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Explore the hottest developer projects on Show HN for 2025-01-18. Dive into innovative tech, AI applications, and exciting new inventions!
Summary of Today's Content
Today's Product Highlights
- Product Name: Interactive systemd (isd)
- Highlight: A powerful TUI tool for systemd that streamlines system service management with fuzzy search, auto-refreshing previews, and smart sudo handling
Quick Summary
- Most Popular Category: Developer Tools
- Top Keywords: systemd, TUI, infrastructure, containers
- Most Popular Product: Interactive systemd (459 points, 156 comments)
Technology Trends
- Infrastructure Management Tools
- Container Technologies
- AI-Powered Development
- Web Development Frameworks
- Data Processing & Analytics
Project Distribution
- Developer Tools: 35%
- Web Applications: 25%
- AI/ML Projects: 20%
- Infrastructure: 15%
- Gaming/Entertainment: 5%
Trend Insights
- Strong focus on developer productivity tools and infrastructure management
- Growing interest in AI-powered development assistance
- Emphasis on simplified deployment and container management
- Increasing demand for alternative solutions to major tech platforms
- Rise of minimal, focused tools over complex all-in-one solutions
The data shows a clear trend toward tools that simplify complex development and infrastructure tasks while maintaining power user capabilities. There's also significant interest in AI integration and alternative solutions to established platforms.
Today's Top 10 Trending Products
Top 1. Introducing Interactive Systemd: Revolutionize your workflow with an intuitive interface for managing systemd units. Experience enhanced efficiency and simplicity in controlling and organizing your services like never before! (Likes: 459, Comments: 156)
Top 2. Discover a fun and innovative mini golf game created during lunch breaks, perfect for quick recreation and stress relief at work. (Likes: 10, Comments: 9)
Top 3. Revolutionary spreadsheet tool that handles billions of cells with seamless incremental computation, enhancing productivity and efficiency for data-intensive tasks. Perfect for analysts and data scientists seeking powerful performance. (Likes: 12, Comments: 1)
Top 4. Introducing an innovative SaaS solution designed to transform your ideas into a compelling 5-minute pitch, making it easier than ever to captivate your audience and secure investment. Perfect for entrepreneurs seeking to refine their presentation skills and deliver impactful messages in a concise format. (Likes: 1, Comments: 4)
Top 5. Introducing a powerful and user-friendly free YouTube video downloader, designed to simplify the process of saving your favorite videos for offline viewing. Easily download high-quality content with just a few clicks, ensuring you never miss out on the videos you love. Perfect for users looking to access their favorite clips anytime, anywhere. (Likes: 4, Comments: 1)
Top 6. A powerful LinkedIn outreach tool designed to help professionals book more meetings effortlessly. Enhance your networking strategy and maximize your outreach potential with this innovative solution. (Likes: 4, Comments: 1)
Top 7. Discover Elemendle: a unique blend of the Periodic Table and Wordle, where players can challenge their knowledge of elements in a fun and engaging way. Test your skills and enhance your understanding of chemistry while enjoying a captivating word game experience! (Likes: 2, Comments: 2)
Top 8. ReProm: A powerful CLI tool that seamlessly bundles code and structure into a single Markdown file, optimized for AI integration and enhanced collaboration. (Likes: 4, Comments: 0)
Top 9. Discover an innovative alternative to Google Photos that enhances your photo management experience, offering seamless organization and effortless sharing. Perfect for those seeking a fresh approach to digital photo storage and retrieval. (Likes: 2, Comments: 2)
Top 10. Instantly create and host your app by simply uploading an image. No coding required! (Likes: 2, Comments: 2)
1. Show HN: Interactive systemd – a better way to work with systemd units
URL: https://isd-project.github.io/isd/
Author: kai-tub
Description: I created a TUI for systemd/systemctl called isd (interactive systemd).
It provides a fuzzy search for units, auto-refreshing previews, smart sudo handling, and a fully customizable, keyboard-focused interface for power users and newcomers alike.
