Top 229 Hacker News Infrastructure & Cloud Services (May 2026)
launchesBrowse newly launched cloud infrastructure, database services, and technical APIs on Hacker News in May 2026. Use this list to source backend services.
Hacker News Digests — May 31, 2026
https://aliothpress.com— AliothPress – self-hosted, cloud-native CMS with a wizard-based installation
https://selectandtranslate.z7.web.core.windows.net— SelectAndTranslate – Build vocabulary from anything you read (free)
https://ghost.charity— GhostBox – disposable little machines from the Global Free Tier.
https://spice-edit.com— SpiceEdit: A modern terminal-based editor that doesn't take days to configure
https://nimbus.edgeone.app— Weather Website
https://tryduo.net— Duo – AI Matchmaking over iMessage
https://typekro.run— TypeKro: Write TypeScript. Deploy Kubernetes
https://flueframework.com— Flue Sandbox Agent Framework
https://forge.foxtrotcommunications.net— Open-Source FHIR –> OMOP Pipeline
https://pulsarbot.cloud— Agent with its own computer on the cloud
https://mljar.com— Mljar Studio – local AI data analyst that saves analysis as notebooks
https://pgadmin.org— PgAdmin: The Most Popular PostgreSQL Admin Tool
https://piruet.app— Piruetas – A self-hosted diary app I built for my girlfriend
https://databasus.com— Databasus: Free, open source tool to backup PostgreSQL
https://chameleondb.dev— ChameleonDB – A database toolkit with auditable schema versioning
https://seodata.dev— Seodata.dev – free search volume data to see search demand for your projects
https://hostis.black— Hostis Humani Generis
https://hglab.io— Free Mercurial Hg Hosting at Hglab.io
https://getspeq.com— Speq – A collaborative web-based repository for your product's spec
https://bhatti.sh— Bhatti – Self-hostable Firecracker orchestrator with auto pause/wake
https://megallm.netlify.app— MegaLLM – Universal LLM client for any OpenAI-compatible API
https://suntrace3d.com— SunTrace3D – Browser-based 3D solar planning and shadow simulation
https://death-of-scrum.net— The Death of Scrum – Built for a slower world, performed by those who left
https://sato.host— Sato – AI desktop companion for macOS with multi-provider support
https://wattfactory.fit— WattFactory – Browser Based Indoor Cycling
https://pictero.com— Pictero.com – mostly browser based image toolbox
https://minimovie.info— MiniMovie: An Anti-IMDB
https://kloudaudit.eu— How does your team handle cloud cost review – dedicated process or ad hoc?
https://blink-oi.vercel.app— Blink – AI powered Search. A knowledge destination
https://advisory-search.hritik.sh— Structured and Unstructured Vulnerability Database
https://pokedemo.com— I built a tool that exports interactive product demos as self-hostable bundles
https://privapdf.net— Privacy-First Pdf Converter
https://inerrata.ai— [inerrata] – Collective and Causal Knowledge Layer for Coding Agents
https://insightswall.com— A customer feedback and public roadmap for digital products
https://byallo.com— ByAllo – the online bookstore that runs itself
https://knowledgefight.libsyn.com— Knowledge Fight: The End of the Road
https://chain2pay.cloud— Started Exploring Payment Infrastructure for Online Businesses (Stripe, API)
https://websitearchiver.net— Webistearchiver – macOS – Save and manage websites. Locally and minimalistically
https://sprivex.com— Sprivex – a place for people with knowledge. Not influencers
https://planet.com— AI-Powered Earth Intelligence
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Key Launch Stats (Hacker News Technical Infrastructure — May 2026)
During May 2026, a total of 229 product launches were recorded in this category up to 2026-05-31.
Here is a quick look at launch activity and naming characteristics:
- Total Launches: 229 domains
- Busiest Launch Day: 2026-05-04 (13 launches)
- Average Domain Name Length: 9.1 characters
- Shortest Domain: hf.space
- Longest Domain: thefakepoundcoindatabase.co.uk
- Clean / Single-Word Domains: 92.1%
- Common Name Prefixes: the (6), try (4), ai (3), open (3), get (2)
- Common Keywords: ai (56), app (45), data (34), ui (27), cloud (25)
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.