5 daily rankings
Best new launches of the week, 12-18 October 2026
212 different launches made the daily top 100 between 14 October and 18 October 2026. Each counts once, at its best daily Launch Score in the week. How we rank
- 1

The most realistic and most complete virtual guitar online. Play it with your keyboard or by touch, slow…
Top on Show HN today · 523 points - 2
Pick hardware and a model, and feel the real speed of a local LLM before you buy. Simulates tokens/sec and…
Top on Show HN yesterday · 313 points - 3

13,626 properties measured against USGS PAD-US, from 695,439 active listings across 49 regions. Every…
Top on Show HN yesterday · 299 points - 4


StarSkirmish: where LLMs write code to play StarCraft.
Top on Show HN yesterday · 226 points - 5
anatomyOpen source
A Claude skill that draws an idea as the real machine that does it: a live isometric figure you can turn,…
2.9k stars on GitHub today - 6

photocraftOpen source
The open-source image editor you already know how to use.
60k stars in 13 days on GitHub - 7

FileeOpen source
Free file converter for Windows (macOS and Linux preview). Convert images, PDF, Word, Excel, video, audio,…
2.5k stars on GitHub today - 8
solidcraftOpen source
SolidCraft: an open-source parametric 3D CAD application built in pure Rust. Desktop, web, and automation…
1.9k stars on GitHub today - 9
Muse from MetaFree
Muse is your personal AI agent that gets things done, always working on what matters to you.
New app, #2 in Top Free - 10
Your TV, minus the ads. Debloat any Android TV over ADB and give it a clean, tvOS-inspired launcher. Built…
1.5k stars in 1 day on GitHub - 11
Low latency, high resolution screensharing and remote control.
Top on Show HN yesterday · 203 points - 12
Embeddinggemma 2Open source
EmbeddingGemma 2 is an open multimodal embedding model built by Google DeepMind which maps text (incl.…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.2k, 2.2k likes - 13
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Open source
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is a minor update to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, delivering substantial improvements…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.2k, 1.3k likes - 14
- 15
layaOpen source
Non-autoregressive System 1 decision engine. Typed choice, score and yes/no decisions over any text in a…
33k stars in 26 days on GitHub - 16

Say numbers out loud as randomly as you can. Before each one, a predictor in your browser seals its guess,…
#2 on Show HN today · 197 points - 17
HumanizerOpen source
A 12B model that rewrites AI-written drafts (emails, essays, reports, forum posts; English and Chinese) so…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.1k, 1.6k likes - 18
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Listen to your drawings! play_music_theory is a visual instrument designed to help us explore the relationship between sound and shape.
New app, #6 in Top Paid - 20

handwiredOpen source
Turn your regular JavaScript code into a neural net. No training, exact yet also fully differentiable,…
1.4k stars in 1 day on GitHub
Top 10
Trending GitHub repos of the week
- 1
anatomyOpen source
A Claude skill that draws an idea as the real machine that does it: a live isometric figure you can turn,…
2.9k stars on GitHub today - 2

photocraftOpen source
The open-source image editor you already know how to use.
60k stars in 13 days on GitHub - 3

FileeOpen source
Free file converter for Windows (macOS and Linux preview). Convert images, PDF, Word, Excel, video, audio,…
2.5k stars on GitHub today - 4
solidcraftOpen source
SolidCraft: an open-source parametric 3D CAD application built in pure Rust. Desktop, web, and automation…
1.9k stars on GitHub today - 5
Your TV, minus the ads. Debloat any Android TV over ADB and give it a clean, tvOS-inspired launcher. Built…
1.5k stars in 1 day on GitHub - 6
layaOpen source
Non-autoregressive System 1 decision engine. Typed choice, score and yes/no decisions over any text in a…
33k stars in 26 days on GitHub - 7

handwiredOpen source
Turn your regular JavaScript code into a neural net. No training, exact yet also fully differentiable,…
1.4k stars in 1 day on GitHub - 8
StrataOpen source
Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on any consumer hardware: one-click install for Windows / Linux. Strata inference…
24k stars in 19 days on GitHub - 9


magpieOpen source
Claude Code on Kimi. Codex on DeepSeek. Gemini CLI on GLM. OpenCode on your ChatGPT plan.
1.3k stars on GitHub today - 10
d2r-mobileOpen source
Open-source iOS / macOS compatibility layer for Diablo II: Resurrected with the Reign of the Warlock…
1.9k stars in 2 days on GitHub
Top 10
Top Show HN launches of the week
- 1

The most realistic and most complete virtual guitar online. Play it with your keyboard or by touch, slow…
Top on Show HN today · 523 points - 2
Pick hardware and a model, and feel the real speed of a local LLM before you buy. Simulates tokens/sec and…
Top on Show HN yesterday · 313 points - 3

13,626 properties measured against USGS PAD-US, from 695,439 active listings across 49 regions. Every…
Top on Show HN yesterday · 299 points - 4


StarSkirmish: where LLMs write code to play StarCraft.
Top on Show HN yesterday · 226 points - 5
Low latency, high resolution screensharing and remote control.
Top on Show HN yesterday · 203 points - 6

