Head to head
FutureTools vs Hacker News
Hacker News leads the BLP Index (77 vs 71). Hacker News has more raw reach. FutureTools is fairer for founders without a network. Hacker News scores higher on AI visibility.
| Dimension | FutureTools | Hacker News |
|---|---|---|
| BLP Index | 71 | 77 |
| Rank | #10 | #1 |
| Type | AI / GEO | Communities |
| Cycle | ongoing | ongoing |
| Listing cost | Free to submit | Free |
| Audience | People (and crawlers) looking for AI tools by job-to-be-done | Engineers, founders, researchers, and technically literate operators |
| Traffic | Category pages can be large; your slice is smaller | Most posts: little. Front page: hundreds to several thousand. Top posts: 1,000+ upvotes and outsized referral spikes. |
| Backlink | Directory link; verify rel | Nofollow in most cases; SEO value is the thread ranking, not the link juice |
| Reach | 62 | 88 |
| Intent | 74 | 86 |
| Fairness | 58 | 48 |
| Evergreen | 80 | 84 |
| AI visibility | 78 | 88 |
| Ease | 72 | 52 |
FutureTools
FutureTools is one of the better-known AI directories after TAAFT. Submission is a form plus wait. Ranking inside a category is the prize, not ‘getting listed.’
Matt Wolfe’s FutureTools catalog is a filter on the AI-tool firehose. Getting in is not automatic. Once in, you sit next to fifty other ‘AI for X’ products. Category rank and a real demo matter more than the badge.
Full FutureTools guideHacker News
A Show HN post is plain text, no scheduling, and no gallery. Most sink. The ones that connect can outdraw a #1 Product Hunt day and rank in Google for years.
Hacker News is not a launch board. It is a news community with a Show HN convention for things you made. There is no hunter, no thumbnail, and no way to rally a private Slack without getting flagged. The entire bet is whether the artifact is interesting to skeptical engineers.
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