It is a more powerful (but heavier) version of sysz, which was the inspiration for the project.
This should be a huge timesaver for anybody who frequently interacts with or edits systemd units/services. And if not, please let me know why! :)
Popularity: 459 points | 156 comments
2. Show HN: I made a mini golf in my lunch time
URL: https://paper-golf.netlify.app/
Author: heyarviind2
Description:
Popularity: 10 points | 9 comments
3. Show HN: Billion Cell Spreadsheets with Incremental Computation
Author: gz09
Description: I figured this might be interesting for some here. This is a demo we built to showcase computation with Feldera (SQL compiled to Rust circuits that evaluate input incrementally): https://github.com/feldera/feldera
The gist of it is that if you update a cell, we incrementally update the spreadsheet which means we will only emit a minimal amount of changes for the cells affected by your update. The nice thing about it is that this is something that Feldera does automatically (and it would do that for any SQL that you end up writing, so it doesn't have to be a spreadsheet, but a spreadsheet is a nice example that everyone understands and knows about).
There is a more detailed explanation in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROa4duVqoOs if you're interested what's going on under the hood -- or if you prefer reading about it we have an article series that goes over all the parts of the demo
1. Feldera SQL (gets compiled to Rust) https://docs.feldera.com/use_cases/real_time_apps/part1
2. API server (Rust/Axum hosted on fly.io) https://docs.feldera.com/use_cases/real_time_apps/part2
3. egui web Client (Rust compiled to WebAssembly) https://docs.feldera.com/use_cases/real_time_apps/part3
Popularity: 12 points | 1 comments
4. Show HN: SaaS that turns your idea into a perfect 5-minute pitch
URL: https://www.pitch-forge.com/
Author: doberdog
Description: Hi Hacker News,
We’ve built Pitch Forge, an AI-powered SaaS tool designed to help startups create investor-ready pitch decks in minutes.
How it works:
1. Input your startup’s name, description, target audience (buyer persona), and desired pitch length (1, 3, 5, or 10 minutes).
2. Pitch Forge generates:
A professionally written script tailored to investors.
A PPT deck designed for clarity and impact.
An audio pitch of the script with emphasis on key points to help you practice or even use directly.
Why we built this:
Creating a pitch deck is stressful, especially for early-stage founders who may lack experience or design skills. We wanted to make the process fast, effective, and accessible for everyone.
What’s next?
We’re currently validating demand and gathering feedback. Sign up for early access on our waitlist: https://pitch-forge.com.
If you're a founder, investor, or just curious, we’d love to hear your thoughts! How can we make this more helpful for you?
Thank you!
Popularity: 1 points | 4 comments
5. Show HN:Free YouTube Video Downloader
URL: https://www.uniscribe.co/tools/youtube-video-downloader
Author: chendahui007
Description:
Popularity: 4 points | 1 comments
6. Show HN: A LinkedIn Outreach Tool to Book More Meetings
URL: https://www.outreachai.co/
Author: quinnh1
Description:
Popularity: 4 points | 1 comments
7. Show HN: Periodic Table and Wordle = Elemendle
Author: lyl_003
Description: Hey HN, I've been working on a little side project - a daily guessing game called Elemendle. It's similar to Wordle, but instead of guessing a word, you guess a chemical element. You get hints based on various properties like its place on the periodic table (Period, Group, Block), Type (e.g., Transition Metal, Noble Gas), Phase (Solid, Liquid, Gas), atomic number and mass.
I'm sharing it here because I'm curious what you think of it. Let me know if you enjoy it or have ideas for improvements.
Popularity: 2 points | 2 comments
8. Show HN: ReProm – CLI to bundle code and structure into one Markdown for AI
URL: https://github.com/KeisukeNagakawa/reprom
Author: ngkw
Description: Hi HN,
I built ReProm ([GitHub](https://github.com/keisukenagakawa/reprom)) as a simple command-line tool for anyone who’s ever needed to share a bunch of files (and their folder structure) with AI tools like ChatGPT. It automatically scans the folders you specify, grabs all your target files, and merges them into one Markdown file — complete with a directory tree and the file contents. You can also copy it into clipboard.
