Product Hunt is a great place to launch a developer tool.
Many developer-first products successfully launched there. You can find here their stories and more examples for inspiration.
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-guide.md: best practices when launching on Product Hunt
- 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
Tip
Watch this repo or follow me @fmerian on 𝕏 to get notified about new product launches
POTD= Product of the DayPOTW= Product of the WeekPOTM= Product of the Month
Sorted by launch date. Go to next section (#alternatives) ↓
| Launch date | Product | Tagline | POTD |
POTW |
POTM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26-02-08 |
Axel | Todoist for AI coding agents | #3 | ||
26-01-28 |
Kilo Code Reviewer | Automatic AI-powered code reviews the moment you open a PR | #1 | #1 | #2 |
26-01-23 |
Tonkotsu | Manage a team of coding agents from a doc | #1 | #8 | |
26-01-21 |
Mastra 1.0 | Build AI agents with a modern TypeScript stack | #3 | #4 | |
26-01-16 |
1Code | Open-source Cursor-like UI for Claude Code | #1 | #3 | |
26-01-03 |
Ultracite v7 | Opinionated, zero-config code linter and formatter | #3 | ||
25-12-01 |
TwelveLabs Marengo 3.0 | The most powerful embedding model for video understanding | #3 | ||
25-11-20 |
Dimension | AI that connects with your tools and automates the busywork | #2 | ||
25-11-12 |
Logo.dev | Reliable logos for any product, instantly. | #2 | #6 | |
25-10-27 |
v0 for iOS | Build anything with AI | #1 | #2 | |
25-10-10 |
Layercode CLI | Build voice AI agents with one command | #3 | ||
25-10-08 |
QA.tech 1.0 | Stop breaking prod, build & test with a fleet of QA agents | #2 | ||
25-09-30 |
C1 by Thesys | Make AI apps respond with interactive UI in real-time | #2 | #3 | |
25-09-28 |
Kilo Code for JetBrains | Fast, open-source AI coding agent for JetBrains IDEs | #1 | #7 | |
25-09-27 |
GitHub Copilot CLI | Copilot's response to Claude Code and Codex CLI | #1 | ||
25-09-11 |
Aikido Security | Secure everything you build, host, and run. | #1 | #8 | |
25-08-12 |
v0.app by Vercel | The AI builder for everyone | #4 | ||
25-06-18 |
Liveblocks 3.0 | Ready-made AI copilots and collaboration for your product | #1 | #6 | |
25-06-17 |
Laravel Nightwatch | First-class monitoring designed for Laravel | #4 | ||
25-06-06 |
next-forge | Production-grade template for modern Next.js apps | #4 | ||
25-05-19 |
Appwrite Sites | The open-source Vercel alternative | #1 | #4 | #4 |
25-04-28 |
cubic | Cursor for code review | #1 | #1 | |
25-04-02 |
Supabase UI Library | Drop-in components based on shadcn/ui & powered by Supabase | #4 | #9 | |
25-03-27 |
Kilo Code for VS Code | Open-source, lightning speed autonomous AI coding agent | #5 | ||
25-02-19 |
Lingo.dev | Ship apps translated in every language, in minutes | #2 | #4 | #9 |
25-01-23 |
Jolt AI | AI assistant for 100k to multi-million line codebases | #3 | ||
25-01-11 |
21st.dev | GitHub + Pinterest to make your AI websites look beautiful | #1 | #3 | #5 |
24-12-18 |
Tempo | Visual Editor for React, powered by AI | #1 | #3 | #9 |
24-12-05 |
Reflex Cloud | Build web apps in pure Python + deploy with a single command | #1 | #8 | |
24-12-03 |
Supabase AI Assistant | Idea to Postgres database | #2 | #6 | |
24-11-21 |
Lovable | The world's first AI Full Stack Engineer | #1 | #4 | #5 |
24-11-10 |
Trench | Open source analytics infrastructure | #3 | ||
24-10-30 |
bolt.new | Prompt, run, edit & deploy full-stack web apps | #1 | #2 | #9 |
24-10-21 |
Trag | AI code review companion | #1 | #1 | #2 |
24-10-10 |
Latitude | The open-source prompt engineering platform | #2 | #8 | |
24-10-09 |
Layouts.dev | A notebook for building interfaces with Tailwind & shadcn/UI | #2 | #6 | |
24-08-22 |
Helicone AI | Open-source LLM Observability for Developers | #1 | #2 | |
24-08-08 |
Inkeep | AI search & support powered by your content | #3 | ||
24-04-26 |
Langfuse 2.0 | The open source LLM engineering platform | #1 | #8 | |
