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HN · launched Feb 17, 2026 · 11 upvotes (top 43%) · 0 views
Niche: team and live chat software · 81 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▲ +14% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Communication
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 81 launches in team and live chat software →
Could you build this?
Yes A web-based modern IRC/Discord chat client can easily be built with standard WebSocket libraries, Supabase/Firebase, or a simple backend framework.
Discussion
2 comments analyzed.
Concerns raised: Lack of information on landing page about features, Unclear if open source
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 2277 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #929 of 2278 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 110 days after the earliest competitor.
- discord-server-raider · github · 2026-11-02 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- discord-server-cloner · github · 2026-11-02 · 33 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- discord-server-raider-installer · github · 2026-11-04 · 138 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- discord-server-raider · github · 2026-11-04 · 139 upvotes · similarity 0.64
- discord-server-cloner · github · 2026-11-04 · 137 upvotes · similarity 0.62
- Serein · github · 2026-09-09 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- calab · github · 2026-09-26 · 15 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- valenced-community-plugins · github · 2026-10-24 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.59
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