Shackle AI
AI-enforced focus that roasts you publicly when distracted
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Tired of focus apps you can bypass the moment work gets hard? Shackle AI locks you in. On-device computer vision and window-hook telemetry track your focus in real time. Look away, grab your phone, or go off-task, and brutal AI voice callouts roast you. Three strikes and your infractions hit the global “Hall of Frauds” leaderboard while distracting apps get locked out. Built on FastAPI with regional pricing, and privacy-first: facial frames never leave your machine. Lock in, or get roasted.
PH · launched Nov 3, 2026 · 2 upvotes (top 19%) · 0 views
Niche: distraction and screen time blockers · 257 launches, 30 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Agent / copilot
- B2C
- AI-native
- Commercial product
- Productivity
- Time Tracking
- GitHub
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Could you build this?
Yes A desktop focus app built from off-the-shelf pose or face detection, OS window-focus hooks, and text-to-speech is a well-trodden integration task for a solo builder.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 180 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #37 of 181 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 252 days after the earliest competitor.
- Lock In-Out · ph · 2026-11-07 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.48
- Locked In AI · ph · 2026-09-22 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- FocusPhone · ph · 2026-09-21 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- LockIn AI · ph · 2026-10-20 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.46
- Cooked focus lock · ph · 2026-09-24 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Focusel · ph · 2026-10-16 · 2 upvotes · similarity 0.43
- Focus Lock · ph · 2026-11-02 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.42
- Unmissed AI: Call Reminder App · ph · 2026-11-10 · 1 upvotes · similarity 0.40
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