Daily Launch Index: January 7, 2026.

On January 7, 2026, I recorded 100 new product launches. This report provides a breakdown of what was built, how it was named, and the technology used to launch it.

This data helps you understand current market trends and see what competitors or fellow builders are working on right now. Use this index to find inspiration or to study successful launch strategies.

01 AM (8 projects shared)

• InfiniTime 1.16 "Starfruit" — https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime/releases/tag/1.16.0
• 156M orders/SEC matching engine in C++20 (Zero-Allocation) — https://github.com/PIYUSH-KUMAR1809/order-matching-engine
• Programming is not coding: The cognitive cost of LLM generation — https://github.com/oliveigah/misc-text/blob/main/Impact%20of%20LLM%20code%20generation%20on%20programming.md
• Confy, a nice config manager for nearly all x86 systems — https://github.com/Phluxjr23/confy
• MirrorMate: Self-hosted personalized AI in a mirror — https://github.com/orangekame3/mirrormate
• Paper2md – convert papers to Markdown to be used for LLM context — https://github.com/angelotc/paper2md
• Beautiful Terminal Calendar — https://github.com/rtvkiz/cal
• SMTP Tunnel – A SOCKS5 proxy disguised as email traffic to bypass DPI — https://github.com/x011/smtp-tunnel-proxy

04 AM (3 projects shared)

• Benchmarking Postgres for FTS with TOASTed JSONBs and GINs Against Elasticsearch — https://github.com/inevolin/Postgres-FTS-TOASTed-vs-ElasticSearch
• I built an open-sourced TypeScript SDK for Google NotebookLM — https://github.com/photon-hq/notebooklm-kit
• Shex – Natural language CLI assistant that executes commands — https://github.com/YUHAI0/shex

05 AM (3 projects shared)

• VLang 0.5 Released — https://github.com/vlang/v/releases/tag/0.5
• Library for HTML interaction using voice agent — https://github.com/rajnandan1/atticus
• Proposal: Extract the Parser of TypeScript Native into a Standalone Go Module — https://github.com/microsoft/typescript-go/discussions/2442

06 AM (2 projects shared)

• JSONBench, a Benchmark for Data Analytics on JSON — https://github.com/ClickHouse/JSONBench
• Semantica – Open-source semantic layer and GraphRAG framework — https://github.com/Hawksight-AI/semantica

07 AM (2 projects shared)

• Modern C++ Programming Course — https://github.com/federico-busato/Modern-CPP-Programming
• Shellock, a real-time CLI flag explainer for fish shell — https://github.com/ibehnam/shellock

08 AM (2 projects shared)

• Claude Code Skill for Deep Code Reviews — https://github.com/turingmindai/turingmind-code-review
• Visualizing LLM Model Collapse at Gen 20 — https://github.com/mhh1430hacker/Ainex-Limit-Experiment

09 AM (5 projects shared)

• Daily News Aggregator and Reader — https://github.com/lucianmarin/news
• Pake – Turn any webpage into a Tauri-based desktop app — https://github.com/tw93/Pake
• A RAM-only, end-to-end encrypted P2P terminal chat in Python — https://github.com/diorwave/cmd-chat
• Making Tool Calling 75% More Efficient via Code — https://github.com/zeke-john/codecall
• Claude Code HUD for VS Code — https://github.com/stelcart/cc-hud

10 AM (4 projects shared)

• Continuous AI on Your Terminal — https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli
• Server-rendered multiplayer game with proximity chat and LLM NPC — https://github.com/skorotkiewicz/proximity-explorer
• Httpz – Zero-Allocation HTTP/1.1 Parser for OxCaml — https://github.com/avsm/httpz
• Htmx: High Power Tools for HTML — https://github.com/bigskysoftware/htmx

