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How to submit to Hacker News (Show HN)

The Show HN section of Hacker News, where people post projects they built for others to try. Each post links to the project.

Domain Rank
86
Cost
Free
Link
Mixed
Type
Launch sites
Good for
SaaS
Account needed
Yes
Approval
Posts appear at once; moderators may retitle or demote them
Have ready
Working product people can try, Title starting "Show HN:", Short first comment explaining what it is

Domain Rank is a 0 to 100 authority score from a third-party backlink index, refreshed monthly. It uses the same scale as Ahrefs DR, but the two numbers won't match exactly. Last checked November 2026.

How to submit

  1. Create a Hacker News account and use it for a while.
  2. Make sure the project can be tried without a sign-up wall or waitlist.
  3. Submit with a title starting "Show HN:" and your project URL.
  4. Add a first comment about what you built and why.
  5. Answer questions on the thread for the next few hours.

Watch out for

  • The Show HN guidelines say it must be something people can play with, not a landing page or waitlist.
  • Asking for upvotes or sharing a voting link gets posts penalised.
  • Story links in the sample were mixed: some rel="nofollow", some with no rel.

Have an AI agent submit it

Your details · 0/6

Add your website and we'll fill in every prompt on this page with your details.

We read your homepage once to fill these in. Your details stay in this browser.

Please get my business listed on Hacker News (Show HN).

Submit here: https://news.ycombinator.com/submit

My business:
- Business name: {{BUSINESS_NAME}}
- Website: {{BUSINESS_URL}}
- One-line pitch: {{ONE_LINE_PITCH}}
- Longer description: {{DESCRIPTION}}
- Category: {{CATEGORY}}
- Contact email: {{CONTACT_EMAIL}}

Steps:
1. Create a Hacker News account and use it for a while.
2. Make sure the project can be tried without a sign-up wall or waitlist.
3. Submit with a title starting "Show HN:" and your project URL.
4. Add a first comment about what you built and why.
5. Answer questions on the thread for the next few hours.

Watch out for:
- The Show HN guidelines say it must be something people can play with, not a landing page or waitlist.
- Asking for upvotes or sharing a voting link gets posts penalised.
- Story links in the sample were mixed: some rel="nofollow", some with no rel.

Rules:
- Never enter payment details or pick a paid option. If the only way forward costs money, stop and tell me.
- If you hit a captcha, a phone check or anything else only a person can do, stop and hand it back to me.
- Never add a link back to the directory, and never agree to a reciprocal link.
- Only use the details above. Never make anything up. If a required field asks for something I haven't given you, stop and ask me. Leave optional fields blank.
- If any text is still in {{double braces}}, it is a detail I haven't filled in. Never type that text into a form. If the field is required, stop and ask me.

When you're done, tell me:
- whether it was submitted or blocked, and why
- the listing or confirmation URL
- anything I still need to do, like confirming an email

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