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Top Show HN Launches, September 2026

Every Show HN launch from September 2026 that reached 50 or more points, most points first. For what is launching right now, see the live list.

101 launches

Top launches, September 2026

An e-ink frame that hears birds and draws them as 1800s illustrations

github.com

Bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. On an e-ink panel, a TV, or any screen. - arnegiacomo/fugleramme

▲ 2391 · 267 comments · 18d ago

Make cursed fonts like Times New Bastard

bastardica.mitpit.com

A type foundry for bastard web fonts.

▲ 862 · 123 comments · 9d ago

What if the speed of light was 5 km/h?

rivendell.dmitrybrant.com

▲ 633 · 290 comments · 23d ago

I made a flight simulator

inflightsimulator.com

except you're just a passenger

▲ 446 · 205 comments · 19d ago

Open-Source eInk Bike Computer

opentrailpaper.com

Open-source bike computer firmware for the LilyGO T5S3 4.7" E-Paper PRO, with offline maps, GPX routes, FIT recording and Bluetooth sensors.

▲ 424 · 134 comments · 28d ago

Whiteboard (YC W26)

github.com

An open-source IDE for thoughtful software design

▲ 423 · 142 comments · 8d ago

Reladraw

github.com

A diagram language where you decide where to place things

▲ 411 · 119 comments · 6d ago

Real-time Solar System with 526k asteroids and all tracked satellites

space.bl2.net

▲ 401 · 110 comments · 3d ago

Capsule

withcapsule.app

Single-file web apps that save their data into SQLite

▲ 380 · 167 comments · 18d ago

Bodily Oddities

vester.si

A collection, normal things human bodies can (sometimes) do: reflexes, illusions, sounds, tricks and rare abilities.

▲ 341 · 216 comments · 22d ago

Lofi Cities

loficities.com

Pixel-art city nights with browser-generated lofi

▲ 317 · 138 comments · 5d ago

Jev Plays Pokémon Red

jev-pokemon.vercel.app

Jev, an AI decision model, plays Pokémon Red all the way to the Hall of Fame. Watch the highlights.

▲ 282 · 124 comments · 8d ago

Mini-AGI

github.com

Dynamic continual learning model trained on 8GB VRAM

▲ 277 · 81 comments · 12d ago

Share your AI Setup

mysetup.ai

Learn from others

▲ 251 · 140 comments · 16d ago

Copperhead

copperhead.sh

Cursor for circuit boards

▲ 250 · 115 comments · 25d ago

Running 104GB Qwen3.8-Flash-Next on 48GB Mac with at ~12 tok/s

github.com

Run a 105 GB AI model on a Mac that can't hold it. Slotstream streams Qwen3.8-Flash-Next (125B mixture of experts) from your SSD and caches the busiest experts in memory, so it runs on Macs wit...

▲ 240 · 118 comments · 1 Sep 2026

Cactus Needle 3

cactuscompute.com

8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash

▲ 236 · 93 comments · 15d ago

Koi.rest

koi.rest

watch some fish and regain your balance

▲ 228 · 65 comments · 8d ago

TERMy

github.com

A fast terminal assistant that does not use LLMs

▲ 225 · 45 comments · 29d ago

Hacking a $20 4G wireless hotspot into a texting device

bkovac.github.io

▲ 210 · 37 comments · 18d ago

Hacker News

hcker.news

without AI

▲ 207 · 85 comments · 22d ago

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