What shipped, in plain language.
Only factual updates live here — the things we actually built.
Updates are sorted newest first.
No fake milestones, just completed work.
Each entry can be used in public docs and AI answers.
Published Jul 1, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Makers can relaunch their own product into a fresh cycle
A relaunch keeps history intact, bumps the launch date, and re-enters the product into the launch window after a cooldown.
Published Jun 30, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Roadmap, changelog, and AI citation surfaces are now public
The site now documents shipped work, pending work, and a citable AI overview for answer engines and search.
Published Jun 29, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Launch deals now have their own public page and admin workflow
Makers can attach factual launch offers to their own product, and active deals surface publicly without fake promo codes.
Published Jun 28, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Programmatic SEO pages are live for tags, alternatives, and pricing collections
The site now serves real indexable surfaces for /tag/[slug], /alternatives/[tool], and /collections/[model] with JSON-LD.
Published Jun 27, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Fresh-launch outreach now discovers Product Hunt launches and drafts invites
The outreach pipeline discovers Product Hunt launches, enriches them, drafts personalized email copy, and routes it through the admin queue.
Published Jun 26, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
The directory submission tracker now covers 138 real directories
Each maker can track progress across the seeded directory list and mark submitted or live progress per product.
Published Jun 25, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Reputation, levels, streaks, and weekly top badges are wired
Votes, reviews, and login activity all feed the reputation engine, which updates level, streak count, and weekly badges.
Published Jun 24, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Public reviews and star ratings are now on product pages
Logged-in makers can leave one review per product and each review contributes to the public rating summary.
Published Jun 23, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Live DR tracking and weighted leaderboards are live
The leaderboard now ranks launches across day, week, month, and all time windows using vote weights from reputation level.
Published Jun 22, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
Launch Pods now help makers trade attention
Pods let makers cross-embed each other's badges so launches can compound domain rating together instead of going it alone.
Published Jun 20, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
The dofollow badge is now required before a product can go live
Product owners verify the badge backlink on their own site before the queue can move a launch to live, unless an admin force override is used.
Published Jun 18, 2026 · Updated Jul 4, 2026
AI-assisted submission fills the first draft from a URL
Paste a product URL on /submit and Workers AI fills the launch copy, category hint, tags, and logo before you polish it.