24-04-23 |
Subframe | The best way to build UI, fast | #1 | #4 | |
24-04-15 |
Supabase | The Postgres developer platform is now generally available | #1 | #1 | #1 |
24-03-27 |
Daytona | Dev environment manager that makes you 2x more productive | #2 | #6 | |
24-02-26 |
Octomind | Find bugs before your users do with AI | #3 | #7 | |
24-01-25 |
Corbado | Passkey-first authentication for developers | #4 | ||
23-11-15 |
OpenMeter | Usage metering for engineers | #2 | #8 | |
23-10-18 |
LastMile AI | AI developer platform for engineering teams | #2 | #4 | |
23-09-19 |
Graphite | How the fastest developers ship code | #2 | #2 | #3 |
23-09-12 |
Permit.io | Never build permissions again | #1 | #2 | #6 |
23-08-23 |
Resend | Email for developers | #2 | #2 | #2 |
23-08-20 |
Langfuse | Open source tracing and analytics for LLM applications | #1 | #9 | |
23-08-10 |
AI SQL Editor by Supabase | Write SQL without knowing SQL | #1 | #6 | |
23-05-10 |
Raycast Pro | Unlock a new level productivity with AI, Cloud Sync and more | #1 | #4 | #9 |
23-04-03 |
Lago | Open-source alternative to Stripe Billing and Chargebee | #1 | #1 | #1 |
23-03-17 |
Warp AI | AI, fully integrated with your terminal | #2 | #6 | |
23-02-23 |
Raycast AI | The magic of AI, right on your Mac | #5 | ||
23-02-22 |
Typo | Better code, faster deployments, productive dev teams | #1 | #1 | #2 |
22-09-21 |
Appwrite | 100% open source alternative for Firebase | #1 | #2 | #6 |
22-07-20 |
Raycast for Teams | Speed up internal workflows | #4 | ||
22-06-13 |
Mintlify | The documentation platform of tomorrow | #1 | #7 | |
22-04-06 |
Warp | The terminal for the 21st century | #1 | #3 | #3 |
22-02-24 |
Specify | Sync your Figma files with GitHub repositories in minutes | #2 | #9 | |
21-11-30 |
Raycast API and Store | Supercharged productivity with shareable custom extensions | #1 | #4 | |
21-02-17 |
Ray.so | Create beautiful images of your code | #3 | #2 | #4 |
- Want to add more examples? Awesome! See here: CONTRIBUTING.md
- If you enjoyed this list, please do repost this
Non-exhaustive list of alternative places to launch dev-first products, sorted by domain rating. Domain ratings by Ahrefs. More suggestions in this repository.
- Hacker News (ShowHN) (91)
- Uneed (73)
- DevHunt (59)
- launchweek.dev (33)
- early.tools (28)
Sorted by release date.
- Product Hunt Launch Guide by Product Hunt
- Mastra 1.0 - Reasoning (2026)
- Reverse-engineering Cursor's recent launches (2026)
- How Dimension launched on Product Hunt (2025)
- A look at Aikido's first launch on Product Hunt (2025)
- How Kilo Code launched on Product Hunt (2025)
- Did Appwrite do the ideal Product Hunt launch? (2025)
- Lessons from 42 launches on Product Hunt (2025) 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)
- Marketing DevTools on Product Hunt on Going Deepear (2025)
- Launching on Product Hunt on Scaling DevTools (2024)
- Setting up the launchpad (2022) by @fmerian (launched Specify, ranked #2 POTD)
Helpful products for your launch. Found in this playbook.
- hunted.space - Monitor your launch day in real time.
- Typefully - Draft, schedule, and post content on X, LinkedIn, Threads, Mastodon, and Bluesky.
- CleanShot - Pixel-perfect screenshots.
- Screen Studio - Beautiful screen recordings.
- Dub.co - Create short, memorable URLs, and track conversion.
This repository is maintained by @fmerian:
- Launched twice on Product Hunt in 2022
- Contributed to launching 200+ dev-first products in 2023, 2024, and 2025
- Among the Top 3 most active users
- Brand Ambassador and 2022 Community Member of the Year (runner-up)
Follow me @fmerian on 𝕏 for more insights. Book a 1-hour AMA session.
Enjoy your launch day!
Note
Thank you for your continuous support.
- Kilo Code - OSS AI coding assistant for planning, building & fixing code.
- Mastra - Build AI agents with a modern TypeScript stack.
- TwelveLabs - AI platform for deep video understanding.