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Nov 5, 2026 · What developers are building

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Doodle to Art

Doodle to Art is a browser-based AI image tool that transforms simple drawings, rough sketches, and hand-drawn ideas into polished artwork.

DTContent creationDTWeb appDTWeb
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Same Word or Run

A free Chinese word-association game for two people sharing one phone: each thinks of a related word to a starting word, says it aloud when the timer ends, and if the answers differ, the new words become the next prompt until they match.

DTLifestyle & entertainmentDTWeb appDTWeb
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AI Poker Simulator

AI Poker Simulator is a Texas Hold'em training site for practicing against AI opponents, with beginner drills, action suggestions, GTO preflop ranges, and hand reviews. Multilingual; learn rules or drill specific scenarios.

DTResearch & learningDTWeb appDTWeb
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dola

Dola is an AI video and image generator that turns text, first/last frames, or reference images into short clips. Powered by Seedance 2.5 at up to 1080p with watermark-free exports; each run consumes credits, and there is no free trial.

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CrestGeo

CrestGeo checks whether AI answers from Doubao, DeepSeek, Kimi and others mention your site or store, whether details are accurate and whom they recommend, then gives a score and actionable fixes.

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InkByYou

InkByYou is an AI tattoo design tool that generates tattoo sketches from text or reference images, with style options, AI edits, line-art extraction, and body previews; previews are free, while HD original downloads are paid.

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TATOOLS

TATOOLS is an online Chinese text analysis platform for humanities and social science researchers. It enables word frequency, sentiment analysis and topic modeling without coding, with usage billed by compute points.

DTResearch & learningDTWeb appDTWeb
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PDF-Editor

PDF-Editor is a free, open-source web PDF editor for editing text and images, annotating, and merging pages directly in the browser without uploading files.

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OpenMathpix

OpenMathpix is a free Windows screenshot tool that converts a single formula screenshot into LaTeX fully offline on your own machine after a one-time model download.

DTResearch & learningDTDesktop appDTWindows
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Industrial Coating Knowledge Base

Free Simplified Chinese coating knowledge base for industrial engineers: coating theory, 22 defect diagnoses, film performance requirements, 28 test methods, and shop calculators for dew point, thickness, and coverage.

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Mandarin Recall

An HSK 3.0 vocabulary site covering the 2025 syllabus, with pinyin, audio and old-to-new level mapping per word. Spaced repetition is free and needs no signup, and writing your own sentences gets AI feedback.

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gh-pull

gh-pull is a free, MIT-licensed GitHub CLI extension that shows pull requests from multiple repos in your local browser, with saved searches and groups, stacked PR dependencies, CI status, and resolved/total review threads.

LanguageJavaScriptDTSoftware developmentDTCLIOriginalcode-review
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halfsize

Open-source video compression CLI with a local web UI that hits a target file size, such as 20 MB for WeChat, Discord or email, and reports VMAF/SSIM quality loss. Files stay local; no account; runs on Windows, macOS and Linux.

LanguageHTMLDTContent creationDTCLIOriginalagent-skill
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Piomio: A Self-Hosted Team of Personal AI Assistants

Piomio: open-source, self-hosted platform running AI assistants with memory on your Claude Code, Codex or Kimi Code subscriptions — triaging email, drafting replies, learning browser tasks. Sends and payments need approval;

LanguageTypeScriptDTDesktop productivityDTVertical agentOriginalagents
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BookGalaxy: A Galaxy Built from Book Data

A starry visualization of books built on Douban data. Each book is a star whose brightness weights rater count above score, lines link books liked by the same readers to form constellations, scrolling reveals deeper layers, and you can lea…

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Edge Odyssey: A Mac Screen-Edge Pomodoro Timer

Edge Odyssey is a Mac pomodoro timer shown as a 2–4 px screen-edge border; Odysseus moves to mark elapsed time. It has pomodoro, countdown, stopwatch, focus dial, auto-hide in fullscreen/sharing, local-only records and optional Claude Code.

LanguageSwiftDTDesktop productivityDTDesktop appOriginalai-agents
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rss-pod: Turn RSS Articles into AI Dialogue Podcasts

Open-source self-hosted tool that fetches RSS articles on a schedule, rewrites them into multi-speaker dialogue scripts with an LLM, and synthesizes audio via Edge TTS or Azure Speech into podcasts playable in the browser, with topic filte…

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iLook: Free, Privacy-First AI Facial Analysis

Privacy-first AI facial analysis: upload a photo for a non-medical report on face shape, symmetry, proportions and golden-ratio reference, plus hairstyle tips. Also: REST API, keyless MCP server, A2A agent card; no face recognition.

