Product Hunt launches on May 9, 2026

Ghost finished #1 with 350 upvotes, ahead of How AI-pilled are you? and Prism. Here are the day's 40 top launches with 2,408 upvotes between them, across 20 categories, Productivity the busiest with 9.

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  1. Ghost

    1. Ghost

    350 upvotes

    Open-source, self-hosted game servers

    Open-source dedicated game server platform. Spin up Minecraft, Valheim, Rust, Palworld, Enshrouded and Terraria on your own Hetzner Cloud account in seconds.

  2. How AI-pilled are you?

    Curious how AI-fluent your organization is?

    The P9 AI Fluency Index gives you an explainable grade in ~12 minutes, along with clear recommendations on how to reach the next level. Based on benchmarks from some of the most forward-thinking companies like Ramp, Fin, Shopify, Zapier…

  3. Prism

    3. Prism

    224 upvotes

    Hire the best candidates, not just the available

    Most recruiting agencies start with who they already know. Prism starts with who is actually best for the role. We search beyond existing networks, agency databases, and active job seekers to find high-fit candidates across the open…

    Artificial IntelligenceYC X26tryprism.com1 maker, 1 with an email
  4. Zappy by ZapDigits

    4. Zappy by ZapDigits

    191 upvotes

    Your AI reporting analyst

    Your clients don’t want dashboards. They want answers. Meet Zappy, the AI agent inside ZapDigits that turns marketing data into client-ready reports in seconds. Connect Google Analytics, Search Console, Google Business Profile, and more…

    Analyticszapdigits.ai1 maker
  5. Pop

    5. Pop

    134 upvotes

    Everyday messaging, voice first

    Pop makes voice notes first class in everyday messaging. Amazing transcripts, a magic editor to summarise or clean up, edit the audio of your notes by editing the transcript & more.

    Messaging1 maker
  6. BugDrop

    6. BugDrop

    113 upvotes

    In-app feedback that creates GitHub Issues with screenshots

    Free, open source website feedback widget. Users report bugs with screenshots and annotations; issues are created in GitHub automatically. One script tag, zero config, fully customizable to match any app.

    Open Sourcebugdrop.dev1 maker, 1 with an email
  7. nocal 4

    7. nocal 4

    121 upvotes

    The calendar that thinks like a workspace

    nocal is the calendar that thinks like a workspace. Every week becomes a project board where meetings, notes, and tasks live side by side. Be as sloppy as you want. Humans and work are sloppy. 4.0 brings nocal to Mac, Windows, iOS, and…

    Androidnocal.app1 maker, 1 with an email
  8. Codex in Chrome

    8. Codex in Chrome

    110 upvotes

    Let Codex navigate and automate tasks in your browser

    Codex in Chrome is an extension that lets the Codex app control your browser. It writes code to navigate websites, fill forms, and complete tasks in background tab groups using your active logins.

  9. MolmoAct 2

    9. MolmoAct 2

    99 upvotes

    Open robotics model that reasons in 3D before acting

    MolmoAct 2 is an open Action Reasoning Model that reasons in 3D before directing robot actions, handles bimanual tasks without per-task fine-tuning, and runs up to 37x faster than MolmoAct. For robotics researchers and ML engineers.

  10. ClawTick

    10. ClawTick

    94 upvotes

    Cron jobs for AI agents w/ one command, zero infrastructure

    ClawTick is a cloud scheduler built specifically for AI agents. Schedule LangChain, CrewAI, or webhook tasks with one CLI command. Get built-in monitoring, failure alerts, automatic retries, and execution logs — without managing servers…

    Productivityclawtick.com1 maker, 1 with an email
  11. Manuscripts.app

    11. Manuscripts.app

    87 upvotes

    For academics who have outgrown the spreadsheet tracker

    Manuscripts is a Mac app for academics who've outgrown the spreadsheet. Draft, submit, revise, and repeat. Most tools pretend to be project managers or reference managers. Manuscripts does one thing: it tracks where your papers are in the…

    Macmanuscripts-app.com1 maker
  12. Omi A11Y

    12. Omi A11Y

    87 upvotes

    Web Accessibility Scanner Extension

    Omi A11Y is a free Chrome extension that scans any webpage for WCAG 2.1 A and AA violations right in your browser. No sign-up, no build pipeline changes, just click the extension and instantly see what's broken, why it matters, and how to…

  13. Glowix

    13. Glowix

    83 upvotes

    Keep your Mac display awake exactly when you need it

    Your Mac goes to sleep mid-presentation. Mid-recipe. Mid-video call. Every. Single. Time. Glowix prevents your display from sleeping whenever you need it to stay on. No digging through System Settings, no moving the mouse every 2 minutes.…

    Mac1 maker
  14. Nylas CLI

    14. Nylas CLI

    83 upvotes

    Email, calendar, and contacts for AI agents

    Nylas CLI gives AI agents a real email account, working calendar, and contact across Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, and IMAP through one auth flow

    Email1 maker
  15. Staff.rip

    15. Staff.rip

    97 upvotes

    Describe a code change in plain language and ship it

    Use AI anywhere in your codebase — frontend, backend, microservices, infra. Hosted or self-hosted, your call. Open it to your team and your clients without giving up control.

