fmerian / awesome-product-hunt

awesome developer tools launched on Product Hunt

product-hunt

Product Hunt is a great place to launch a developer tool.

Many developer-first products successfully launched there. For inspiration, you can find success stories and examples below.

This repository includes a wiki with bit-sized tips and discussions to help you prep your launch and enjoy it.

It also includes:

• 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? See here: CONTRIBUTING.md

table of contents

• glossary
• examples
• alternatives
• resources
• about

glossary

• POTD = Product of the Day;
• POTW = Product of the Week;
• POTM = Product of the Month;

examples

Sorted by launch date.

Launch date	Product	POTD	POTW	POTM
2024-04-26	Langfuse 2.0	#1	#8
2024-04-18	Pullpo.io	#2
2024-04-17	Dagster+	#5
2024-04-15	Supabase	#1	#1	#1
2024-03-27	Daytona	#2	#6
2024-03-16	Stacktape	#3
2024-02-26	Octomind	#3	#7
2024-02-08	Retell AI	#5
2024-01-25	Corbado	#4
2023-11-15	OpenMeter	#2	#8
2023-11-02	Liveblocks Comments	#5
2023-10-18	LastMile AI	#2	#4
2023-10-17	Appwrite Cloud Beta	#4
2023-10-11	OpenSauced	#5
2023-10-10	Frigade	#4
2023-10-09	Payload 2.0	#2
2023-09-28	Unrevealed	#4
2023-09-19	Graphite	#2	#2	#3
2023-09-12	Permit.io	#1	#2	#6
2023-09-08	Gitstart	#1	#6
2023-08-20	Langfuse	#1	#9
2023-08-10	AI SQL Editor by Supabase	#1	#6
2023-06-08	Supabase Vector	#5
2023-05-10	Raycast Pro	#1	#4	#9
2023-04-03	Lago	#1	#1	#1
2023-03-17	Warp AI	#2	#6
2023-02-23	Raycast AI	#5
2023-02-22	Typo	#1	#1	#2
2023-02-08	Resend	#2	#2	#2
2022-09-21	Appwrite	#1	#2	#6
2022-07-20	Raycast for Teams	#4
2022-06-13	Mintlify	#1	#7
2022-04-06	Warp	#1	#3	#3
2022-02-24	Specify	#2	#9
2021-11-30	Raycast API and Store	#1	#4
2021-11-05	Session Management by Clerk	#5
2021-09-29	Railway	#3
2021-04-22	Clerk	#4
2021-02-17	Ray.so	#3	#2	#4

• Want to add more examples? See here: CONTRIBUTING.md
• If you enjoyed this list, please do repost this ↗︎

alternatives

Non-exhaustive list of alternative places to launch dev-first products. more suggestions in this repository.

• Beta Console
• DevHunt
• Hacker News (ShowHN)

resources

Sorted by release date.

• Product Hunt Launch Guide by Product Hunt

blog posts

• 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)

podcast episodes

• Launching on Product Hunt on Scaling DevTools (2024) by @fmerian (launched Specify, ranked #2 POTD)

presentations

• Setting up the launchpad (2022) by @fmerian (launched Specify, ranked #2 POTD)

about

This repository is maintained by @fmerian.

• launched twice on Product Hunt in 2022;
• contributed to launching 20+ dev-first products in 2023;
• among the most active users;
• 2022 Community Member of the Year (runner-up).

+ currently available for work: hello at fmerian.com

Follow me @fmerian on 𝕏 ↗︎ for more insights.

Enjoy your launch day!