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FFmpeg Command Lab: Interactive Browser Sandbox

A browser-based FFmpeg command sandbox for developers, built on ffmpeg.wasm. Load examples or local files, edit and run commands, view logs, preview and download outputs. Processing stays local; no FFmpeg install or account needed.

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Dou Dizhu, Ludo and Jungle Chess Rule Engines with JS AI

Pure JavaScript, dependency-free rule engines and AI players for Dou Dizhu, Ludo and Jungle Chess, usable in browsers and Node. Dou Dizhu covers bidding, 14 hand types and scoring; AI plays fewest-hand lines with farmer cooperation.

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lz4 / lz4

Extremely Fast Compression algorithm

LanguageCDTSoftware developmentDTData & operationsOriginalcompression
12.3K

google / skills

Agent Skills for Google products and technologies

LanguagePythonDTSoftware developmentDTAgent extensionOriginalgoogle
22.3K

ConardLi / garden-skills

ConardLi's open-source Skills collection, featuring web design, knowledge retrieval, image generation, and more.

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maotoumao / MusicFree

MusicFree is a free, ad-free music player with plugin-based extensibility and customization.

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vastsa / FileCodeBox

FileCodeBox: anonymous passcode sharing for text and files. Upload content, get a pickup code, and recipients retrieve it like collecting a parcel. Self-hostable web service.

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8.8K

forthespada / CS-Books

CS-Books collects over 1,000 classic computer science books, personal notes, and article resources, covering C/C++, Java, Python, Go, algorithms, OS, backend architecture, databases, networks, design patterns, frontend, assembly, and inter…

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27.9K

go-musicfox / go-musicfox

go-musicfox is a NetEase Cloud Music CLI client in Go with UnblockNeteaseMusic, selectable audio quality, Last.fm scrobbling, MPRIS, and macOS integration: pause on sleep, Bluetooth headset events and menu bar controls.

LanguageGoDTLifestyle & entertainmentDTCLIOriginalbubbletea
2.6K

shadow1ng / fscan

fscan is a comprehensive intranet scanning tool that enables one-click automated, all-round vulnerability scanning to quickly surface internal assets and security risks.

LanguageGoDTSecurity & testingDTCLIOriginalfscan
14.7K

521xueweihan / GitHub520

GitHub520 fixes broken images and slow page loads when accessing GitHub by providing a maintained hosts file. No installation needed—just copy the hosts entries.

LanguagePythonDTSoftware developmentDTContent / resourceDTWindows
30.1K

Evil0ctal / Douyin_TikTok_Download_API

Self-hosted API for scraping TikTok, Douyin and Bilibili and downloading watermark-free videos, with async REST endpoints, an MCP server for AI agents, CLI and web console, offline speech-to-text and one-command Docker deployment.

LanguagePythonDTData & operationsDTAgent extensionDTMCP service
21.2K

iDvel / rime-ice

Rime configuration for Wusong Pinyin, offering a long-term maintained Simplified Chinese lexicon to improve pinyin input.

LanguageLuaDTDesktop productivityDTContent / resource
20K

Rainbrand

Rainbrand builds and maintains shared brand context from your websites, brand guides and files. Give your agents the guidance and assets they need for marketing campaigns, websites, slides, email, video, and more.

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102

AI Employees by Easy-Peasy.AI

Hire AI employees by role: a Chief of Staff, analyst, designer, support rep and 15 more, or describe your own. Add your website and the team reads it.

DTBusiness & growthDTVertical agentDTAgent orchestration
73

Stitch.ai

Stitch.ai brings mail, calendar, contacts, tasks, notes, sheets, slides, boards, and files into one connected workspace. Stitchy, your AI assistant, works with you across it all.

DTDesktop productivityDTWeb appDTWeb
90

Bambu Lab H3C

Bambu Lab H3C is a next-generation 3D printer that makes multi-material printing faster and easier. Its nine-tool Swaptek system switches materials in as little as six seconds, with less filament waste and no repeated loading.

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64

Maritime

Maritime gives AI agents their own cloud computers: persistent workspaces, disposable sandboxes, Linux and Windows desktops, and Android phones.

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156

Pushary for Teams

When an AI agent stops to ask permission, Pushary sends the question to the person running it, in their Mac’s notch or on their phone. Lee’s agent asks Lee. Sam’s agent asks Sam.

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156

Glasshand

Glasshand gives your AI agents real iPhones and Macs to work on. Connect Claude Code, Codex, or any other agent, and it can rent a device with a single prompt.

DTSoftware developmentDTContent creationDTAgent extension
291

Bridge

This launch marks a new era for Bridge: one agentic meeting platform replacing the fragmented meeting stack.

DTDesktop productivityDTAgent extensionDTWeb app
111

SafetyClip

SafetyClip is a clipboard manager for Mac. It saves everything you copy, so you can press ⌃⌘V in any app, search, and paste it again. But a clipboard history also collects your passwords and API keys.

