Best Show HN projects from Apr, 2017

Browse the top 100 projects launched on Hacker News Show HN during Apr, 2017.


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#1 Show HN: Sorting Two Metric Tons of Lego

1264 points | 211 comments | Apr 29, 2017 | by jacquesm

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#2 Show HN: React-data sheet, Excel-like spreadsheet component

345 points | 89 comments | Apr 04, 2017 | by nadimisl

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#3 Show HN: Zuck.js, a JavaScript library that lets you add Stories everywhere

339 points | 58 comments | Apr 17, 2017 | by vegbrasil

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#4 Show HN: An attempt to rethink a music sequencer design

305 points | 113 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by peterrudenko

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#5 Show HN: Is It Snappy? – Measure latency with your iPhone's 240 Hz camera

293 points | 84 comments | Apr 03, 2017 | by chadaustin

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#6 Show HN: Audioshop – Audio image editing

285 points | 45 comments | Apr 18, 2017 | by robert_foss

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#7 Show HN: 'Hack' the user cursor

267 points | 58 comments | Apr 16, 2017 | by javierbyte

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#8 Show HN: Timestrap – Self-hosted online time tracking

264 points | 75 comments | Apr 23, 2017 | by overshard

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#9 Show HN: My RIP Goodbye to my Co-Founder Carlos Icaza

261 points | 22 comments | Apr 19, 2017 | by ewmailing

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#10 Show HN: Visual Studio Code for ARM, submitted to core

236 points | 83 comments | Apr 18, 2017 | by headmelted

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#11 Show HN: Commento: Lightweight, open source, tracking-free alternative to Disqus

233 points | 63 comments | Apr 26, 2017 | by adtac

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#12 Show HN: Resumegen – A single-page LaTeX resume generator

227 points | 87 comments | Apr 07, 2017 | by WrtCdEvrydy

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#13 Show HN: Qt binding for Go with support for all major operating systems

222 points | 74 comments | Apr 08, 2017 | by therecipe

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#14 Show HN: A directory of the best free resources for remote workers and nomads

214 points | 23 comments | Apr 12, 2017 | by sihaelov

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#15 Show HN: Pygit – Just enough git to push itself to GitHub

208 points | 23 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by benhoyt

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#16 Show HN: Play multiplayer and singleplayer NES games online

196 points | 83 comments | Apr 24, 2017 | by gge

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#17 Show HN: TorrentPeek – Distributed search engines using BitTorrent and SQLite

184 points | 33 comments | Apr 17, 2017 | by sktrdie

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#18 Show HN: UrlRoulette – Pass a URL to the next visitor

180 points | 134 comments | Apr 15, 2017 | by mmathias

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#19 Show HN: Kobble – Notes app that saves directly to GitHub

179 points | 159 comments | Apr 26, 2017 | by kobble

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#20 Show HN: WrapAPI v2 – Build APIs, scrapers, bots on any website

166 points | 60 comments | Apr 21, 2017 | by wrapapi

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#21 Show HN: Fake SMTP server as a service

149 points | 87 comments | Apr 03, 2017 | by pogo77

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#22 Show HN: Webhook – A lightweight configurable tool written in Go

144 points | 38 comments | Apr 19, 2017 | by adnanh

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#23 Show HN: BreakLock – A hybrid of Mastermind and the Android pattern lock

139 points | 38 comments | Apr 26, 2017 | by rabyss

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#24 Show HN: Kim – A Python serialization and marshaling framework

136 points | 57 comments | Apr 12, 2017 | by mikeywaites

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#25 Show HN: LuaGB – A Gameboy emulator written in pure Lua

136 points | 18 comments | Apr 10, 2017 | by zeta0134

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#26 Show HN: Robotopia – Introducing kids to coding with tiny virtual robots

133 points | 29 comments | Apr 05, 2017 | by pguth

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#27 Show HN: Get colour palettes from pictures

132 points | 34 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by ioi0

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#28 Show HN: Automatic Speech Recognition in TensorFlow

131 points | 12 comments | Apr 30, 2017 | by zzw922cn

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#29 Show HN: Cheaper flights when flying multiple destinations by route optimisation

120 points | 87 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by danvass

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#30 Show HN: Recursive DNS Server Fingerprint

120 points | 13 comments | Apr 21, 2017 | by pjf

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#31 Show HN: Securely Handle Encryption Keys in Go

119 points | 31 comments | Apr 22, 2017 | by libeclipse

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#32 Show HN: EatHow – Figure out what to make with the food you already have

118 points | 84 comments | Apr 18, 2017 | by abraham_o

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#33 Show HN: Z80 Compiler Visualization

