vasanthv

17 Show HNs that got attention, 2015 to 2026. 2,343 points in all, 8 with 50 or more.

First
Oruapp (2015)
Best
Looptap (1,241 points)
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Games

2022

Looptap

A minimal game to waste your time

Curious1,241 points170 comments

Consumer and social

2020

Talk

A free group video call app with screen sharing

Curious310 points99 comments

Productivity

2024

Free Plain-Text Bookmarking

This is open-source, you can spin up your own instance.

Mixed172 points75 comments

Consumer and social

2023

Currl

A free text-based social bookmarking website

Debated123 points48 comments

Infrastructure

2025

Ahey

A simple pub-sub service built on top of web push

Curious107 points16 comments

Web and SaaS

2018

Hello

Group video chat with no signups or downloads

Curious91 points34 comments

Consumer and social

2018

Ping.gy

An app to connect with people within 1km from you

Mixed62 points51 comments

Consumer and social

2023

Oyie

A micro social app to stay in sync with your friends

Roasted53 points27 comments

Consumer and social

2018

Oy

Chat with people around you

Curious38 points30 comments

Web and SaaS

2021

Talk V2

A free and open-source group video call for the web

Quiet33 points3 comments

Productivity

2026

Pushie

Get notified with a simple webhook

Curious24 points13 comments

Web and SaaS

2018

Hello

A 100% peer-to-peer video chat using WebRTC

Quiet21 points2 comments

Infrastructure

2020

Jsonbox.io V2

Free HTTP-based JSON storage with private box

Quiet20 points3 comments

Consumer and social

2022

Blarb

An Ephemeral Microblogging App

Roasted18 points10 comments

Consumer and social

2015

Oruapp

a minimal, location based messaging

Quiet17 points4 comments

Consumer and social

2017

Circle

Connect with people near you

Roasted8 points9 comments

Consumer and social

2023

Slap

A Social Notifications App

Roasted5 points8 comments

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