Best Show HN projects from Sep, 2012

Browse the top 100 projects launched on Hacker News Show HN during Sep, 2012.


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#1 Show HN: We got tired of asking 'What browser are you using?' and created this

521 points | 175 comments | Sep 10, 2012 | by ashastry

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#2 Show HN: My Github résumé

301 points | 75 comments | Sep 02, 2012 | by negrit

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#3 Show HN: Enterface, a UI design app concept I'm designing

234 points | 78 comments | Sep 02, 2012 | by webwielder

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#4 Show HN: Mixest, my summer project that crawls the web for new indie music

219 points | 73 comments | Sep 01, 2012 | by hazelcough

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#5 Show HN: Ejecta, A Fast, Open Source JavaScript, Canvas Implementation for iOS

190 points | 45 comments | Sep 25, 2012 | by phoboslab

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#6 Show HN: Bubbles - my unfinished HTML5 Particle Game

188 points | 87 comments | Sep 28, 2012 | by franze

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#7 Show HN: MemStash - Commit things to memory

170 points | 75 comments | Sep 09, 2012 | by sinak

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#8 Show HN: Learned Objective C as a high schooler and made this iPhone game

158 points | 48 comments | Sep 21, 2012 | by Firecracker

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#9 Show HN: EasyPost - the Stripe for postage

157 points | 83 comments | Sep 18, 2012 | by jstreebin

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#10 Show HN: My first Mac app, Foreman, free and on Github. Would love feedback

153 points | 86 comments | Sep 07, 2012 | by nonrecursive

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#11 Show HN: 5000 best movies

150 points | 125 comments | Sep 21, 2012 | by arekp

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#12 Show HN: Online C/C++ to assembly visualizer [Weekend Project]

149 points | 44 comments | Sep 23, 2012 | by ynh

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#13 Show HN: A Handcrafted Web

131 points | 82 comments | Sep 13, 2012 | by kateray

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#14 Show HN: my personal news reader, now public - SkimFeed.com

108 points | 78 comments | Sep 07, 2012 | by brador

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#15 Show HN: MongoDB + open source e-commerce = Forward

107 points | 70 comments | Sep 07, 2012 | by ericingram

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#16 Show HN: Quantblocks - Backtest your trading strategies

99 points | 86 comments | Sep 21, 2012 | by afarquhar

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#17 Show HN: Matches.js -- Powerful Pattern Matching for Javascript

96 points | 20 comments | Sep 13, 2012 | by natefaubion

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#18 Show HN: Sleepio - how I cured my insomnia, turned into software.

94 points | 69 comments | Sep 11, 2012 | by phames

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#19 Show HN: escape from meetings, etc with a prearranged phone call: GetOutCall.com

83 points | 42 comments | Sep 07, 2012 | by Roedou

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#20 Show HN: My first try at a WordPress plugin

75 points | 31 comments | Sep 20, 2012 | by thisisdallas

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#21 Show HN: Virtual tabletop gaming

74 points | 16 comments | Sep 17, 2012 | by silverlight

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#22 Show HN: A command-line utility-belt for hacking JSON and Javascript

68 points | 21 comments | Sep 07, 2012 | by RealCasually

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#23 Show HN: AzureFS – I mounted Azure Cloud Storage as filesystem on Linux

66 points | 16 comments | Sep 22, 2012 | by aalpb

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#24 Show HN: A Genetic approach to CSS compression

63 points | 14 comments | Sep 25, 2012 | by friggeri

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#25 Show HN: Setup a fancy development environment ... on a linux system console

61 points | 22 comments | Sep 13, 2012 | by gbin

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#26 Show HN: Screenleap launches simple API for adding screen sharing to your site

59 points | 8 comments | Sep 19, 2012 | by ttruong

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#27 Show HN: Properties to rent - No agent fees, no dead listings, no risk

58 points | 78 comments | Sep 10, 2012 | by dazbradbury

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#28 Show HN: I got tired of missing new music releases, so I built this

58 points | 73 comments | Sep 24, 2012 | by girasquid

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#29 Show HN: Docverter: Convert your text content to PDF/HTML/EPUB with one REST API

58 points | 27 comments | Sep 27, 2012 | by zrail

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#30 Show HN: goodbre.ws, a fully open source recommendation engine for beer

57 points | 50 comments | Sep 26, 2012 | by davidcelis

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#31 Show HN: Simple BitTorrent Magnet Link search

57 points | 31 comments | Sep 20, 2012 | by cantbecool

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#32 Show HN: DubJS: A New Way to Build Web Apps

57 points | 22 comments | Sep 11, 2012 | by keen

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#33 Show HN: What's Your Browser's Age?

