Bacon
Hi, Im Oscar. So I built Bacon cos like many of you ,I spend a lot of time staring at my terminal(s) waiting for claude code to finish. But first, shout out to Andrew McCalip (@andrewmccalip) who built kickbacks.ai. He came up with the spinner ad and revenue share model, but as a VS code extension. But tbh Id rather not use VS code, so i built the terminal native version as a personal challenge. So Bacon does that, it shows you ads on claude code. There are five surfaces, from least to most intrusive: spinner, statusline, strip, card, and marquee. When an ad shows up, you get a 50% cut of…
Bacon launched on June 17, 2026 with 4 votes, #3,322 of 22,647 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Bacon shows a tiny, labeled ad on a terminal surface while your AI coding agent is thinking and pays you half of what the advertiser pays. 🥓 What makes it different: Server-owned pricing — your cut is a floor, not a bid. Advertisers can't underpay you. Privacy by architecture — only a coarse intent label (auth, database…) ever leaves your machine. Never your prompts, never your code. This is a side hustle, not a paycheck — found money for time you're already spending waiting on your agent.
Bacon is an ad network for AI coding tools. Install the plugin, see occasional clearly-labeled ads in your terminal, and earn a share of the revenue your attention makes. It's free, opt-in, and your prompt never leaves your machine — only a coarse intent signal does.
You're coding anyway. Bacon rides along, drops the occasional clearly-labeled ad next to a reply, and pays you 50% of the placement's base rate. Free to install, opt-in, and yours to throttle. Your prompt never leaves your machine — only a coarse intent signal does. Don't hand-roll sessions. Use a provider that handles tokens, Costs you nothing, asks for nothing. Set ad frequency to minimal anytime and watch your balance in real time from the dashboard. You're already running prompts all day. Bacon just lets a few of them earn — and you decide how few. One command in Claude Code, then sign in to start earning. You stay anonymous to advertisers by default — they see only a coarse intent…from geturbacon.dev
In the maker’s words, at launch
Hi, Im Oscar. So I built Bacon cos like many of you ,I spend a lot of time staring at my terminal(s) waiting for claude code to finish. But first, shout out to Andrew McCalip (@andrewmccalip) who built kickbacks.ai. He came up with the spinner ad and revenue share model, but as a VS code extension. But tbh Id rather…
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