Launching on Hacker News
Founders and developers who try new things and say what they think. A plain, honest post beats a pitch.
- Kind
- Communities
- Domain rating
- 91
- When
- First week
- Suits
- WebiOSAndroid
Start the title with “Show HN:” and write like an engineer explaining their work, not like an ad.
What Hacker News asks for
- Name and link
- Show HN postup to 1,200 characters
Show HN post: Plain text. What it is, why you made it, how it works under the hood, and what feedback you want.
Launching an app here
Link your App Store or Google Play page, or a landing page that links to both. In the workspace, Groivo gives Hacker News its own App Store campaign link (ct=) and Google Play referrer, so downloads from it show up in App Store Connect and Play Console.