Tools I use when launching on Product Hunt
There are products I keep using when launching on Product Hunt -- products that help me craft beautiful assets, plan content distribution, and analyze results.
Here's my personal collection. How about you? What's your stack?
Tools I use when launching on Product Hunt:
@Dub - Create short, memorable URLs, and track conversion.
@Typefully - Draft, schedule, and post content on socials.
@CleanShot - Pixel-perfect screenshots.
@Screen Studio - Beautiful screen recordings.
@Hunted Space - Monitor your launch day in real time.
What are yours?
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Product Hunt
Curious, what do you like about @Hunted Space over the native Product Hunt Launch Day dashboards? Anything we can build to make the hunter/maker launch day smoother?
Humans in the Loop
@mikekerzhner I use @Hunted Space in 2 ways:
Pre-launch, I look at the data from the past weeks to define when to launch
On launch day, during the first 4 hours, to bypass the homepage randomization
For the former, I'd find it helpful to have this data available on Product Hunt.
PageAI
@mikekerzhner @fmerian just reach out if we can do something on the Hunted Space side 😬
@mikekerzhner @fmerian Hey Flo, Hunted Space is good for sure, I used it when PH didn't have the native launch day analytics dashboard: https://www.producthunt.com/launch-insights/2026/1/12
Do you know you can bypass the homepage randomization even on Product Hunt using the launch archive page? Here's the link for new users reading this comment: https://www.producthunt.com/leaderboard/daily/2026/1/12
Humans in the Loop
@rohanrecommends TIL - thanks, Rohan!
Raycast
@mikekerzhner I use the Calendar view on Hunted Space as a kind of "heuristics view" to see the trends in number of products featured per day/upvote count thresholds/year-on-year engagement comparisons.
Curious, what do you recommend for building engaging featured images?
Humans in the Loop
@richardriley good q! I take product screenshots with @CleanShot and make them pixel-perfect using @Figma
Thanks for sharing your stack, I keep simple for launching, I use Chat GPT to restructure the text, Nano for generating the images, and google analytics from tracking the real traffic.
Humans in the Loop
Solid list, @fmerian! @Screen Studio and @Typefully is a must-have.
For my recent remote work guide, I kept it even simpler: Notion for the roadmap and Tally for feedback. I’ve found that for info-products, a low-friction stack helps the content shine.
I’d also add Loom it's the best way to add a personal touch to a launch!
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Just out of curiosity – any cool tool recommendation for beautiful smartphone recordings? Because many times I can see quite beautiful desktop videos/demos... but for smartphones it is not so easy. I will be launching soon some smartphone update and... it came to my mind that something like demo for smartphone app could be cool.
Humans in the Loop
oh good question! @pie6k may have some suggestions here?
Humans in the Loop
@hillarynjo thank you, likewise!
Great list! 💪🏻
Curious about the post-launch side, how do you usually track where traffic actually comes from after launch day? Sometimes the upvotes look great, but the real users come from unexpected places.
Do you rely more on UTM links or post-launch analytics tools? Curious what’s worked best for you after launch, if any.
Humans in the Loop
@npmitaart definitely @Dub! they have powerful analytics built-in. see: d.to/stats/try
GraphBit
One thing I’ve learned is that the “launch stack” matters less than how quickly you can observe and react. Tools that show what’s actually working in the first few hours, traffic sources, drop-off points, where curiosity turns into intent end up being more valuable than perfect assets. Launch day is less about polish and more about feedback speed.