11 AM (7 projects shared)

• Code Recap – Generate year-in-review reports from your Git history — https://github.com/NRB-Tech/code-recap
• IMAP Tunnel Proxy a SOCKS5 Proxy Tunneling TCP over IMAP to Bypass DPI — https://github.com/x011/imap-tunnel-proxy
• An open-source AI researcher that generates reports with 3D animations — https://github.com/precious112/prism_ai
• C-from-scratch: Learn to build safety-critical systems in C — https://github.com/williamofai/c-from-scratch
• Vojtux – Unofficial Linux Distribution Aimed at Visually Impaired Users — https://github.com/vojtapolasek/vojtux
• Bmg.js – Type-Safe Relational Algebra for TypeScript/JavaScript — https://github.com/enspirit/bmg.js
• Unified multimodal memory framework, without embeddings — https://github.com/NevaMind-AI/memU

01 PM (6 projects shared)

• Sorting a billion of integers in 7.6 seconds — https://github.com/egorsmkv/wavesort-c
• Open-sourcing autonomous agent teams for Claude Code — https://github.com/covibes/zeroshot
• EvalView – Catch agent regressions before you ship (pytest for agents) — https://github.com/hidai25/eval-view
• Metabase-Impact – Find which Metabase questions break before you deploy — https://github.com/yukipeters/metabase-impact
• Madsim: Deterministic Simulator for Distributed Systems in Rust — https://github.com/madsim-rs/madsim
• Put Greenland on the Moon (interactive map for size compare) — https://github.com/ObservedObserver/world-map-reality

02 PM (11 projects shared)

• Hi, JAX: An introduction to vanilla JAX for deep learning research — https://github.com/matomatical/hijax
• RepoReaper – AST-aware, JIT-loading code audit agent (Python/AsyncIO) — https://github.com/tzzp1224/RepoReaper
• VSCode-Proto3 Extension Taken Over — https://github.com/zxh0/vscode-proto3/issues/184
• Deep learning without gradient descent, 500 layers, no skip connections — https://github.com/xolod7/polyharmonic-cascade
• Kprotect – eBPF-based file protection using process lineage — https://github.com/khoinp1012/kprotect
• A better way to learn prompt engineering — https://github.com/solomonshalom/PromptEngineer
• Smart Commit – an AI-assisted Git commit workflow that stays in the CLI — https://github.com/vicc/smart-commit
• Aiocop: Non-intrusive monitoring for Python asyncio event loop blocks — https://github.com/Feverup/aiocop
• "Hey Siri" but with MCP Calls — https://github.com/clippy-oss/homie
• Anthropic silently rewriting Claude punctuation output in API — https://github.com/firasd/vibesbench/blob/main/docs/2026/A/the-curious-case-claudes-quotes.md
• Deterministic file retention CLI for backups and archives — https://github.com/tkn777/retentions

03 PM (3 projects shared)

• KektorDB – Lightweight, Embeddable Vector+Graph Database Written in Go — https://github.com/sanonone/kektordb
• Pull, Replay or Inspect any webhook event — https://github.com/mehdigmira/basehook
• Tylax – A bidirectional LaTeX to Typst converter in Rust — https://github.com/scipenai/tylax

04 PM (3 projects shared)

• Add a 'hairline' border-width value — https://github.com/w3c/csswg-drafts/issues/3720
• Loki Mode hit 99.67% SWE-Bench – MAF built a SaaS overnight — https://github.com/asklokesh/claudeskill-loki-mode
• Voxtype: Voice-to-text with push-to-talk for Wayland compositors — https://github.com/peteonrails/voxtype