56 points | 69 comments | Sep 30, 2012 | by rwitoff

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#34 Show HN: A Monthly Tee from your favorite YC startup

53 points | 57 comments | Sep 18, 2012 | by bitsweet

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#35 Show HN: A better way to find films to watch on Netflix

53 points | 44 comments | Sep 12, 2012 | by geelen

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#36 Show HN: Chrome Extension to automatically block the annoying Quora login prompt

51 points | 40 comments | Sep 11, 2012 | by niftylettuce

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#37 Show HN: Interactive Visualization of Influence in Programming Languages

51 points | 15 comments | Sep 27, 2012 | by yaph

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#38 Show HN: Web client for WhatsApp

50 points | 31 comments | Sep 22, 2012 | by sgehlich

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#39 Show HN: My Guild Wars 2 data viz weekend experiment using D3 and SVG filters

49 points | 15 comments | Sep 23, 2012 | by enoex1

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#40 Show HN: WordCount.is

48 points | 55 comments | Sep 21, 2012 | by joelrunyon

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#41 Show HN: instafilter.io, a cloud API for applying filters to images

47 points | 26 comments | Sep 18, 2012 | by fosk

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#42 Show HN: HTML5 Bird Flocks Simulation in CoffeeScript

47 points | 25 comments | Sep 22, 2012 | by chris_p

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#43 Show HN: Making of the Breaking Bad logo (CSS/SVG/JavaScript) as a Codecast

46 points | 14 comments | Sep 11, 2012 | by TimPietrusky

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#44 Show HN: We built a better solution for customer analysis and support

45 points | 34 comments | Sep 11, 2012 | by corywatilo

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#45 Show HN: Cross-browser asynchronous JS script loader w/callbacks

45 points | 23 comments | Sep 04, 2012 | by niftylettuce

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#46 Show HN: HumanamuH predicts which people will enrich your life

43 points | 47 comments | Sep 08, 2012 | by HumanamuH

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#47 Show HN: Authpad - Elegant way to publish

42 points | 34 comments | Sep 14, 2012 | by stevelis

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#48 Show HN: My first weekend project.

40 points | 17 comments | Sep 02, 2012 | by companyhen

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#49 Show HN: An easier way to manage beta tests & get insightful feedback

40 points | 14 comments | Sep 12, 2012 | by awo

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#50 Show HN: Hosting my WordPress blog entirely on Amazon S3

39 points | 11 comments | Sep 23, 2012 | by iqster

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#51 Show HN: Helvetitee: Custom tee. No bullshit. (Our four-day startup)

38 points | 59 comments | Sep 10, 2012 | by tomcavill

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#52 Show HN: After a couple of months playing with the Reddit API, I built this...

38 points | 46 comments | Sep 20, 2012 | by emilioolivares

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#53 Show HN: Download-free screensharing for better customer support

38 points | 29 comments | Sep 17, 2012 | by dshipper

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#54 Show HN: Lumatic - a new kind of city map

38 points | 18 comments | Sep 20, 2012 | by mippie_moe

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#55 Show HN: nunjucks, a better templating system for javascript (jinja2 inspired)

38 points | 15 comments | Sep 20, 2012 | by jlongster

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#56 Show HN: real-time map of Kickstarter projects

37 points | 12 comments | Sep 10, 2012 | by justinwi

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#57 Show HN: Kill The Landline

34 points | 66 comments | Sep 29, 2012 | by sciurus

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#58 Show HN: Ypander - Hackernews like it should be [for Chrome]

34 points | 41 comments | Sep 24, 2012 | by ges

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#59 Show HN: Forkbin lets you fork public lists

34 points | 14 comments | Sep 13, 2012 | by jmtame

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#60 Show HN: Tampon - an open source Buffer app

33 points | 85 comments | Sep 06, 2012 | by julien_c

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#61 Show HN: Preview links in Google Chrome

33 points | 14 comments | Sep 04, 2012 | by nadocrew

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#62 Show HN: Synapse - Universal API for remote system administration

33 points | 13 comments | Sep 10, 2012 | by raphdg

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#63 Show HN: A jiggly canvas sketch

33 points | 6 comments | Sep 11, 2012 | by hailpixel

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#64 Show HN: AllTheFavIcons.com - Weekend Project inspired by HN

32 points | 13 comments | Sep 16, 2012 | by TamDenholm

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#65 Show HN: my weekend project, whatsnerdy.com

31 points | 25 comments | Sep 02, 2012 | by hanzenlim

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#66 Show HN: Formly - Online Form Builder for Mobile Data Collection

31 points | 19 comments | Sep 13, 2012 | by sync

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#67 Show HN: Host your own XMPP-based chatrooms with Hermes

31 points | 4 comments | Sep 17, 2012 | by mattlong

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#68 Show HN: We buit this in 4 hours on the local hackathon

30 points | 19 comments | Sep 13, 2012 | by volpav

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#69 Show HN: WiFi chat. Chat with people on your Wifi network.

