Track rising Hacker News posts before they explode
Discover rising Hacker News discussions before they explode. Built-in velocity tracking, pinned threads, OP alerts, instant translation and local-first privacy.
Hey everyone 👋
I built NODUS HN Radar because I kept missing important Hacker News discussions before they took off.
Most HN browsing tools focus on ranking or archives, but I wanted something more focused on signals:
rising posts
velocity changes
active discussions
OP activity
quick thread monitoring
The project is lightweight, local-first and works directly inside the browser.
It started as a small side experiment built in a day using parts of my existing NODUS ecosystem — but it quickly became surprisingly useful in my daily workflow.
Would love to know:
what signals you personally use on HN
which features would make this more useful for you
and what you think is missing from current HN discovery tools
Thanks for checking it out 🙌
About NODUS HN Radar on Product Hunt
“Track rising Hacker News posts before they explode”
NODUS HN Radar launched on Product Hunt on May 29th, 2026 and earned 77 upvotes and 9 comments, placing #22 on the daily leaderboard. Discover rising Hacker News discussions before they explode. Built-in velocity tracking, pinned threads, OP alerts, instant translation and local-first privacy.
On the analytics side, NODUS HN Radar competes within Browser Extensions, Chrome Extensions, Productivity and Developer Tools — topics that collectively have 1.2M followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how NODUS HN Radar performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted NODUS HN Radar?
NODUS HN Radar was hunted by M. M. Carvalho. 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 NODUS HN Radar including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.
M. M. Carvalho