Cluely is easily detectable / detector source code
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HN · launched Jun 18, 2026 · 6 upvotes (top 69%) · 0 views
Niche: code and binary analysis tools · 118 launches, 4 in the last 7 days ▼ -56% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Compliance & governance
- Developer
- AI feature
- Hobby / open-source project
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Could you build this?
Yes A detection script or rule-based tool to check for the presence of a specific library (Cluely) is a simple script or client-side check easily written by an AI coding assistant.
Discussion
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Competitors mentioned: Interview Coder
Concerns raised: Easily detectable, GPT wrapper marketed as undetectable, Overhyped marketing claims
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 442 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #302 of 443 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 224 days after the earliest competitor.
- jev-belay · github · 2026-09-18 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Open-Source Greptile Alternative · hn · 2026-08-10 · 6 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- composimplex · github · 2026-09-28 · 16 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- Double-Sequence-Detector-Mealy-JKFF-Generator · github · 2026-11-07 · 20 upvotes · similarity 0.45
- detectorscope · github · 2026-10-24 · 199 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- ten-levels-of-jev · github · 2026-09-27 · 136 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- learn-mech-interp · github · 2026-10-31 · 26 upvotes · similarity 0.44
- Tracely-ai · github · 2026-10-11 · 817 upvotes · similarity 0.44
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