109 points | 33 comments | Apr 29, 2017 | by sehugg

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#34 Show HN: AcrossTabs – Easy communication between cross-origin browser tabs

107 points | 25 comments | Apr 05, 2017 | by softvar

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#35 Show HN: Record and share police/fire radio systems

102 points | 46 comments | Apr 16, 2017 | by robotastic

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#36 Show HN: Stack: tiling WM for Windows

101 points | 27 comments | Apr 23, 2017 | by lostmsu

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#37 Show HN: Dnote – Instantly Capture Your Coding Wisdom

100 points | 57 comments | Apr 04, 2017 | by stockkid

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#38 Show HN: React Timekeeper – Time picker based on the style of Google Keep

99 points | 36 comments | Apr 25, 2017 | by catc

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#39 Show HN: A simple way to get options prices for free

96 points | 26 comments | Apr 11, 2017 | by chad_strategic

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#40 Show HN: A ncurses CRM system (and accounting)

95 points | 63 comments | Apr 04, 2017 | by iveqy

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#41 Show HN: Magnetico – self-hosted BitTorrent DHT search engine suite

95 points | 37 comments | Apr 02, 2017 | by boramalper

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#42 Show HN: Deep Learning for Program Synthesis

93 points | 23 comments | Apr 21, 2017 | by suryabhupa

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#43 Show HN: Gopher Browser for Windows Client

91 points | 36 comments | Apr 26, 2017 | by Jaruzel

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#44 Show HN: Replacing WordPress with GitHub Issues-like Blog Comments

90 points | 21 comments | Apr 22, 2017 | by shurcooL

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#45 Show HN: Python-to-Python compiler for some 3.6 features in older versions

87 points | 107 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by nvbn

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#46 Show HN: Positive News Reader based on sentiment analysis

84 points | 33 comments | Apr 15, 2017 | by Yeroniomus

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#47 Show HN: TARDIS – Warp a process's perspective of time by hooking syscalls

77 points | 28 comments | Apr 25, 2017 | by DavidBuchanan

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#48 Show HN: WP Detective – Show what theme and plugins a WordPress site is using

76 points | 28 comments | Apr 14, 2017 | by codeaken

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#49 SHOW HN: I rebuilt my blogging app on Node.js and just open sourced it

76 points | 18 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by claviska

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#50 Show HN: HtmlWasher – An HTML cleanup tool

75 points | 46 comments | Apr 26, 2017 | by seky

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#51 Show HN: Deep learning visual search and data analytics

74 points | 16 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by aub3bhat

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#52 Show HN: JSONSchema to TypeScript compiler

72 points | 34 comments | Apr 25, 2017 | by bcherny

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#53 Show HN: GitMonKey – monitor your repos and commits for exposed private keys

70 points | 45 comments | Apr 20, 2017 | by shaharsol

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#54 Show HN: Glua, a Full-Featured Lua VM for Nodejs and the Browser

70 points | 17 comments | Apr 11, 2017 | by fiatjaf

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#55 Show HN: Language Learning with Music and Lyrics

69 points | 30 comments | Apr 24, 2017 | by ro-_-b

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#56 Show HN: Boostnote – An open-source note taking app designed for programmers

68 points | 26 comments | Apr 07, 2017 | by kazup

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#57 Show HN: A really stupid idea that will never work but hey

65 points | 23 comments | Apr 16, 2017 | by 19eightyfour

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#58 Show HN: Txtpen – web highlights and in-text comments

65 points | 21 comments | Apr 09, 2017 | by grandjury

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#59 Show HN: Tweeple Search – Find relevant audience and influencers on Twitter

62 points | 24 comments | Apr 28, 2017 | by shuss

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#60 Show HN: Perceptron – Artificial Neural Network Builder

61 points | 20 comments | Apr 29, 2017 | by wyliec

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#61 Show HN: CSV Explorer (YC F1) - Explore CSVs with Millions of Rows

60 points | 34 comments | Apr 05, 2017 | by jastr

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#62 Show HN: Send POST requests via simple URLs

60 points | 29 comments | Apr 21, 2017 | by CJKinni

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#63 Show HN: A REST API for Calculating VAT in the EU

59 points | 116 comments | Apr 10, 2017 | by mherrmann

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#64 Show HN: Automatically interpret and validate nested natural logic arguments

53 points | 18 comments | Apr 17, 2017 | by parhamp

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#65 Show HN: The 8 hour diet web app

52 points | 63 comments | Apr 11, 2017 | by shaunau

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#66 Show HN: Asmble – Compile WebAssembly to the JVM

49 points | 19 comments | Apr 17, 2017 | by kodablah

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#67 Show HN: RealWorld – A Collection of Exemplary Front End and Back End Codebases