Motivation:
- Tired of copy-pasting entire file contents into chat windows
- Wanted a single Markdown “package” that included both an overview and the code
- Simplify debugging or code review with AI by providing it all at once
Key Features:
- Directory Tree: Generates a
tree-like overview - File Contents: Collects file content into one Markdown
- Pre/Post-Text: Optional sections for custom notes or instructions
- Multiple Configs: Switch configurations easily in a single YAML file
- Output: Save to a file or copy Markdown directly to the clipboard
- Written in TypeScript, published under MIT
Usage:
npm install --save-dev reprom
npx reprom --config=reprom.config.yaml --name=yourConfig
Or configure a script in package.json for repeated use.
Demo: It exports something like:
1. Custom “preText”
2. Directory structure
3. Individual file contents in code blocks
4. Custom “postText”
5. Usage statistics (character count)
Repo: [GitHub – keisukenagakawa/reprom](https://github.com/keisukenagakawa/reprom)
Would love feedback, suggestions, or contributions. Thanks for checking it out!
Popularity: 4 points | 0 comments
9. Show HN: That's how I've replaced Google Photos
URL: https://medium.com/@javipas/thats-how-i-ve-replaced-google-photos-0f5723719a7d
Author: javipas
Description: This is the result of my experience after months of testing and comparing selfhosted options to Google Photos.
TL;DR (I): I love Immich, although there are fantastic alternatives. TL;DR (II): We need a great Android TV / Apple TV app for these projects.
Popularity: 2 points | 2 comments
10. Show HN: Create and host an app instantly by uploading an image
URL: https://mokzu.com/?a
Author: soheil
Description:
Popularity: 2 points | 2 comments
11. Show HN: Deploy Docker Containers Without Setting up/Managing an Infrastructure
URL: https://dorch.cloud/
Author: qbqetell
Description: DOrch enables Engineers, Indie Hackers, and Startups to host a docker container (OCI-compatible containers at large), without having to set up or manage a container infrastructure. It comes with features like env variables management, file sharing, FREE subdomain issuance, TLS certificate management, and automatic restart, with more features in the pipeline. The console also allows you to view logs from your containers.
The product idea occurred to me about 18 months ago, while working at a different startup. The strategy of the CEO was, spray-and-pray: we created lots of products hoping one would take off. Despite being a small team working on many things, I would say we tried in terms of product quality. Our products weren't what I would consider Grade-A, engineering-wise, but they worked well for the most part. However, when it came to infrastructure, we couldn't say the same. We always had one or two things breaking every now and then.
Now, you would ask, why not just use Kubernetes. Well, we thought of that. But considering how small we were and how much workload we had, there was no way we could operate Kubernetes effectively. Yes, we could have also employed a managed Kubernetes solution, but for a startup which already spends a lot on core infrastructure, due to how many projects we operated, management wouldn't approve of a managed Kubernetes solution.
There are also solutions like Heroku. However, as a company where containers are our standard unit of deployment, and tries to avoid platforms that try to lock customers in, Heroku and its likes were also off the table.
Platforms like Render are definitely an option. But while there are many lovers of Render and similar products, we just did not like the experience. We are of the opinion that Render was doing too many things. We just wanted to deploy containers. We were not looking for a platform offering 101 ways to deploy, but instead, we wanted 1 standard and open way to deploy. In short, Render felt like trading one pain for another discomfort.
The solution we eventually settled for was to come up with a crude internal solution. After taking off a few months from product development entirely, with a couple of bash scripts, python scripts, and custom-built binaries, we were finally able to fortify our infrastructure, which held up for a while.
