Eyes-follow cursor widget for playful UI feedback
Get picks like this daily. Today's launch numbers, the top launches, AI and tech news, and a daily opportunity pick, straight to your inbox.
Want to reach these readers? Sponsor an issue.
Just shipped a tiny “eyes follow your cursor” widget with a live playground so you can noodle around. The hosted embed has a paid tier for production apps, but the demo is open—looking for ideas on fun interactions or motion tweaks.
HN · launched Nov 10, 2025 · 7 upvotes (top 62%) · 0 views
Niche: ui components and design tools · 168 launches, 10 in the last 7 days ▼ -23% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
Visit website ↗ Source listing ↗
More like this: all 168 launches in ui components and design tools →
Could you build this?
Yes This is a lightweight client-side JavaScript/SVG widget calculating mouse coordinates and rotating SVG eye elements with basic trigonometry.
Discussion
4 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Slow load times, unclear if using compression, Subscription model for widget seems excessive, Paid tier pricing model questionable
Feature requests: Motion tweaks and adjustments, Additional framework support
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 78 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #47 of 78 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Looks like the first mover among its competitors.
- Mouse Stalker Generator · ph · 2026-11-12 · 3 upvotes · similarity 0.53
- Cursor Glass · ph · 2026-09-27 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Lume: Motion Cursor · ph · 2026-10-03 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Gander · ph · 2026-11-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.41
- Apple-Watch-Cursor · github · 2026-10-29 · 36 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- Cursor Teleporter 2 · ph · 2026-10-16 · 11 upvotes · similarity 0.40
- Wink AI · ph · 2026-10-08 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.39
- cursorcam · github · 2026-10-09 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.39
The niche, labels, vibe code rating and competitor comparison on this page are analysis by Nicheloom. If you use them, please credit nicheloom.com. How you may use our data.