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SaaSVault

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A free, human-curated directory for launching new software products, aiming to give visibility without a paid placement fee.

Free

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How it works: Manual review and social promotion when a submitted product goes live
What's different: Free vs. directories that charge $50-100+ for visibility
Pricing: Free

Watched for 6 days · last checked today

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Nautilus: Read Hacker News in a calm way

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Free native iOS app that summarizes Hacker News threads with on-device AI so you can grasp a discussion in under a minute.

FreeNo sign-upWorks offlineNo ads

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How it works: On-device AI thread summaries, watchlists, and offline reading
Pricing: Free, no account
Best for: People who read Hacker News but don't have time to read every comment thread

Watched for 6 days · last checked today

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AI Wire

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Scans 80+ AI research and developer-news sources every two hours and uses AI to rank what actually matters — a free, no-signup alternative to scrolling a flat news list.

FreeNo sign-up

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How it works: Scans 80+ AI research and developer-news sources every two hours and uses a Gemini-powered curator to group stories into 8 ranked clusters with two-sentence summaries and importance scores, plus tabs for trending GitHub repos, AI YouTube channels and busy AI subreddits/Hacker News threads.
What's different: Ranks stories by importance rather than recency, so an older but significant story can outrank a fresh but trivial one.
Pricing: Free, no account, no paywall.
Best for: People who want a ranked daily digest of AI news instead of scrolling a flat feed.

Watched for 18 days · last checked 2d ago

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LaunchPad

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A tool that turns one product brief into drafted launch posts formatted for Hacker News, Product Hunt, X, Reddit, app stores, and dozens of other channels.

Free

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Pricing: Free for your first launch.

Watched for 16 days · last checked 10d ago

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