The Alphabetical Clock
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.
HN · launched Mar 30, 2026 · 40 upvotes (top 18%) · 0 views
Niche: world clock and time tools · 50 launches, 8 in the last 7 days ▲ +33% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- B2C
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
Visit website ↗ Source listing ↗
More like this: all 50 launches in world clock and time tools →
Could you build this?
Yes A client-side clock that spells out the current time and arranges or animates SVG text along an alphabetical dial is pure frontend math, HTML, CSS, and vanilla JavaScript.
Discussion
20 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: clocks.brianmoore.com, triclock.franzai.com
Concerns raised: Second hand jerks visually when resetting from 60 to 0, Only 12-hour version, not 24-hour
Feature requests: Smooth animation for second hand reset/flip to zero, 24-hour version with all 86,400 possible times, German language version with different number sorting rules, Physical/IRL version of the clock
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 356 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #65 of 357 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 146 days after the earliest competitor.
- A Triangular Clock · hn · 2026-02-10 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.65
- The bedtime · hn · 2026-01-05 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- 500-clocks · github · 2026-10-18 · 13 upvotes · similarity 0.61
- Triclock · hn · 2026-02-11 · 68 upvotes · similarity 0.55
- Timekeepers · ph · 2026-11-07 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.54
- LinzinDeskClock · github · 2026-11-06 · 129 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- The notepad that thinks in numbers · hn · 2025-12-06 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- anuko-world-clock · github · 2026-11-10 · 102 upvotes · similarity 0.50
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.