Even though we (temporarily) solved the problem, it got me thinking a lot. I came to the obvious realization that infrastructure isn't as perfect as we sometimes assume. There are still gaps in the infrastructure space and we just saw one of them. As someone who had been looking out for a problem to found a startup around, I soon began working on what would become DOrch today.
On Jan 8, I launched DOrch. While the Pro & Enterprise models are our destination, the basic model which is now out (https://DOrch.cloud/) for Engineers, Indie Hackers, and Startups, offers a peak into what the Pro & Enterprise models could offer. We are currently building on the back of AWS. Our long term goal also includes operating our own data centers ourselves. We hope we get there.
Popularity: 2 points | 1 comments
12. Show HN: Qurate – Your Quotes Companion
URL: https://qurate.appcradle.net/
Author: rvignz
Description: Qurate - Your Quotes companion, lets you search for quotes using semantic similarity
Popularity: 1 points | 2 comments
13. Show HN: I built a simple Cron Expression Generator
Author: dvolkhonskiy
Description:
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
14. Show HN: Math Minigame
URL: https://arithmetic-skinnerbox.lovable.app/
Author: Frummy
Description: If you're currently caffeinated you may or may not want to hop on to this zap-or-confetti mental math operant conditioning chamber
Sorry for the low effort app slop but this is what you get haha
Certified sound free because that sort of dopamine is just distracting
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
15. Show HN: The Neovim syntax tree traversal plugin you've been waiting for
URL: https://github.com/aaronik/treewalker.nvim
Author: Aaronik
Description: Treewalker.nvim
For a while I'd been wanting a good syntax tree traversal and manipulation plugin for neovim. I tried stuff like treesitter-textobjects and syntax-tree-surfer but neither could meet my needs.
So I built the one I'd been wanting.
Introducing Treewalker.nvim (https://github.com/aaronik/treewalker.nvim). It offers movement and swapping. Design goals include stability and ergonomics.
Movement
* Up/down go to neighbor nodes up/down in the document.
* Left goes to the parent node
* Right goes to next found indent in the document
Each has their own spin on a literal tree movement. The ultimate goel is to make the movement feel ergonomic, not to strictly adhere to the AST.
Swapping
* Up/down swaps take the highest node on the line and its comments, decorators, and annotations. This makes it easy to swap things like route handlers. These swaps operate on whole lines.
* Left/right swaps operate on the node under the cursor. This is good for swapping arguments and list items.
The plugin aims to be stable - it's well tested and leverages types with luacheck in the CI. There are few options. It's meant to "just work".
Ok that's all, I hope this can be of some use to folks!
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
16. Show HN: [Early Access] Seen – A fast, minimal Google Keep alternative
URL: #
Author: _bittere
Description: Hello HN! Seen is a very minimal, and currently WIP Google Keep alternative. Seen lets you create little "cards" with Markdown that you can search and edit. Seen is very basic right now, but contains all the basic functionality you would expect. There's no sharing/downloads, no pins, no tags - nothing. But it's all planned! Seen is not open-source right now either. My plan is to build out Seen with your (yes, your) feedback to make it perfect. It's a little side project of mine, not a full-blown SaaS with pricing and stuff. If you're interested in using Seen (and it's completely free), drop an email in the address here: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=_bittere
A little about me: I'm a 16 year old who's really interested in building all things web/design. I've built a few projects before, but none that I've shared with the world. Check out my dribble: https://dribbble.com/bittere
Thank you!
Popularity: 3 points | 0 comments
17. Show HN: DataTig, crowd source a data set in a Git repository
Author: jarofgreen
Description: Hello HN!
DataTig is an Open Source tool for when a community of people want to crowd source a data set and they use a git repository to store the data.
Lots of people do this combined with a static site builder. This results in a nice website with easy ways to manage and contribute data.
With DataTig you add a config file then the tool can provide web forms, data exports, data information, quality checks, history information ... it also works with MarkDown files with YAML headers so you can use it with a static site blogging tool like Jekyll.
