Theme · Sep 28 – Oct 4, 2026
Developer tools and infrastructure
Deployment platforms, databases, monitoring, security scanners, app builders and low-level tinkering projects for developers.
New projects this week
113
Last 12 weeks
917
Share of all new projects
3.7%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
-6%
Share of new projects, per week
Groups in this theme
| Group | This week | 12 wks | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Security scanners for AI-built apps | 18 | 133 | -1% |
| AI prompt-to-app builders | 17 | 94 | 0% |
| UI design extraction & AI design tools | 15 | 162 | -10% |
| Self-hosted app deployment & dev infra | 14 | 128 | +19% |
| Network diagnostics and VPN tools | 14 | 83 | +3% |
| Uptime and API monitoring | 10 | 80 | -7% |
| GitHub profile and repo tools | 9 | 91 | -2% |
| Hobby languages and operating systems | 7 | 57 | ▼ -23% |
| Database clients and SQL tools | 7 | 63 | ▼ -39% |
| Domain name search tools | 2 | 26 | – |
Stack
Share of the 395 projects in this theme that stated their stack, last 12 weeks.
- Docker 13%
- Vercel 12%
- Python 11%
- PostgreSQL 10%
- React 10%
- TypeScript 8%
- Next.js 8%
- Cloudflare 7%
AI tools
Same projects.
Most discussed this week
- PhreshOS — Provides a web-based desktop environment where users build and run web apps that handle auth and communication, and agents can use those apps directly.“i spent 6+ months building an actual OS for web apps”
- Sqlaris Studio — Provides a desktop-style GUI for browsing, editing, querying and maintaining PostgreSQL and MySQL/MariaDB databases.“I built my own database GUI for PostgreSQL and MySQL”
- MyIPSpot — Shows a visitor's IP address with map, IPv6 and VPN leak tests, DNS lookup, and HTTP header details without cookies or tracking.“I got tired of every "what's my IP" site being an ad-stuffed tracker, so I built a tracker-free one”
- framertonextjs — Converts Framer website designs into Next.js code without writing it by hand.“1.5 months later, my first ever saas crossed $100 in revenue. AMA”
- DataRunner — Connects to databases, runs scheduled SQL queries, and turns the results into dashboards that are sent out by email or Telegram.“I got my first paying tenant today... R$79 MRR. It’s not much, but damn,”
- MergeMate — Matches open source issues to a developer's resume skills and explains the relevant codebase and fix steps.“I asked 1,500+ developers why they don't contribute to open source. The answers changed what I'm building.”
- ForgeOps — Gathers errors, traces, metrics, deployments, SQL and dependency data in one place and points engineers to likely causes of production incidents.“Looking for software engineers to give honest feedback on a new tool”
- Wizard Maker — Generates Android apps from a text description so users can then modify them.“Wizard Maker — build Android apps with AI”
- Would you like to talk to your… — Embeds a help button in React apps that opens an AI support bot and lets team members join live screen-sharing huddles with users.“Would you like to talk to your users inside your app ?”
- tunr — Exposes a local port through a public HTTPS link and can deploy apps to a hosted URL that sleeps when idle.“Started as "let me see my students' projects live", ended up as a tunnel + tiny host: tunr”
Latest
- HTTP Traffic Monitor — Captures and displays all HTTP and HTTPS requests from a Windows machine, showing the sending app and per-phase timing, with replay, compare and mock features.“My side project: a free HTTPS traffic inspector for Windows that AI assistants can drive”
- Network Doctor — Diagnoses network connectivity by checking DNS, TCP, TLS, HTTP, proxies, routing and path MTU, and explains where a connection fails.“I used AI coding agents extensively to build a real network diagnostic CLI. My rule: prove every bug before fixing it”
- Client report kit — Generates local HTML reports from checks already performed, separating confirmed issues, passed checks, hypotheses and unverified items.“A local reporting kit for web agencies: form confirmation is not proof of delivery”
- CyberGuard AI — Flags phishing emails and suspicious URLs in real time by combining email text, sender and domain signals, embedded links and security headers.“CyberGuard AI: Context-aware phishing detection using email, URL, sender and security signals”
- crypto dev, paranoid about my… — Scans npm lockfile dependencies for malicious install scripts, exfiltration code, and obfuscation using an AI reviewer.“crypto dev, paranoid about my keys leaking, so I built a dependency scanner”
- Octri.dev — Generates customizable API documentation, SDKs in 10 languages, and MCP servers, with optional monitoring and uptime tracking.“Octri.dev is live on ProductHunt today after 3 years of building it!”
- PocketBuilder — Lets users build, install and publish native Android apps on their phone by describing them to an AI agent.“Build and Share Real Android Apps on Your Phone with AI, No Programming Needed”
- GitRec — Shows repositories similar to the one you are viewing on GitHub.“I built GitRec: a Chrome extension to find related repositories on GitHub”
- CriAI — Generates small single-file mini-apps from text or voice descriptions and lets users refine them through chat, running privately on an iPhone.“I built an iPhone app where you describe a personal app and AI builds it — the same expense tracker, three totally different looks”
- StatusNest — Monitors website uptime with automatic checks and detects incidents, served as a self-hosted backend.“I built an uptime monitor from scratch”
- I'm building a tool that turns… — Generates a tappable mobile app prototype from a one-sentence description.“I'm building a tool that turns one sentence into a mobile app prototype you can tap through”
- I built a container + managed… — Hosts containers and managed Postgres and MSSQL databases for customers through a control panel.“I built a container + managed Postgres/MSSQL host on weekends, here's why”
- Pigmo — Picks colors from any web page and extracts a site's full color palette in one click.“Pigmo - color picker for Chrome, free, with a one-time Pro instead of a subscription”
- Klarion — Scans code for leaked secrets using regex and entropy checks, then has an AI model judge whether each flagged match is real.“Worried about your AI agent leaking secrets, or tired of secret-scanner false positives?”
- Built a Network monitor tool… — Shows each network connection a Mac makes, including the remote source of incoming packets and other networking details.“Built a Network monitor tool that shows each and every connection your mac makes.”