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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- 17launches
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- 14makers on file
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The leaderboard

1. Kilo Code for VS Code
878 upvotesParallel 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
566 upvotesInstantly 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.…
Productivity1 maker
3. Flowstep 1.0
321 upvotesAI 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…

4. Ghostwriter
209 upvotesWrite 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.
Productivity1 maker
5. PaceBar
131 upvotesA 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.

6. Intuned Agent
132 upvotesProduction 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…
Productivity1 maker
7. Dina
109 upvotesFrom 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…

8. Unity AI
97 upvotesAI 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…
Artificial Intelligenceunityai.co
9. Steam Controller
89 upvotesGame 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
82 upvotesThe 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…
Productivity1 maker
11. Breathwrk
81 upvotesLearn 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.…

12. Blaze
81 upvotesThe 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…
Productivity1 maker
13. Openclick
76 upvotesmacOS 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.
Open Source1 maker
14. PanicMode
81 upvotesProtect 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…

15. Facts
73 upvotesThe 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.
Developer Tools1 maker
16. Tollecode
72 upvotesA 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.

17. Agent Polis – A city for AI agents
2 upvotesWhere 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.
This day's categories
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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