Top 296 Show HN Design Tools & Creative Software (May 2026)
launchesBrowse newly launched UI design tools, media processing software, and creative platforms featured on Hacker News in May 2026. Use this list for design tooling.
Hacker News Digests — May 31, 2026
https://getpoolr.com— Poolr – shared photo albums for events, no app required for guests
https://selectandtranslate.z7.web.core.windows.net— SelectAndTranslate – Build vocabulary from anything you read (free)
https://gunguesser.com— I Built GeoGuesser but for Guns
https://appkittie.com— We Rebuilt AppAnne and Created Appkittie
https://metamodel.app— MetaModel – AI builds structured, formula-driven apps from plain English
https://correctify.com.cy— Generate marketing material with your text and images in minutes
https://passages.ink— Passages – Read long-form articles on you E-Ink
https://ap-quiz.com— AP-Quiz: Mobile AP Exam Practice for Spare Moments
https://try-sytra.com— I built a way to search for people by intent
https://mathstick.github.io— Stop playing my matchstick puzzles, start building your own in seconds
https://shutt.run— Shutt – Turn Strava activities into shareable photo/video posts
https://pythonstarter.co— PythonStarter – now with Bitcoin Lightning payments
https://snewpapers.com— Large Scale Article Extract of Newspapers 1730s-1960s
https://piruet.app— Piruetas – A self-hosted diary app I built for my girlfriend
https://dokkimi.com— Dokkimi: Test every part of your app without code changes
https://thekit.dev— I built a dev workspace with AI as backbone
https://visrank.org— I built a free SEO/AEO/security scanner for websites
https://ripple-ts.com— Ripple – the elegant TypeScript UI framework
https://imagesv2.ai— A 360° panorama generator that turns one sentence into a world
https://wannalaunch.com— I built a tool that helps predict HN front page success
https://kingrt.com— PHP King Extension and KingRT Video Call App
https://fluidart.dev— A public web artwork made by its visitors
https://syssimulator.com— SysSimulator: System design simulator in Rust/WASM, free, No login
https://death-of-scrum.net— The Death of Scrum – Built for a slower world, performed by those who left
https://dealers-choice-systems.vercel.app— The Croupier – AI-powered candidate discovery and ranking for recruiting teams
https://myfreecalendar.app— I got tired of messy PTO spreadsheets, so I built a simple tool
https://startuplaunchpage.com— StartupLaunchPage – One Page 1500 Fixed Boxes Checkbox Puzzle Game
https://swamp.club— Swamp Club – Your Agent Builds the Tools, Then Runs Them
https://luxuryintel.co— I built Luxury Intel, because every luxury hotel on Google is 4.8
https://pictero.com— Pictero.com – mostly browser based image toolbox
https://cartens.co— CartLens
https://atlas.latticeflow.ai— Control AI Risk with Pre-Built Frameworks and Ready-to-Run Evaluations
https://pokedemo.com— I built a tool that exports interactive product demos as self-hostable bundles
https://lilex.myrt.co— Lilex. The Font for Developers
https://layers.jamiemill.com— Layers – AI skills for deep product design
https://hyperframes.heygen.com— HyperFrames lets AI agents compose videos by writing HTML, CSS and JavaScript
https://chain2pay.cloud— Started Exploring Payment Infrastructure for Online Businesses (Stripe, API)
https://openpartner.dev— OpenPartner – the open-source referral and partner program platform
https://notacourtoflaw.com— I built a crowdsourced verdict system for real online arguments
https://pagome.com— I built Pagome – SEPA payment links via GiroCode QR (free, no server)
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Key Launch Stats (Show HN Design & Creative Software — May 2026)
During May 2026, a total of 296 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: 296 domains
- Busiest Launch Day: 2026-05-09 (16 launches)
- Average Domain Name Length: 9.0 characters
- Shortest Domain: hf.space
- Longest Domain: mongodb-gui-comparison.com
- Clean / Single-Word Domains: 91.6%
- Common Name Prefixes: get (5), the (5), try (4), ai (4), my (3)
- Common Keywords: ui (183), ai (88), app (57), dev (27), tool (26)
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.