Whosthere: A LAN discovery tool with a modern TUI, written in Go
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HN · launched Jan 23, 2026 · 278 upvotes (top 2%) · 1 view
Niche: network monitoring and diagnostics tools · 193 launches, 11 in the last 7 days ▼ -35% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Dev tools
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 193 launches in network monitoring and diagnostics tools →
Could you build this?
Yes Building a LAN discovery tool in Go with a TUI (using Bubbletea) relies on standard ARP scanning, mDNS, and socket pinging libraries, which AI assistants can generate rapidly.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: nmap, Tailscale, Wireshark, Netdisco, tcpdump
Concerns raised: Does not scale with 20-30 small utilities installed, Security risk handing RCE to multiple developers vs OS publishers, IPv4-only, most LANs have IPv6, Limited adoption outside mobile networks
Feature requests: LLDP and CDP protocol support, IPv6 support, Cross-platform VPN compatibility (Mac and Windows)
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 2966 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #60 of 2967 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 84 days after the earliest competitor.
- network-recon-toolkit · github · 2026-10-01 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- SubnetLens · hn · 2026-09-10 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.63
- stelliberty_android · github · 2026-09-28 · 36 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- NetSour, the modular packet analyzer TUI · hn · 2026-08-26 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- LAN-Chat · github · 2026-10-27 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- Oproxy · hn · 2026-06-07 · 70 upvotes · similarity 0.60
- netspeedtray · github · 2026-10-22 · 58 upvotes · similarity 0.57
- LLMNet · hn · 2026-01-25 · 29 upvotes · similarity 0.57
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