    Software Engineeringstaff.rip1 maker, 1 with an email
  16. GoldenRetriever.ai Public Beta

    Search for stuff that's not in the transcripts

    Search for stuff that's not in the transcripts! Your videos, recordings and documents are full of moments you can't find. GoldenRetriever.ai runs on your Mac and searches folders by what's shown as well as transcribed. Ask a question…

    Productivitygoldenretriever.ai1 maker, 1 with an email
  17. Clean

    17. Clean

    51 upvotes

    The first self-improving IDE that learns how your team codes

    Clean handles everything around your code. QA, prompting, orchestration, querying, all in one app, all faster than doing it yourself.

    Developer Toolsclean.dev1 maker, 1 with an email
  18. Article Banner Generator

    Free OG Image & Blog Cover Generator

    Create stunning article banners and blog cover images in seconds. Free online OG image generator with custom gradients, patterns, and typography. No design skills needed.

  19. Agent-Ready Docs Benchmark

    Score any docs site for AI-agent usability

    Run a public benchmark on any docs site and see whether AI agents can discover, parse, and trust the docs well enough to use the product.

    API1 maker
  20. Ralv Alpha

    20. Ralv Alpha

    13 upvotes

    3D interface for orchestrating AI agents

    Ralv is the command center for AI agents. A spatial interface where you manage dozens of agents working in parallel, just like in a real-time strategy game.

    Mac1 maker
  21. OpenExp

    21. OpenExp

    16 upvotes

    Save, reuse, share AI agent runs that worked

    Your AI helped you ship — turn that run into a reusable pack. 3 Claude skills cover the full flow: pack-author records prompts, decisions, outcomes; pack-pii-check scrubs client identity for safe sharing; pack-use replays the pack on a…

    Open Sourceopenexp.ai1 maker, 1 with an email
  22. ShowStencil

    22. ShowStencil

    6 upvotes

    Know exactly why your competitors are growing faster

    Most YouTube creators watch competitors blow up and have no idea why. ShowStencil fixes that. It tracks your competitors, finds content gaps, generates video ideas, creates AI thumbnails, and gives you clear insights — all in one place.…

    Developer Toolsshowstencil.com1 maker, 1 with an email
  23. Wine Assembly

    23. Wine Assembly

    10 upvotes

    Run Windows apps securely in browser using WebAssembly

    x86 Windows 98 PE interpreter in WebAssembly. Runs real Win32 executables in the browser.

    Windows1 maker
  24. SlideSource Teleprompter

    Read scripts while recording on any app

    SlideSource is a premium teleprompter app for Android. Record professional videos with smooth scrolling scripts, 360° Rotation, camera overlay, and more.

    Android1 maker
  25. MindHub

    25. MindHub

    6 upvotes

    Social AI Workspace

    MindHub is a social AI platform that combines a personal knowledge base, a 2D mind-map canvas for AI conversations, and a marketplace of user-validated articles, agents, and prompts all in one place, essentially the validation layer for…

  26. AgentBase

    26. AgentBase

    5 upvotes

    Make code review fun again.

    Today, PR review means juggling tabs, hunting for context, and rubber-stamping because you're already three PRs behind. AgentBase fixes that — one calm workspace, author intent pinned to every diff, and a little green sapling named Sprig…

  27. Warrant

    27. Warrant

    3 upvotes

    the signed PDF every AI Act operator owes their regulator

    Warrant turns an AI agent's execution trace into a signed evidence PDF in 60 seconds. Per-action obligations mapped to EU AI Act Article 12, FCA Consumer Duty, NYDFS Part 500 and RBI FREE-AI. Ed25519 signed. Anchored to a Bitcoin block.…

    SaaS1 maker
  28. TaskVille.co

    28. TaskVille.co

    3 upvotes

    AI employees in a virtual office. They do real work.

