languages and libraries
2013Ah, applying the Infinite monkey theorem to programming :)…
Mixed948 points198 comments