Top 93 Hacker News Infrastructure & Cloud Services (January 2026)
launchesBrowse newly launched cloud infrastructure, database services, and technical APIs on Hacker News in January 2026. Use this list to source backend services.
Hacker News Digests — January 31, 2026
https://whyfi.network— WhyFi – Figure out why your Wi-Fi is bad and fix it
https://app.terraform.io— Terraform Cloud Dashboard 503
https://analysisxyz.dev— AnalysisXYZ – Browser-based CSV/Excel analyzer (privacy focused)
https://watermark.akatski.com— Watermark – Browser based image/video watermarking with FFmpeg.wasm
https://worklist.app— Worklist: A zero‑knowledge task manager for teams
https://tryclawd.io— Try Clawdbot Online
https://oldinsurancemaps.net— Old Insurance Maps – Georeferencing Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps on Modern Maps
https://molt.bot— Moltbot (previously Clawdbot) – The AI that does things
https://modifywithai.com— ModifyWithAI v2 – Add chat-based agents to your app
https://lastnovelist.com— Kinetic Minimalist Design Blog
https://grokimages.net— Grok Images and 10s Video Generator
https://thestare.in— Stare – 1000 real PM case studies with AI feedback to crack product interviews
https://onceanalytics.com— Once Analytics – self-hosted, buy-once analytics on serverless
https://andara-game.netlify.app— Andara Game
https://clonetheapp.vercel.app— I made a list of validated mobile app ideas
https://simplenet.directory— SimpleNet – A modern BBS moderated by local LLMs
https://glancepad.app— GlancePad – Control macOS from Vision Pro and iOS over Local Network
https://onethingatatimeplease.com— One Thing at a Time Please – A Kanban board with one ticket slot
https://lastsignal.app— LastSignal – A self-hosted, zero-knowledge dead man's switch
https://shahkur.specr.net— I made a game to teach you to play blindfold chess
https://staticfile-25978.wasmer.app— Ghostly: The Ultimate Platform for Ghosting Candidates (Satire)
https://explain.datadoghq.com— Explain.datadoghq.com – a free explain plan visualizer
https://loomflows.dev— Loom – A Visual API workflow builder with SSRF-protected proxy
https://lad-a2a.org— Lad-A2A: How AI agents find each other on local networks
https://sudoku.logicalintelligence.com— Energy based AI reasoning model – Sudoku solver performance comparison
https://shorlabs.com— Open-source alternative to Vercel, Render, Netlify
https://spar.cuped.ai— Spar – Built a tool to help improve store conversion rates
https://moltbook.com— Moltbook – A social network for moltbots (clawdbots) to hang out
https://status.bunny.net— BunnyCDN Is Having an Outage
https://ezthrottle.network— EZThrottle – Coordinated retries and region racing for APIs Gleam/BEAM
https://facebookvideodownload.com— Free Facebook Video Downloader with Original Audio Quality
https://flappingairplanes.com— Flapping Airplanes is a frontier data efficiency lab
https://chatter.plus— Chatter – Cluster Discord/GitHub feedback to spot patterns
https://sheetsandbox.com— Sheetsandbox: Use Google Sheets as a Database for MVPs
https://postqlabs.com— Quantum Vulnerability Database for 3,700 Japanese Public Companies
https://tabularis.dev— Tabularis – A lightweight, developer-focused database management tool
https://zkvisualizer.com— ZK Visualizer – I built this while learning zero-knowledge proofs
https://bidb.uk— Better Internet Dashboard UK: visualise the current fibre situation in your area
https://motionbase.design— I built an AI Agent that turns prompts into a SaaS explainer videos
https://safeql.dev— SafeQL: An ESLint plugin for writing SQL queries in a type-safe way
+ 53 more verified launches in full dataset...
Key Launch Stats (Hacker News Technical Infrastructure — January 2026)
During January 2026, a total of 93 product launches were recorded in this category up to 2026-01-31.
Here is a quick look at launch activity and naming characteristics:
- Total Launches: 93 domains
- Busiest Launch Day: 2026-01-30 (24 launches)
- Average Domain Name Length: 9.5 characters
- Shortest Domain: 1k.network
- Longest Domain: onethingatatimeplease.com
- Clean / Single-Word Domains: 92.5%
- Common Name Prefixes: try (1), the (1), pro (1)
- Common Keywords: ai (21), app (17), ui (11), dev (10), data (9)
How to Use This Data
You can use this list of Hacker News and builder releases to find emerging tools, track indie projects, or connect with early-stage builders.
To browse or download the full master dataset of 15,500+ startup launches in CSV and JSON formats, visit the Launches Master Dataset.