Developers wait on AI all day. That wait is an ad slot. One network, three doors. If you code: install the VS Code, Cursor or Chrome extension. A native ad while the model thinks. You keep 70%. We don't read your prompts. If you sell a developer tool: you show up in the IDE and the browser, targeted by the stack they actually use (React, Python, AWS). Pay €200, get €400 this week. If you shipped a chat app: npm i @idlen/chat-sdk. Three lines. Ads optional. No key, no ads. You keep 70%.
I got tired of ads that pretend developers hang out on LinkedIn. They hang out in the editor, in the browser tab waiting on Claude, or in the chat app someone shipped last month.
Idlen is one network, three doors.
1. You code: VS Code / Cursor / Chrome extension. Ads while the model thinks. You keep 70%. Prompts stay on your machine.
2. You sell a tool: you buy that slot. Targeting is the real stack, not a persona. Pay €200, get €400 this week.
3. You built a ChatGPT-style app: npm i @idlen/chat-sdk. Three lines. Ads off until you put a key in.
Video is 50 seconds, one pass per door.
If you try it, tell me which door and what broke. I'll be in the comments today.
idlen.io
About Idlen on Product Hunt
“Earn while you work with AI in any IDE or browser”
Idlen launched on Product Hunt on September 15th, 2026 and earned 92 upvotes and 10 comments, placing #17 on the daily leaderboard. Developers wait on AI all day. That wait is an ad slot. One network, three doors. If you code: install the VS Code, Cursor or Chrome extension. A native ad while the model thinks. You keep 70%. We don't read your prompts. If you sell a developer tool: you show up in the IDE and the browser, targeted by the stack they actually use (React, Python, AWS). Pay €200, get €400 this week. If you shipped a chat app: npm i @idlen/chat-sdk. Three lines. Ads optional. No key, no ads. You keep 70%.
On the analytics side, Idlen competes within Chrome Extensions, Advertising, Developer Tools and Artificial Intelligence — topics that collectively have 1.1M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Idlen performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Idlen?
Idlen was hunted by Paul. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Idlen including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
Paul
Maker here.
I got tired of ads that pretend developers hang out on LinkedIn. They hang out in the editor, in the browser tab waiting on Claude, or in the chat app someone shipped last month.
Idlen is one network, three doors.
1. You code: VS Code / Cursor / Chrome extension. Ads while the model thinks. You keep 70%. Prompts stay on your machine.
2. You sell a tool: you buy that slot. Targeting is the real stack, not a persona. Pay €200, get €400 this week.
3. You built a ChatGPT-style app: npm i @idlen/chat-sdk. Three lines. Ads off until you put a key in.
Video is 50 seconds, one pass per door.
If you try it, tell me which door and what broke. I'll be in the comments today.
idlen.io