2012 · archive

Launched in August 2012

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WJ
We just built a site that saves lives▲462
Watsi is the first global crowdfunding platform for medical care. We'd love your feedback on the site. We just launched it today!
Life & fun · 2012 · watsi.org
AD
A date range picker for Twitter Bootstrap▲363
Life & fun · 2012 · dangrossman.info
BF
Burner, for temporary phone numbers▲323
Life & fun · 2012 · blog.burnerapp.com
MW
Most Wikipedia articles lead to the same loop▲295
Life & fun · 2012 · wikiloopr.com
BT
Business.txt - Standard Proposal▲264
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
BJ
BigVideo.js▲244
Life & fun · 2012 · dfcb.github.com
SC
SideProjects.com - 37 Bootstrapped Profitable Projects▲236
Have been working on this for months, hope you guys will like it. Feel free to share your own side project in the comments.
Work · 2012 · sideprojects.com
EA
Eligible API for 700+ Health Insurance Companies▲218
Dev tools · 2012 · eligibleapi.com
WU
We Use That. What startups use to get stuff done▲201
Life & fun · 2012 · weusethat.com
SK
See Kickstarter successes and failures▲187
Life & fun · 2012 · thekickbackmachine.com
AF
A fix for the .bash_profile .bashrc .profile madness▲173
Life & fun · 2012 · gist.github.com
IM
I mixed selling t-shirts with a little bit of game theory▲171
I had this idea rolling around in my head for the last couple of years, and I finally decided to build the damned thing just to get idea relief. The backend is a typical LAMP stack with the Symfony2 framework backing the P. Varnish sits in front of all the Chef managed Linode boxes. The site will work without Javascript (up until the checkout), and the style degrades really nicely depending on your viewport (try it out by resizing your browser). I'm open to all comments and critiques, so let me hear them. And if you are into graphic t-shirts, here is a code for a Hacker News 20% discount:…
Dev tools · 2012 · getnifty.com
HR
HackerNews reimagined without tables or center elements.▲165
Life & fun · 2012 · coderwall.com
TT
Tweetsheets – Twitter directly from within Google Docs▲160
Work · 2012 · die.socialisten.at
SI
Statwing is statistical analysis, simplified▲135
Life & fun · 2012 · statwing.com
WB
We built a voice to music AI app in 54 hours at a hackathon▲130
AI · 2012 · blog.beatmaticapp.com
VD
Visual diff for 3D printable models▲127
Life & fun · 2012 · cubehero.com
YE
Ymacs - Emacs in the browser with Dropbox, GDrive, etc▲125
Life & fun · 2012 · tageorgiou.github.com
GC
GoScale Cloud Scaling in Milliseconds▲118
Life & fun · 2012 · goscale.com
CP
Choose Photo. Make Ascii▲116
Life & fun · 2012 · dchang.mit.edu
AV
A versioned filesystem inspired by Git▲115
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
MO
My one month side-project, Lucid Tracker: a daily life tracking tool▲113
Work · 2012 · lucidtracker.com
PR
Pup, real-time app metrics with Statsd▲107
Life & fun · 2012 · datadoghq.com
EM
Everyday.me - a mobile app to record your life and store it forever▲104
Commerce · 2012 · everyday.me
DU
DailyCred: User Accounts as a Service▲101
Life & fun · 2012 · dailycred.com
OS
Open Sourcing my HTML5 Multiplayer Game Engine▲87
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
CO
Convert online videos to .gif▲84
Life & fun · 2012 · studio.forgif.me
AM
A multi-touch document manipulation system▲82
Life & fun · 2012 · liquidtext.net
CF
Coding.fm - Raining.fm for coders▲81
Dev tools · 2012 · coding.fm
HD
Haiku Deck - A Simple iPad App for Making Beautiful Presentations▲81
Life & fun · 2012 · haikudeck.com
SJ
Strapdown.js - Instant and elegant Markdown documents▲79
Life & fun · 2012 · strapdownjs.com
MI
Makr.io, a creative and collaborative way to play with images▲78
Life & fun · 2012 · makr.io
DI
Deadman.io - a digital dead man's switch▲76
Life & fun · 2012 · deadman.io
SE
SendRail - Easy P2P File Transfer From The Desktop▲76
Life & fun · 2012 · sendrail.com
OR
Olympics Ranking Adjusted by Population (Evening Project)▲74
Work · 2012 · moshayedi.net
PR
pry-rescue — workflow-optimized debugging for ruby▲69
Work · 2012 · cirw.in
VF
Voice feedback widget to hear from your users▲68
Life & fun · 2012 · developer.voicegem.com
IM
I'm building a webapp for serious cyclists▲66
Life & fun · 2012 · cyclinganalytics.com
PH
Pasteboard - HTML5 Web App for Quick & Easy Image Sharing (Open Source)▲64
Dev tools · 2012 · pasteboard.co
AA
ASCII Animals in Your Terminal▲62
Dev tools · 2012 · ivolo.me
GC
Github competitor with free private repo▲61
Dev tools · 2012 · gitlab.io
HA
HubChilla - Asynchronously Chat With Similar People Using SMS▲61
Life & fun · 2012 · hubchilla.com
CA
CloudPlay - A music player for YouTube, SoundCloud, and more▲54
Life & fun · 2012 · cloudplay.fm
IL
Indoor Location you can try yourself▲52
Life & fun · 2012 · play.google.com
PU
Prune Unwanted Stories from HN Front Page▲49
Life & fun · 2012 · swapped.cc
PP
Painless, productive views on iOS with Formotion for RubyMotion▲49
Life & fun · 2012 · clayallsopp.github.com
SC
Simplest chat for platforms and marketplaces▲47
Life & fun · 2012 · gaglers.com
RS
Redirect stdout to EtherPad▲47
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
CU
Chartulo.us - Chart anything from the command line▲45
Life & fun · 2012 · chartulo.us
1M
10-minute programming challenge. Let's do more of these.▲45
Life & fun · 2012 · missstep.com
BF
burn.fm - A new way to listen to music on Youtube▲44
Life & fun · 2012 · burn.fm
MG
Mountain Growl - Growl plugin for Mountain Lions Notification Center▲44
Life & fun · 2012 · github.com
SS
Simple SaaS Metrics Dashboard for Stripe▲42
Work · 2012 · board.zapier.com
MF
my friday night project - F Junk Mail▲42
Work · 2012 · fjunkmail.com
CB
CSS Buttons Generator for your pleasure▲40
Life & fun · 2012 · dextronet.com
MT
My Twitter brand monitoring side project▲39
Work · 2012 · recon.io
AB
A better way to keep track of the books you've read?▲39
Life & fun · 2012 · mylifethroughbooks.com
MF
My first webapp. Build with rails, backbonejs and lots of love.▲36
Life & fun · 2012 · themescroller.com
MT
Mapsaurus, the visual map of the Android Store▲34
Commerce · 2012 · mapsaurus.com
SY
Sell your stuff for more money with less hassle▲33
Commerce · 2012 · bidkat.com