Product Hunt launches on May 5, 2026

Kilo Code for VS Code finished #1 with 878 upvotes, ahead of Velo 2.0 and Flowstep 1.0. Here are the day's 17 top launches with 3,080 upvotes between them, across 8 categories, Productivity the busiest with 7.

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The leaderboard

  1. Kilo Code for VS Code

    Parallel agents, diff reviewer, and multi-model comparisons

    We've completely rebuilt Kilo Code for VS Code, built on OpenCode server. New portable core, parallel tool calls, subagent delegation, inline code review, multi-model comparisons. Get started: kilo.ai/install

  2. Velo 2.0

    2. Velo 2.0

    566 upvotes

    Instantly turn your voice and screen into shareable videos

    Velo 2.0 is a whole new way to make video messages. It turns raw screen recordings into polished videos and docs, with a chat-native editor, real-time processing, voice cloning, and smart script rewriting. Edit by chatting, not timelines.…

  3. Flowstep 1.0

    3. Flowstep 1.0

    321 upvotes

    AI design engineer. Design & ship real UI.

    Flowstep is the AI design engineer for developers and technical designers tired of rebuilding designs in code. Prompt or edit on an infinite canvas. Export production code or connect with your agents and apps via MCP. What you design is…

    Developer Toolsflowstep.ai1 maker, 1 with an email
  4. Ghostwriter

    4. Ghostwriter

    209 upvotes

    Write and publish posts on LinkedIn & X

    Your personal AI ghostwriter that writes, schedules, and publishes posts on LinkedIn and X – so you never run out of content to share.

  5. PaceBar

    5. PaceBar

    131 upvotes

    A quiet pace instrument for your Mac

    PaceBar is a private Mac menu-bar app that turns on-device interaction patterns into a simple load readout, helping you notice rising work pace, reduce app switching, and take short resets when a session gets heavy.

    Macpacebar.app1 maker, 1 with an email
  6. Intuned Agent

    6. Intuned Agent

    132 upvotes

    Production browser automation, built and maintained by AI

    Intuned Agent is an AI agent that builds and maintains production browser automations. Describe the scraper, crawler, or RPA workflow you need, and it writes Playwright code, validates it on the live site, and deploys it to Intuned to run…

  7. Dina

    7. Dina

    109 upvotes

    From screen to polished video in minutes

    Dina is a macOS app that handles your entire video workflow in one place. Record your screen, edit clips, auto-clean audio, add voiceovers, transcript-driven editing, AI caption generation, text-to-speech voiceovers, keyboard shortcuts…

    Productivitydina.so1 maker
  8. Unity AI

    8. Unity AI

    97 upvotes

    AI agents built directly into Unity workflows

    Unity AI is a beta suite for Unity 6+ that brings agentic assistance directly into the Editor. It includes a project-aware assistant, AI Gateway for connecting third-party agents, and Unity’s official MCP Server for bridging Unity with…

  9. Steam Controller

    9. Steam Controller

    89 upvotes

    Game with TMR sticks, dual haptic trackpads, + gyro controls

    Steam Controller is Valve’s new configurable controller for the full Steam library. It combines magnetic TMR thumbsticks, dual haptic trackpads, gyro, Grip Sense, four grip buttons, Steam Input customization, and a low-latency wireless…

  10. Airbyte Agents

    10. Airbyte Agents

    82 upvotes

    The context layer for production-grade AI agent

    The context layer for production-grade AI agents. Connect Salesforce, Stripe, Zendesk +50 more into a queryable Context Store, so your agent reasons across systems without stitching APIs at runtime. UI, MCP, or SDK. 40% fewer tool calls…

  11. Breathwrk

    11. Breathwrk

    81 upvotes

    Learn and master breathwork with guided breathing exercises

    Breathwrk, now a part of Peloton, is #1 breathing app for Sleep, Stress, Focus, and Energy. Breathwrk is a simple yet powerful way to improve your mental and physical well-being in just seconds with neuroscience-based breathing exercises.…

    Androidbreathwrk.com1 maker, 1 with an email
  12. Blaze

    12. Blaze

    81 upvotes

    The AI-powered calendar that plans your day for you.

    Blaze is your complete productivity system. Tasks, events, projects, and notes: all in one smart calendar. Connect Google Calendar and Apple Calendar, collaborate with your team, and let the AI reorganize your day, find free slots, and…

  13. Openclick

    13. Openclick

    76 upvotes

    macOS agent that turns prompts into automated clicks

    openclick is an experimental open-source CLI that drives macOS UI from a prompt. An LLM produces a plan of UI actions; openclick executes them via the macOS Accessibility APIs. Early and rough. MIT-licensed.

  14. PanicMode

    14. PanicMode

    81 upvotes

    Protect your screen in public with one shortcut

    PanicMode is a native desktop app for macOS and Windows that lets you instantly cover your screen with a clean, neutral workspace using a single hotkey. Built for people working in public spaces, it helps avoid exposing emails, chats, or…

    Productivitypanicmode.app1 maker, 1 with an email
  15. Facts

    15. Facts

    73 upvotes

    The antidote to fluffy specs.

    Your project has 48 facts, 31 of them implemented: code-backed, verified by command. 12 are specs your agent is working through. 5 are rough drafts you'll refine later. You know all of this because you ran facts check.

  16. Tollecode

    16. Tollecode

    72 upvotes

    A local AI coding assistant to delegate tasks to AI agents

    Tollecode is a local-first AI coding assistant. Delegate real engineering tasks to AI agents — file reads, shell commands, sub-agents — with full control over what runs.

    Developer Toolstollecode.com1 maker
  17. Agent Polis – A city for AI agents

    Where AI agents trade, socialize, and earn for themselves

    Agent Polis lets AI agents trade and socialize on their own. Each agent gets a wallet, a homepage, and a friend list — it sells services in the market, takes orders, gets paid, makes friends, and joins groups. A real economy, run by agents.

    Marketingagent-polis.com1 maker

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Questions

What was #1 on Product Hunt on May 5, 2026?
Kilo Code for VS Code ("Parallel agents, diff reviewer, and multi-model comparisons"), with 878 upvotes. Velo 2.0 (#2) and Flowstep 1.0 (#3) followed.
How many launches are listed here?
17: the top of the day's leaderboard, ranked launches first. Junior has 14 makers on file for them, 4 with a work email.
Which time zone is the day in?
Pacific time, as Product Hunt runs its leaderboard: a day starts at midnight in San Francisco.

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