Say numbers out loud as randomly as you can. Before each one, a predictor in your browser seals its guess,…
#2 on Show HN today · 197 points - 7
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Paste a YouTube, Spotify or Apple Podcasts link and get the transcript, a summary, chapters and notes on a…
#2 on Show HN yesterday · 117 points - 9
Establish a trusted tunnel between two or more devices: from that point on one can send files to the other anytime.
#2 on Show HN yesterday · 131 points - 10

Give every company you deal with its own email address, all in one account. When one leaks or starts…
#3 on Show HN yesterday · 105 points
Top 10
Trending Hugging Face models of the week
- 1
Embeddinggemma 2Open source
EmbeddingGemma 2 is an open multimodal embedding model built by Google DeepMind which maps text (incl.…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.2k, 2.2k likes - 2
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Open source
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is a minor update to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, delivering substantial improvements…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.2k, 1.3k likes - 3
layaOpen source
Non-autoregressive System 1 decision engine. Typed choice, score and yes/no decisions over any text in a…
33k stars in 26 days on GitHub - 4
HumanizerOpen source
A 12B model that rewrites AI-written drafts (emails, essays, reports, forum posts; English and Chinese) so…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.1k, 1.6k likes - 5
MiniCPM V 4.7 35B A3BOpen source
MiniCPM-V 4.7 is the latest model in the MiniCPM-V series, available in a 35B-A3B variant, with 35B-A3B…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 704, 871 likes - 6
Qwen Image 2.1 TurboOpen source
Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo is an accelerated checkpoint of Qwen-Image-2.1 for text-to-image generation and image…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 702, 752 likes - 7
Drama 3Open source
Fish Audio Drama 3 is Fish Audio's new-generation text-to-speech model, built for multi-character scenes…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 556, 576 likes - 8
Flux 3 Image Klein ComfyOpen source
Image to image model by black-forest-labs
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 464, 548 likes - 9
JEV 35BOpen source
Text classification model by autotrust
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 449, 714 likes - 10
LFM2.5 24B A2BOpen source
LFM2.5-24B-A2B is a 24B-parameter reasoning model with only 2B active parameters, built for fast, private…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 398, 406 likes
Top 10
New App Store apps of the week
- 1
Muse from MetaFree
Muse is your personal AI agent that gets things done, always working on what matters to you.
New app, #2 in Top Free - 2
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Listen to your drawings! play_music_theory is a visual instrument designed to help us explore the relationship between sound and shape.
New app, #6 in Top Paid - 4
AudayPaid
Turn your Apple Watch into your all-day AI recorder. Capture the words and the life around them.
New app, #9 in Top Paid - 5
Some pilots, at the critical moment, switch off their targeting computer and go with their gut.
New app, #19 in Top Paid - 6
Open Screen Sharing is a free and open-source remote desktop client optimized for Mac screen sharing and…
New app, #13 in Top Paid - 7
ALARM ROOMPaid
This app translates data directly from Phoenix Fire's public information call board and brings it right to…
New app, #15 in Top Paid - 8
WildwoodPaid
Find and collect sculptures across Portland while unlocking exciting rewards and milestones along the way.
New app, #23 in Top Paid - 9
Hark ProFree
Hark Pro is an operating system for your life, built to think ahead, and help you with real, practical things.
New app, #38 in Top Free - 10
Top 10
New AI tools of the week
- 1
Pick hardware and a model, and feel the real speed of a local LLM before you buy. Simulates tokens/sec and…
Top on Show HN yesterday · 313 points - 2
Muse from MetaFree
Muse is your personal AI agent that gets things done, always working on what matters to you.
New app, #2 in Top Free - 3
Embeddinggemma 2Open source
EmbeddingGemma 2 is an open multimodal embedding model built by Google DeepMind which maps text (incl.…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.2k, 2.2k likes - 4
DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017Open source
DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is a minor update to DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, delivering substantial improvements…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.2k, 1.3k likes - 5
HumanizerOpen source
A 12B model that rewrites AI-written drafts (emails, essays, reports, forum posts; English and Chinese) so…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 1.1k, 1.6k likes - 6
MiniCPM V 4.7 35B A3BOpen source
MiniCPM-V 4.7 is the latest model in the MiniCPM-V series, available in a 35B-A3B variant, with 35B-A3B…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 704, 871 likes - 7
Qwen Image 2.1 TurboOpen source
Qwen-Image-2.1-Turbo is an accelerated checkpoint of Qwen-Image-2.1 for text-to-image generation and image…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 702, 752 likes - 8
AudayPaid
Turn your Apple Watch into your all-day AI recorder. Capture the words and the life around them.
New app, #9 in Top Paid - 9
Drama 3Open source
Fish Audio Drama 3 is Fish Audio's new-generation text-to-speech model, built for multi-character scenes…
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 556, 576 likes - 10
Flux 3 Image Klein ComfyOpen source
Image to image model by black-forest-labs
Trending on Hugging Face · trending score 464, 548 likes