More info on the website: https://www.datatig.com/
I recently wrote up a talk that lists some people doing this and goes into the question of whether this is a good idea to do or not: https://www.datatig.com/2024/12/24/talk.html
Have a look, and please say if you know of a project that does this.
Thanks, James
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
18. Show HN: AI in-betweening that generate in-between frames between keyframes
URL: https://komiko.app/inbetween
Author: Sophia_H
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments
19. Show HN: Buntastic – An Ultrafast Static Site Server
URL: https://devopsforjavascript.dev/blog/announcing-buntastic-oss
Author: pmbanugo
Description:
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
20. Show HN: A simple, zero-dependency async task management Go library
URL: https://github.com/svaloumas/iocast
Author: echokid
Description:
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
21. Show HN: Terraform Provider for Inexpensive Switches
URL: https://github.com/brennoo/terraform-provider-hrui
Author: brennoo
Description: Hi HN,
I’ve been building this provider for (web managed) network switches manufactured by HRUI. These switches often used in SMBs, home labs, and by budget-conscious enthusiasts. Many HRUI switches are also rebranded and sold under various OEM/ODM names (eg. Horaco, XikeStor, keepLiNK, Sodola, etc) making them accessible/popular but often overlooked in the world of infrastructure automation.
The provider is in pre-release, and I’m looking for owners of these switches to test it and share feedback. My goal is to make it easier to automate its config using Terraform/OpenTofu :)
You can use this provider to configure VLANs, port settings, trunk/link aggregation etc.
I built this provider to address the lack of automation tools for budget-friendly hardware. It leverage goquery and has an internal SDK sitting between the Terraform resources and the switch Web UI.
If you have one of these switches, I’d love for you to give it a try and let me know how it works for you!
Terraform Registry: https://registry.terraform.io/providers/brennoo/hrui
OpenTofu Provider: https://search.opentofu.org/provider/brennoo/hrui
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
22. Show HN: Hackslash.org Slashdot-esque AI summaries/tags of HN posts
URL: https://hackslash.org/stories/
Author: unknown_user_84
Description: I've been working on this for a little bit and just got the site up off my own dev machine today. This is a site that uses the Gemini API to summarize HN posts and comments using Gemini 1.5 pro. It also tags stories using the Gemini API. Tags can be browsed for all stories that have that tag. All the tags annotated with the number of stories that have that tag are browsable. The web application portion is written in Django, backed by a Postgres database, served by gunicorn and ultimately pushed out through an nginx reverse proxy. I ended up making this because it was something that I wanted, I'm an old Slashdot nerd, always reading the stories and never the comments. I like HN, and the comment threads here, and wondered one day what it would be like to get Gemini to summarize posts in a way similar to Slashdot.
I don't have any plans to charge for the site. I will probably only have it pull stories once or twice a day to keep the API costs down. There are five API hits per story, verbose summaries (story and comments), tldr summaries (story and comments), and tags. Right now I've got a python script separate from the Django application that does all the interacting with the HN api (which is very nice by the way), the Gemini API, and the Postgres database. I ended up using the Gemini 1.5 pro model to do the summaries as it seems to have access to the Internet, while the other model I tried do not. Getting the model to consistently output JSON for the tags was a bit tricky, until I asked Gemini itself to fix up the prompt for consistently generating JSON. Now it seems to output valid JSON every time without a JSON prefix.
I have noticed that Gemini likes to hallucinate when it comes to the comments, I have it just about ironed out for the story URLs. Mostly when there are few or no comments it seems to summarize like the comments it expects to be there. I'll probably keep tweaking the prompts, and if there's interest demonstrated on Patreon I'll take some polls there of new features to add. I might add more summary types, Gemini seems to do an alright job when I tell it to critique an article but I haven't looked into that too deeply and I have a hunch it might start to hallucinate more. Setting up a personalized page with tag filtering might be an interesting thing to add.