    TaskVille is a gamified virtual office where solopreneurs hire AI agents that autonomously execute real business tasks. Agents draft emails, publish to Instagram, create documents, generate images and videos, manage calendars, and search…

    Productivitytaskville.co1 maker, 1 with an email
  29. Cipherra

    29. Cipherra

    4 upvotes

    Infrastructure for Continuous Evals of AI Agents

    Run agent eval suites at scale. Bring any model, harness, environment or directly import your harbor test suite. All this hosted on our infra; auto-scaled, fast and reliable. Get actionable diagnostic reports, not just a score. Built for…

  30. Gymtr.ee

    30. Gymtr.ee

    3 upvotes

    The link-in-bio platform for gym creators

    Gymtr.ee is a fitness-focused link-in-bio platform built for gym creators, athletes, and coaches. Instead of using generic bio pages, users can create profiles designed around fitness and share their PRs, workout splits, coaching pages…

    Social Mediagymtr.ee1 maker, 1 with an email
  31. Zendo

    31. Zendo

    1 upvotes

    Feature-rich Flutter task manager for daily productivity.

    A beautifully designed, feature-rich task management application built with Flutter. Zendo helps you organize your daily goals and tasks with an intuitive interface and powerful features for productivity.

  32. Cartly: Grocery List App

    A smarter grocery list for faster shopping

    Cartly is a clean grocery list app built for real store trips. Add items fast, organize them automatically, share live lists with someone else, import ingredients from recipe URLs, and use beta aisle lookup at supported US retailers.…

    iOS1 maker
  33. SEODoc

    33. SEODoc

    2 upvotes

    SEO audit with real-time scoring, fix roadmap and PDF export

    Run a free, detailed SEO audit on any website. Analyze technical SEO, on-page elements, page speed, security headers, structured data, content quality and more.

    Analyticsseodoc.io1 maker, 1 with an email
  34. Folio Dark Muse

    34. Folio Dark Muse

    3 upvotes

    A local-first writing IDE for books

    Folio is a desktop writing IDE for novelists and solo book writers. Organize parts and Markdown chapters, track draft/revised/final status, keep a codex for characters and lore, scan TODOs, restore snapshots, and export MD, TXT, DOCX, or…

    Productivityfolio-dark-muse.com1 maker
  35. Grateful Panda: Gratitude App

    A gratitude practice with a panda who grows with you.

    A gentle gratitude app that helps you build a daily practice through guided rituals, private journaling, affirmations, and vision boards. A simple daily flow designed to make gratitude easier to practice and easier to return to. In just a…

    Androidgratefulpanda.app1 maker, 1 with an email
  36. What do I say?

    36. What do I say?

    3 upvotes

    Kill draft anxiety. Get 3 human replies in your own voice.

    Built in 24 hours for the Replit Buildathon, 'What Do I Say?' is the micro-agent that kills draft anxiety. Paste a message, pick your tone (Witty, Firm, Kind, etc.), and get 3 human-sounding replies in under 60 seconds. Unlike generic…

  37. BetweenUS: Relationship Advice

    AI-powered relationship insights that help conversation heal

    BetweenUs helps people understand the emotional patterns hidden inside difficult conversations. Paste a chat and the app detects escalation moments, repair attempts, emotional flow, and suggests calmer replies. Unlike traditional AI chat…

    Productivitybetweenus.xyz1 maker
  38. Morph

    38. Morph

    4 upvotes

    Merging Reading and Listening into one seamless experience.

    Morph combines audio and text into one seamless reading experience allowing you to switch to your life's needs. Read, listen, or do both at the same time - Increasing your reading speed, focus, memory and comprehension. Works with EPUBs…

    ProductivityYC S231 maker
  39. LearnByDoing

    39. LearnByDoing

    4 upvotes

    Screen-watching AI that guides you through any workflow

    LearnByDoing watches your screen and guides you through any software task in real time. It has three modes. Step-By-Step Mode walks you through click by click inside your actual app. Coach Mode watches silently and nudges you when you get…

    Education1 maker
  40. Baynoy

    40. Baynoy

    4 upvotes

    AI DevOps for your own cloud servers

    Baynoy lets you manage your own AWS, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Contabo, IONOS, or VPS servers like Railway. Deploy apps, stream logs, monitor servers, manage databases, receive alerts, and let AI explain deploy errors, security risks…

    SaaS1 maker

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Questions

What was #1 on Product Hunt on May 9, 2026?
Ghost ("Open-source, self-hosted game servers"), with 350 upvotes. How AI-pilled are you? (#2) and Prism (#3) followed.
How many launches are listed here?
40: the top of the day's leaderboard, ranked launches first. Junior has 39 makers on file for them, 13 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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