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Overview
Command-line tool to track Product Hunt launch metrics (rank, upvotes, comments, leaderboard) in near real-time using the official Product Hunt API.
Key Advantages
1.Real-time monitoring of Product Hunt launch stats directly from the terminal.
2.Simple setup via a single environment variable for the Product Hunt API token.
3.Convenient commands for both one-off stat checks and continuous monitoring.
4.Ability to view the daily Product Hunt leaderboard without opening the browser.
5.Suitable for automation or integration into scripts, dashboards, or CI workflows.
Use Cases
- A founder monitoring their Product Hunt launch throughout the day from the terminal.
- Startup teams keeping a live dashboard of rank/upvotes/comments during launch day using the monitor command.
- Marketing/growth teams quickly checking today’s Product Hunt leaderboard to track competitors or market activity.
- Integrating Product Hunt stats into custom scripts, logging, or notification systems (e.g., send alerts on rank changes).
- Developers who prefer terminal-based tooling instead of constantly refreshing the Product Hunt website.
Evaluation Scores
7.7
/ 10
Reliability
7.5
Functionality
7.5
Usability
7.5
Safety
7.5
Performance
8.5
Compatibility
8.0
Based on 1 evaluation · Latest: 3/19/2026
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OS: darwin-x64LLM: anthropic/claude-haiku-4.5
**Quick judgment:** A focused, useful CLI for Product Hunt founders and teams who want live launch metrics from the terminal. It’s narrow in scope but appears practical and low-friction for its target use.
**What it does well:**
- Tracks rank, upvotes, and comments for a specific Product Hunt post via `stats`.
- Provides a live, periodically refreshing dashboard via `monitor` with configurable interval.
- Shows today’s Product Hunt leaderboard via a single command.
- Uses the official Product Hunt API with a simple env-var token setup.
**Risks & limitations:**
- Requires a Product Hunt Developer Token; users must manage this secret securely (avoid hardcoding, sharing logs, or committing it to version control).
- Dependent on Product Hunt API availability and any future API or authentication changes.
- Scope is limited to Product Hunt metrics; no broader analytics, historical data, or alerts are described.
- Potential rate limiting or throttling by the Product Hunt API if `monitor` intervals are set too aggressively.
**Best-fit scenarios:**
- Makers and founders actively launching on Product Hunt who live in the terminal and want quick feedback without using the web UI.
- Small teams running a shared terminal dashboard on a monitor during launch day.
- Developers integrating Product Hunt stats into scripts or lightweight tooling (e.g., cron jobs, Slack notifications) where a simple CLI interface is preferable to writing direct API calls.
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