Regardless, I hope you find it interesting. I'm personally curious which tags will end up with the most stories after I have it running for about a month or so. Questions and critiques welcome!
Popularity: 2 points | 0 comments
23. Show HN: Benefits of LinkedIn Premium
URL: https://twitter.com/80spowertech/status/1880704700070216142
Author: arcknighttech
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments
24. Show HN: Flow Timer - Time-boxing timer to stay focused
URL: https://timer.bryanhogan.com/
Author: bryanhogan
Description: Hello HN, I built a timer that can be split into multiple phases. Useful for time-boxing tasks and helping to stay focused.
I often get distracted and spend ages on things I didn't originally intend to. A timer like this helps me stay focused and limit the time I spend getting distracted.
It's simple without any bloat and fast to use. It's also open-source.
The whole project is on GitHub: https://github.com/BryanHogan/flow-timer
The site itself is on: https://timer.bryanhogan.com/
Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments
25. Show HN: I made a generative radio app with a host [video]
![Show HN: I made a generative radio app with a host [video] - Project Screenshot](https://showhntoday.com/images/42751574.png)
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVuvgk0APjM
Author: quicheshore
Description: The hosts do everything from curating a custom setlist, reporting on news, and providing local updates through your day.
Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments
26. Show HN: YouTube No BS
URL: https://youtubenb.com/watch
Author: moon82
Description: Just replace youtube.com/... to youtubeNB.com/... and get a quick gist of what's there
Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments
27. Show HN: I built a web app that sets a Screen Time password for you
Author: skippyandfluff
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 1 comments
28. Show HN: A simple cloud service for Maestro mobile tests
Author: riglar
Description: Started out as a simple Maestro Cloud alternative.
We've learned a lot running 50k tests.
Brutal feedback always welcome.
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
29. Show HN: Rust crate for artisanally crafted CLIs, TUIs, and text-based IO
URL: https://github.com/ccbrown/iocraft
Author: ccbrown1
Description: I recently built and open sourced iocraft, a new Rust crate for TUIs. It allows you to build portable and beautiful looking TUIs (or even just simple printouts) using a declarative, React-like syntax.
I think it hits a sweet spot that no previously existing TUI library for Rust did, and for anyone familiar with React or SwiftUI, the API should feel right at home. Take a look, give it a try, and let me what you think!
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
30. Show HN: Element
URL: https://notes.jordanscales.com/element
Author: prezjordan
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
31. Show HN: Let's get a little more visibility
Author: inhkjp
Description: I built a launch platform. You can launch your app real quick. It fetches metadata from your app and you need to confirm and edit them if necessary. There's no paid option. Everything is completely free.
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
32. Show HN: Ideafloww, AI(LLM) that writes human like LinkedIn posts
URL: https://www.ideafloww.com/
Author: rebalh
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
33. Show HN: Auto-Generate an App from a Design Mockup
URL: https://mokzu.com/
Author: soheil
Description:
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
34. Show HN: Surfer a browser that blocks the many of the most visited websites
URL: https://raytopia.itch.io/surfer
Author: raytopia
Description: I've had an idea for a while of a web browser that blocks the world's most popular websites as I've gotten very tired of spending a lot of time on the same select few and was missing the days when I used to explore and surf the web.
So last weekend when I found one of Qt's Pyside based web browser examples I decide to actually build out the idea as a fun little project.
Now as for Surfer itself the landing page is marginalia-search but I've also have bookmarks to wiby.me and neocities to help kickstart exploring.
While not the most cutting edge it is fun to use because as it breaks up the habit of visiting the same few websites everyday.
Let me know if you have any questions, know of any other good websites to have bookmarked by default, or have any simple features that you think would improve it.
Popularity: 1 points | 0 comments
Conclusion
Today's Show HN roundup showcases a diverse range of innovative projects. From AI-powered tools to creative coding solutions, these projects reflect the dynamic nature of our tech community. Which project caught your attention the most? Let us know in the comments!
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