DTDesktop productivityDTDesktop appDTmacOS
60

Tencent Hy4

Hy4 is Tencent’s latest flagship model, aimed at office tasks, financial analysis and game development.

DTSoftware developmentDTBusiness & growthDTWeb
78

backlane

Bring Mirakl-powered marketplaces into ChatGPT and Claude, with US operators such as Best Buy US, Lowe’s and Nordstrom in the marketplace catalog. Also supports OTTO Market and Kaufland.

DTBusiness & growthDTAgent extensionDTWeb
60

TextKit

A simple SMS api that just works. Integrates in 100+ services including claude and chatGPT. AI-assisted campaign registrations. Human support. Also - 50% cheaper than Twilio

DTSoftware developmentDTBusiness & growthDTLibrary / SDK
74

Vibeconferencing

Vibeconferencing puts your coding agent (Claude Code, Codex, Grok or a local model) into your call as a participant, with a face and a voice. It hears the room, talks back, and builds on a shared whiteboard while you talk.

DTSoftware developmentDTAgent extensionDTClaude Code
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CC Auto Review

A macOS app that reviews GitHub pull requests with your local Claude Code. AI findings sit beside the diff, and you accept, reject or edit each one before posting.

DTSoftware developmentDTSecurity & testingDTVertical agent
65

Polylane for Google Cloud

Ship with confidence on Google Cloud. Polylane investigates issues in your apps, shows you what went wrong and what it affects, and prepares a fix for you to review.

DTData & operationsDTSoftware developmentDTWeb app
91

Stroq – a local audit of what your coding agent did and why

Find known secrets in your AI coding agent sessions (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor), then guard the next one with local hooks that trace risky commands to the content that dictated them. Open source, no telemetry.

LanguageTypeScriptDTSecurity & testingDTSoftware developmentOriginalagent-security
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Gauge – Open-Source CLI to recursively improve your docs

Hi HN, I’m Evan from Gauge. We’re open-sourcing our CLI to recursively improve your docs for coding agents. The CLI includes a local execution backend, so you don't need an account to try it. Explainer video here: https://

LanguageTypeScriptDTSoftware developmentDTAgent evaluation & safetyOriginalagent-skills
99

Unclickbait – Replace clickbait YouTube thumbnails

I liked the setting in HackerTube ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50319510 ) that replaces the YouTube thumbnail with a frame from the middle of the video so I had Opus 5.

DTLifestyle & entertainmentDTBrowser
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TubeHaus – an open-source YouTube client with no Google account

A private YouTube client: self-hosted web version (one docker compose) and native apps for Android, Windows, macOS, Linux and iPad/iPhone. No Google account, no tracking. Not affiliated with YouTube or Google.

LanguageJavaScriptDTLifestyle & entertainmentDTWeb appOriginalalternative-frontend
249

Curious HN – Hacker News without the snark

Sometimes I get tired of seeing sarcastic, uncurious, low effort, snark on HN. But sometimes those comments do have some insight. I made this site which rewrites and filters with Claude to amplify the curiosity and attenuate the snark.

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ChannelVault, browse and search your Slack exports

ChannelVault is a modern, cross-platform desktop application built with Wails and Svelte 5. It allows teams, researchers, and individuals to import, browse, search, and preserve Slack workspace export archives (.

LanguageGoDTDesktop productivityDTDesktop appDTmacOS
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K8sman – A Native Kubernetes IDE

Hi HN, k8sman is a native lighter-weight Kubernetes IDE. It’s a Flutter GUI on top of a Go backend that works with client-go and your existing kubeconfig. Nothing installed in the cluster and no telemetry whatsoever.

LanguageDartDTData & operationsDTDesktop appOriginaldevops
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Nico – a two-agent type personal agent on your Mac

Hi HN. I'm Brian, I make Xmind, the most popular mind mapping app, since 2006. This is my new project Nico, a personal agent for the Mac. Every huge companies are building personal agents right now.

DTDesktop productivityDTVertical agentDTAgent orchestration
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Peers-Touch: A Decentralized Federated Social Network

An independent developer's six-year decentralized federated social network: users self-host Home Stations on NAS, Raspberry Pi, or cloud, keeping identity, relationships, and messages private with end-to-end encrypted federation, plus plan…

LanguageTypeScriptDTLifestyle & entertainmentDTDesktop appOriginalai-agent
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GPT Image 2.6 GIF Generator Online Tool

Web tool built on GPT Image 2.6 that turns text prompts into images, looping GIFs, and SVG vector graphics, with reference-image uploads, adjustable aspect ratio, size and quality, plus curated prompts organized by scenario.

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