2012 · archive

Launched in October 2012

Top 60 by votes. There were many more.

• IS
  I spent two years working on an HTML5 game. I finally released it▲515

  Life & fun · 2012 · ektomarch.com

• WO
  We open sourced Lockitron's crowdfunding app▲463

  Life & fun · 2012 · selfstarter.us

• MY
  Meet your cardboard buddy.▲240

  Our new mass-customisation service, inc a legitimate use for 3D CSS.

  Life & fun · 2012 · foldable.me

• IB
  I built a stock market game based on the top 50,000 websites▲184

  Life & fun · 2012 · linkdaq.net

• UC
  UrbanDesk - Combination Full Size Bed and Desk▲171

  Life & fun · 2012 · kickstarter.com

• CA
  Circular, an open source clone of Buffer▲160

  Dev tools · 2012 · circular.io

• PA
  Powderkeg, a realtime, synchronous, multiplayer HTML5 action game▲153

  Life & fun · 2012 · powderkeg.artillery.com

• IC
  Introducting C+▲148

  Life & fun · 2012 · github.com

• MW
  my weekend project, Quotably▲142

  Work · 2012 · quotab.ly

• PT
  Python Tools for Visual Studio▲139

  Dev tools · 2012 · pytools.codeplex.com

• AP
  A place to buy and sell services directly from each other▲135

  Commerce · 2012 · work.io

• AS
  A simple lightweight CSS grid, not a bloated framework▲134

  Dev tools · 2012 · thisisdallas.github.com

• SO
  Summaries of interesting content, written by people▲131

  Growth · 2012 · tldr.io

• MA
  Mantaphrase, an app that lets you converse in a foreign language▲127

  Life & fun · 2012 · mantaphrase.com

• WO
  we open sourced our Django drip email app▲126

  Life & fun · 2012 · github.com

• PC
  Propeller - Create native mobile apps, just drag and drop▲126

  Life & fun · 2012 · usepropeller.com

• CS
  create, share, explore database patterns▲125

  Dev tools · 2012 · web.archive.org

• IC
  Instant CMS as a Service on any element (with contenteditable)▲113

  Life & fun · 2012 · copybar.io

• ST
  Sift through recently dropped .com's in order of pronounceability, etc.▲111

  Life & fun · 2012 · swola.com

• WW
  What would Paul Graham do?▲109

  Life & fun · 2012 · wwpgd.com

• IA
  Instrumenting and visualizing JavaScript with d3.js▲105

  Life & fun · 2012 · latentflip.github.com

• LT
  LearnStreet - The Best Place to Learn How to Code▲101

  Hey HN - We’ve built a site where you can learn Python, Ruby, and JavaScript in a fun, engaging and interactive way. How is LearnStreet different from other learn-to-code sites you ask? UI/UX: A key aspect of LearnStreet’s courses is its distinct UI/UX. In order to see this, simply sign up! Multi-modal: Our courses are designed for beginners, and we have multiple ways to help you learn, including live chat, Twitter, Q&A, hints, videos and background material. If you don’t know which language you want to pick up, check out our teaser videos in the Courses page!…

  Dev tools · 2012 · learnstreet.com

• UY
  Userfox (YC S11) — Better Welcome Emails▲100

  Life & fun · 2012 · userfox.com

• IM
  In memory of Bob Ross, a simple painting generator, Gogh▲90

  Currently features the sky, the ground, and a tree. Happy little clouds are in progress.

  Life & fun · 2012 · ngokevin.github.com

• TI
  Taurus.io - Create a product tour for your web app in 15 minutes▲87

  Life & fun · 2012 · taurus.io

• TF
  The Five Year Itch▲86

  Show HN: Experienced software engineers who want to change jobs after a few years need a service targeted at them, that won't make them chase ads nor swamp them with recruiter spam. We built FiveYearItch.com We're wondering: Does this meet a need for the stable, experienced, skilled, but non-rockstar programmers?