30 points | 6 comments | Sep 10, 2012 | by cr4zy

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#70 Show HN: Professional PowerPoint & Keynote Design as a Service Platform

29 points | 48 comments | Sep 14, 2012 | by ricksta

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#71 Show HN: Spar - Single Page Application Rocketship

29 points | 18 comments | Sep 27, 2012 | by mhodgson

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#72 Show HN: Twilio Pricing API hack

28 points | 4 comments | Sep 23, 2012 | by Finbarr

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#73 Show HN: We're building a better music distribution platform

27 points | 42 comments | Sep 17, 2012 | by hartleybrody

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#74 Show HN: Conjure - A launcher for Android

27 points | 21 comments | Sep 24, 2012 | by gotosleep

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#75 Show HN: Lookmark, read what your friends are reading (for Chrome)

27 points | 17 comments | Sep 20, 2012 | by dzohrob

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#76 Show HN: Viewer for Khan Academy (Win8 App + Source Code)

27 points | 6 comments | Sep 27, 2012 | by CodeCube

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#77 Show HN: The App Design Handbook

26 points | 16 comments | Sep 04, 2012 | by nathanbarry

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#78 Show HN: BuddyHack - Mess with your friends' Facebooks

25 points | 51 comments | Sep 16, 2012 | by gailees

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#79 Show HN: Easily add peer-to-peer chat to your iPhone/Android app (from Hipmob)

25 points | 15 comments | Sep 18, 2012 | by kunle

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#80 Show HN: The code free way to use Stripe

24 points | 25 comments | Sep 11, 2012 | by mttsn

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#81 Show HN: Reply to Hacker News comments inline, without leaving the page

24 points | 21 comments | Sep 21, 2012 | by habosa

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#82 Show HN: Pipe, library to run ifttt-like alerts locally

23 points | 12 comments | Sep 22, 2012 | by sathish316

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#83 Show HN: DatabaseKit — A kit for working with Databases in Objective-C

23 points | 6 comments | Sep 25, 2012 | by fyolnish

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#84 Show HN: We got tired of getting gifts we don't like/need, so we made this

21 points | 55 comments | Sep 26, 2012 | by genystartup

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#85 Show HN: Lean Specs - Simple project specifications and estimates

20 points | 24 comments | Sep 06, 2012 | by pytrin

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#86 Show HN: Do usability testing? We're building an app that saves you time

20 points | 8 comments | Sep 25, 2012 | by heeton

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#87 Show HN: A Really Simple Blog Platform

19 points | 30 comments | Sep 05, 2012 | by sfard

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#88 Show HN: Review Signal - Real web hosting reviews based on social media comments

19 points | 15 comments | Sep 25, 2012 | by ohashi

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#89 Show HN: I made tarbackup.com for you, what do you think?

18 points | 35 comments | Sep 23, 2012 | by nanch

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#90 Show HN: the6pct : a tool to help you track weekly growth based on PG's essay

18 points | 22 comments | Sep 26, 2012 | by c1sc0

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#91 Show HN: Por Favor - Favors between friends

17 points | 33 comments | Sep 17, 2012 | by mheap

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#92 Show HN: Battle Suck - TechCrunch Hackathon 2012

17 points | 9 comments | Sep 09, 2012 | by mohamedmansour

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#93 Show HN: Please Review My First Startup. Meritful: LinkedIn for High School

16 points | 26 comments | Sep 17, 2012 | by azarias

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#94 Show HN: Foxbrowser, Firefox Home for iPad done right

16 points | 5 comments | Sep 03, 2012 | by graetzer

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#95 Show HN: Luunr

15 points | 7 comments | Sep 28, 2012 | by akumpf

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#96 Show HN: HN Showcase v2 - browse "Show HN" posts visually

14 points | 9 comments | Sep 17, 2012 | by ssong

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#97 Show HN: What do your customers "really" think?

14 points | 8 comments | Sep 06, 2012 | by projuce

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#98 Show HN: Internet Votes; startups using votes, DC's primary metric

14 points | 5 comments | Sep 25, 2012 | by HistoryInAction

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#99 Show HN: Infinite Scroll for HN (Chrome Extension)

14 points | 4 comments | Sep 06, 2012 | by todd3834

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#100 Show HN: 3months working on this Android app with a friend. Would Love feedback.

13 points | 26 comments | Sep 02, 2012 | by Nathanael

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