49 points | 16 comments | Apr 25, 2017 | by ericmsimons

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#68 Show HN: Getsy – browser/client-side web scraper

49 points | 11 comments | Apr 20, 2017 | by ep123

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#69 Show HN: The Tao of tmux, available for free on the web, has been newly edited

48 points | 5 comments | Apr 01, 2017 | by tony

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#70 Show HN: Octaspire Dern – Programming language

47 points | 15 comments | Apr 09, 2017 | by octaspire

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#71 Show HN: Play Final Fantasy On Facebook Live

47 points | 8 comments | Apr 25, 2017 | by zachlatta

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#72 Show HN: Building Grove, interactive biofeedback trees you breathe into

47 points | 2 comments | Apr 05, 2017 | by conesus

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#73 Show HN: Veropost – Charge people to send you email

45 points | 38 comments | Apr 06, 2017 | by agora778

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#74 Show HN: Strime – Video project management made simple

43 points | 22 comments | Apr 26, 2017 | by rbiard

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#75 Show HN: Friendtainer – Get reminded to meet with friends regularly

42 points | 47 comments | Apr 19, 2017 | by miloszpp

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#76 Show HN: Meatshields – A free, online, turn-based strategy game

42 points | 5 comments | Apr 02, 2017 | by Baron_Von_Meats

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#77 Show HN: The Most Explosive Modal on the Web

41 points | 11 comments | Apr 24, 2017 | by jessekorzan

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#78 Show HN: Caret 2.0 – Markdown Editor with Focus on Productivity

41 points | 5 comments | Apr 04, 2017 | by erusev

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#79 Show HN: Devilbox – all-purpose dockerized l[ae]m[ph]p stack for web development

41 points | 1 comments | Apr 21, 2017 | by everythingcli

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#80 Show HN: Web app for DNA sequence manipulation and PCR Primer design

40 points | 17 comments | Apr 17, 2017 | by folli

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#81 Show HN: Infreqdb – S3 backed key/value database for infrequent read access

39 points | 28 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by sajal83

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#82 Show HN: Xel, widget toolkit for native-like Electron apps

38 points | 47 comments | Apr 08, 2017 | by jarek-foksa

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#83 Show HN: Superset of Lisp and Lua Programming Language, a la JSX

38 points | 24 comments | Apr 15, 2017 | by meric

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#84 Show HN: Hacker's Doorbell

37 points | 6 comments | Apr 19, 2017 | by jrowley

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#85 Show HN: Mkserver mk2

37 points | 6 comments | Apr 13, 2017 | by klaxa

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#86 Show HN: AWS Lambda Power Tuning with AWS Step Functions

34 points | 1 comments | Apr 28, 2017 | by alexcasalboni

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#87 Show HN: Vue and Firebase and Web Audio API

33 points | 13 comments | Apr 29, 2017 | by elialbert

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#88 Show HN: NStack – Typed, composable microservices for data analytics

30 points | 5 comments | Apr 12, 2017 | by NickPollard

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#89 Show HN: Worldoscope – Create slick reports from World Bank data

29 points | 8 comments | Apr 29, 2017 | by mstijak

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#90 Show HN: Ketchup – Open-Source CMS in Go and Typescript

29 points | 5 comments | Apr 24, 2017 | by octavore

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#91 Show HN: Markdown command line interface definition

27 points | 7 comments | Apr 26, 2017 | by tmpfs

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#92 Show HN: Featureflags.io – microsite for feature flag best practices, libraries

27 points | 1 comments | Apr 19, 2017 | by justinucd

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#93 Show HN: Activation Hacks – Teardowns of popular apps using behavioral economics

26 points | 5 comments | Apr 11, 2017 | by watsonc73

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#94 Show HN: Read science papers for free...it's sci-hub, but legal

26 points | 4 comments | Apr 04, 2017 | by jasonpriem

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#95 Show HN: Emojielog – A simple emojie journal application

24 points | 24 comments | Apr 30, 2017 | by Mechasparrow

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#96 Show HN: Spotter – The first reverse video search tool

24 points | 3 comments | Apr 26, 2017 | by m0utinho

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#97 Show HN: Web Based Music Composition

23 points | 2 comments | Apr 04, 2017 | by aqsis

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#98 Show HN: Search Engine and Crawler in Python

21 points | 4 comments | Apr 08, 2017 | by ronsor

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#99 Show HN: Extreme makeover for Doxygen

21 points | 3 comments | Apr 21, 2017 | by vovkos

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#100 Show HN: Multiplayer Backgammon Game Written in JavaScript

20 points | 13 comments | Apr 14, 2017 | by dotnetplayer

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