  Growth · 2012 · fiveyearitch.com

• SF
  StatMilk - Football Stats Visualized▲85

  Life & fun · 2012 · statmilk.com

• FH
  Freelance Hacker Network▲83

  Life & fun · 2012 · hackerlist.net

• BM
  Built my resume as an interactive website, version-controlled on Github▲82

  Dev tools · 2012 · github.com

• IF
  idea for the future of document editing▲81

  Life & fun · 2012 · doc-edit.herokuapp.com

• WP
  Weekend project, D3.js Globe of Recent Earthquakes▲79

  Work · 2012 · boydgreenfield.com

• AI
  An interactive graph of film ratings built with D3 and AngularJS▲77

  Life & fun · 2012 · goodfil.ms

• CO
  Crowdsourced Object Recognition▲77

  Life & fun · 2012 · crowdsend.com

• GJ
  GBA.js, a Game Boy Advance emulator written in JavaScript▲76

  Life & fun · 2012 · jpfau.github.com

• HY
  Host your 3D printable projects with version control▲74

  Life & fun · 2012 · cubehero.com

• WJ
  We just launched the redesigned Quantified Mind▲70

  Life & fun · 2012 · quantified-mind.com

• NG
  NoobNinja - get and give help for specific coding or design tasks▲64

  Dev tools · 2012 · noobninja.com

• FA
  From an idea to the Valley in less than a month▲64

  Life & fun · 2012 · shareme-app.com

• RV
  Responsivator - View/Share Responsive Sites▲61

  Life & fun · 2012 · dfcb.github.com

• FJ
  flipgrid.js, an experimental minimalist photo gallery▲55

  Life & fun · 2012 · t3hprogrammer.github.com

• EP
  Easily publish an email conversation to the web▲52

  Life & fun · 2012 · beta.thread.is

• WA
  WebcamSwiper - a JS library that watches for hand swipes in the air▲47

  Life & fun · 2012 · github.com

• PL
  Parson, lighweight json parser in C▲46

  Life & fun · 2012 · kgabis.github.com

• TV
  Tracking voter discussion of the Presidential debates▲44

  Votizen is working to remove the influence of money in politics by making political decision-making more peer-to-peer. We're using Twitter and our API to pull tweets from only registered voters, and showing how the discussion breaks down among the parties. This has never been done before as far as I know, not even by the major media outlets. Please check it out and let me know what you think. If people are interested, we'll work to improve it for the further debates and campaigns.

  Dev tools · 2012 · live.votizen.com

• FC
  Fact check last night's Presidential debate with Quip▲43

  Life & fun · 2012 · debate.quipvideo.com

• UL
  Use landing pages to test your product▲43

  Life & fun · 2012 · quicklytest.it

• GN
  Get notified when new presidential polls are released▲42

  Life & fun · 2012 · pingpoll.me

• NI
  Nextprev.it: Share PDFs & control what page the viewer sees in realtime▲40

  We just launched Nextprev.it — A project we put together over a couple of days.<p>The project stemmed from a frustration with PDF file transfers and screen-sharing when giving design presentations to clients through Skype.<p>Please give it a go and let us know what you think - @nextprev<p>Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

  Work · 2012 · nextprev.it

• WB
  We built a Chrome extension to use J/K to navigate popular sites▲40

  Life & fun · 2012 · jknavigator.org

• HN
  Hacker News IRC channel▲40

  Life & fun · 2012 · webchat.freenode.net

• SS
  Steerway - Share Tips and Libraries for Android Development▲39

  Life & fun · 2012 · android.steerway.com

• SR
  Share, rediscover and keep track of all the gems you find on HN▲39

  Life & fun · 2012 · socialhn.r12.railsrumble.com

• RD
  Responsa - Dynamic FAQs for your website▲39

  Life & fun · 2012 · goresponsa.com

• IT
  I travelled cross-country to Startup School only using YC apps▲38

  Life & fun · 2012 · backspac.es

• HC
  Husky Chat, a Chrome extension that overlays a chatroom on any website▲37

  Life & fun · 2012 · huskylab.co

• ON
  Our new property search website for London - Locatable▲35

  Life & fun · 2012 · locatable.com

• GM
  Get Maid - Uber for Maid Service in NYC▲35

  Life & fun · 2012 · getmaid.com

• LM
  LESS mixins to create golden ratio grids with Bootstrap▲34

  Life & fun · 2012 · phildionne.github.com

• CE
  Chrome extension to unsubscribe from newsletters on Gmail▲33

  Life & fun · 2012 · miquelcamps.tumblr.com

• SP
  Storylane - People sharing things that matter▲33

  Life & fun · 2012 · storylane.com