| 01 |  Hacker NewsThe highest ceiling, and the bluntest room in tech. | Communities | Developer tools, infrastructure, and open source | 77 |
| 02 |  GitHubThe repo is the product page for open source. Trending is luck; the README is the launch. | Communities | Open source and anything with a tryable repo | 73 |
| 03 |  Product HuntStill the largest single-day launch audience in tech. | Launch boards | Products with a clear screenshot and a one-line hook | 73 |
| 04 |  BetaListThe reference directory for products that are not public yet. | Pre-launch | Waitlists and coming-soon pages | 70 |
| 05 |  Hugging FaceThe default hub for models, datasets, and ML apps. Launch there if that is the product. | Communities | Models, datasets, and demo Spaces | 70 |
| 06 |  UneedThe fairest daily launch board for indie products. | Launch boards | Indie and small-team products that want a real launch day | 70 |
| 07 |  BehanceAdobe’s design community. Show the work. Do not announce the startup. | Communities | Visual products, design tools, and studio work | 68 |
| 08 |  HackerNoonA publishing network. Launch by writing, not by upvotes. | Communities | A technical story only you can tell | 68 |
| 09 |  RedditFifty small rooms, not one launch button. | Communities | Niche products whose users already gather in a subreddit | 67 |
| 10 |  Peerlist LaunchpadWeekly launches tied to a professional maker profile. | Launch boards | Founders whose credibility is part of the sale | 66 |
| 11 |  ScrollLaunchA weekly board that sells the lasting product page, not the 24-hour spike. | Launch boards | A week-long homepage slot plus a canonical product URL | 65 |
| 12 |  Indie HackersA community you join, not a board you spray. | Communities | Founders playing a long game | 64 |
| 13 |  MediumA writing network. Launch essays work; launch dumps do not. | Communities | A launch recap with numbers | 63 |
| 14 |  Aura++A daily Hunt-network launch with SEO pages and optional dofollow. | Launch boards | Founders who want a lasting page and a paid dofollow they can verify | 62 |
| 15 |  FazierA smaller daily leaderboard where indie products actually get seen. | Launch boards | Indie products that want a winnable daily board | 62 |
| 16 |  MicroLaunchA month-long launch for products that need feedback more than a spike. | Launch boards | MVPs that will change during the month | 62 |
| 17 |  PitchWallA long-running startup wall that absorbed BetaPage. | Pre-launch | A historic directory listing next to BetaList | 62 |
| 18 |  Tiny StartupsA launch board whose prize is a founder newsletter. | Launch boards | Tools sold to other founders | 61 |
| 19 |  BetaboundA beta-test listing. Cousin of BetaList, quieter, still a waitlist surface. | Pre-launch | A second waitlist listing after BetaList | 60 |
| 20 |  DevHuntWeekly, GitHub-verified launches for developer tools. | Launch boards | Developer tools, APIs, and open source | 60 |
| 21 |  DribbbleShots, not launches. Still how a lot of design tools get seen. | Communities | Design tools and visually obvious products | 60 |
| 22 |  EarlyHuntWeekly hunts angled at AI products and early adopters. | Launch boards | AI products with a tryable demo, not a waitlist | 60 |
| 23 |  IndieHuntA Monday-to-Monday hunt for indie SaaS and AI tools. | Launch boards | Makers who can work the comments for a full week | 60 |
| 24 |  MakerHuntWeekly hunts aimed at people who ship, not spectators. | Launch boards | Tools other makers will use (dev, design, productivity) | 60 |
| 25 |  ConsoleA human-reviewed newsletter of developer tools. Tiny, sharp, slow. | Communities | Genuinely good developer tools | 59 |
| 26 |  LinkedInLong-form distribution into professional networks. | Communities | B2B products | 59 |
| 27 |  SideHuntThe weekly hunt for side projects, not company launches. | Launch boards | True side projects and MVPs | 59 |
| 28 |  SlashdotOld-school nerd news plus a software directory that still ranks. | Communities | Genuinely newsworthy technical products | 59 |
| 29 |  Launch VaultStory-first product directory. Votes exist; the page is the product. | Launch boards | A profile URL you can keep sharing | 58 |
| 30 |  WellfoundThe startup jobs graph (ex-AngelList Talent). Launch by hiring, not by upvotes. | Communities | Startups that will hire in the next year | 58 |
| 31 |  Open LaunchAn open-source Product Hunt alternative with a daily feed. | Launch boards | A second daily board that is not Product Hunt | 57 |
| 32 |  TinyLaunchLaunch competitions with badges gated on placement. | Launch boards | Founders collecting additional launch listings | 56 |
| 33 |  X (Twitter)An amplifier, not an audience you are given. | Communities | Founders who posted in public before launch week | 56 |
| 34 |  LobstersAn invite-only technical link site. Smaller and stricter than HN. | Communities | Open source, languages, systems, security, unusual demos | 55 |
| 35 |  AwwwardsJuried site of the day. Prestige, not a user pipeline — unless you sell to designers. | Communities | Genuinely exceptional marketing sites | 54 |
| 36 |  OpenHuntsA low-friction daily hunt for early-stage and experimental projects. | Launch boards | Experimental projects that would look unfinished on Product Hunt | 54 |
| 37 |  Smol LaunchA tiny weekly board with Monday-only submissions. | Launch boards | Very early products | 54 |
| 38 |  BlueskyAn open social graph with a real tech/media crowd. Still not a hunt. | Communities | Founders who already post on Bluesky | 51 |
| 39 |  Designer NewsA small design-community link site. Relevant if designers are the buyer. | Communities | Design tools, design systems, portfolio-quality interfaces | 51 |
| 40 |  ThreadsMeta’s public text feed. Useful if Instagram already knows you. Weak as a cold launch. | Communities | Founders with a real Instagram graph | 48 |
| 41 |  WIPA maker streak community. Launch by having been shipping in public. | Communities | Founders already on a WIP streak | 46 |