05 PM (13 projects shared)

• ElevenPage Reader – Chrome Extension to read your page with ElevenLabs — https://github.com/aedrax/ElevenPage-Reader
• Casdoor: Open-Source Identity and Access Management (IAM) / Single-Sign-On (SSO) — https://github.com/casdoor/casdoor
• Opik Optimizer – open-source agents for self-improving LLM applications — https://github.com/comet-ml/opik/tree/main/sdks/opik_optimizer
• A stateless distributed demo using erasure instead of history — https://github.com/ObliviousCompute/ObliviousCompute
• Arbor – A graph-native code indexer in Rust for LLM context (MCP) — https://github.com/Anandb71/arbor
• RAG Architectures AI Builders Should Understand — https://github.com/neurondb/neurondb/blob/main/blog/rag-architectures-ai-builders-should-understand.md
• Ansible battle tested hardening for Linux, SSH, Nginx, MySQL — https://github.com/dev-sec/ansible-collection-hardening
• CILens – CI/CD Pipeline Analytics for GitLab — https://github.com/dsalaza4/cilens
• An interactive Formula 1 race viz and data analysis tool built with Python — https://github.com/IAmTomShaw/f1-race-replay
• FailWatch – A fail-closed circuit breaker for AI agents — https://github.com/Ludwig1827/FailWatch
• Tin, Git for agentic coding conversations — https://github.com/dadlerj/tin
• ZK-auctions – experimenting with zero-knowledge sealed-bid auctions — https://github.com/ndrwnaguib/zk-auctions
• Supercomputer and Better LLM (TinyLM) and Verified Media Generator and Ya — https://github.com/jaredlewiswechs/Newton-api/blob/main/docs/HELLO_WORLD.md

06 PM (6 projects shared)

• Triton Extensions: a framework for developing and building compiler extensions — https://github.com/triton-lang/triton-ext
• OpenCore Legacy Patcher – Experience macOS just like before — https://github.com/dortania/OpenCore-Legacy-Patcher
• Claude Opus 4.5 disappears suddenly from GitHub Copilot — https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/181266
• KyubiSweep – Fast, local secret scanner written in Go (visual reports) — https://github.com/tanmayshahane/kyubisweep
• NotepadNext – Cross-platform reimplementation of Notepad++ — https://github.com/dail8859/NotepadNext
• AbleMouse AI. Nose-point cursor. Screen-size independent — https://github.com/aradzhabov/AbleMouse

07 PM (2 projects shared)

• Codex reads files outside working directory without my permission — https://github.com/openai/codex/issues/5237
• Basic AI agent that auto-generates B2B sales follow-ups — https://github.com/sneurgaonkar/sales-followup-agent

08 PM (6 projects shared)

• Claude Code CLI Broken — https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/16673
• LLM-First Personal Knowledge Management — https://github.com/joel-solymosi
• Earino/DesigningCourse Materials for Designing Analytics Projects — https://github.com/earino/designing-analytics-projects
• A set of Idiomatic prod-grade katas for experienced devs transitioning to Go — https://github.com/MedUnes/go-kata
• bikemap.nyc – visualization of the entire history of Citi Bike — https://github.com/freeman-jiang/bikemap.nyc
• Grammar of Graphics CLI tool made in Rust — https://github.com/williamcotton/gramgraph

09 PM (4 projects shared)

• PAlignPrims – C++ library for sequence alignment beyond bioinformatics — https://github.com/offbynull/palignprims
• Search your past ChatGPT, Claude and perplexity chats with context — https://github.com/siv-io/Index-AI-Chat-Search
• Flatagents: State machine orchestration with stateless LLM agents — https://github.com/memgrafter/flatagents
• AgentOS – Self-hosted web UI for managing multiple Claude Code sessions — https://github.com/saadnvd1/agent-os

10 PM (2 projects shared)

• Teenygrad — https://github.com/tinygrad/teenygrad
• Applied Mathematics Notebooks Repository:Collection of Google Colab Notebooks — https://github.com/GirolamoOddo/AppliedMath_Notebooks

11 PM (8 projects shared)

• Install agent skills from many sources using one command — https://github.com/xlab/agent-skills-project
• I made Python library for composition-first AI programming — https://github.com/prostomarkeloff/funcai
• I made Python library for high-order combinators (retry, timeout, etc.) — https://github.com/prostomarkeloff/combinators.py
• Nanochat Miniseries v1 — https://github.com/karpathy/nanochat/discussions/420
• Claude-Code v2.1.0 — https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/commit/870624fc1581a70590e382f263e2972b3f1e56f5
• SonicJS – Open-Source Headless CMS for Cloudflare Workers — https://github.com/lane711/sonicjs
• Simboba: Evals for your AI product in under 5 mins — https://github.com/ntkris/simboba
• Tiny, types-first schema validation for TypeScript — https://github.com/easrng/schema