A free desktop app that sits in your menu bar: — select services you depend on — check their status in your menu bar — get notified when they change their status
About Instatus Out on Product Hunt
“Monitor services in your menu bar”
Instatus Out launched on Product Hunt on February 22nd, 2021 and earned 226 upvotes and 29 comments, placing #8 on the daily leaderboard. A free desktop app that sits in your menu bar: — select services you depend on — check their status in your menu bar — get notified when they change their status
On the analytics side, Instatus Out competes within PC, Linux, Windows, Mac, Developer Tools, Menu Bar Apps, Tech and Maker Tools — topics that collectively have 1.3M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Instatus Out performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Instatus Out?
Instatus Out was hunted by Chris Messina. 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.
Chris Messina