Daily Launch Index: February 16, 2026.

On February 16, 2026, I recorded 124 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.

03 AM (9 projects shared)

• Katipo is a minimal alternative internet with a Vulkan based browser — https://github.com/mjdave/katipo
• OpenSlimedit – Cut AI coding token usage by 21-45% with zero config — https://github.com/ASidorenkoCode/openslimedit
• A NEW Windows‑native SSH agent — https://github.com/Sanmilie/PKCS11SSHAgent
• Talk2Code – Text your codebase from your phone (~150 lines of Python) — https://github.com/dchisholm125/Talk2Code
• Ls-f a fast, zero-dependency ls with Nerd Font icons (Rust rewrite) — https://github.com/swadhinbiswas/ls-f
• MultiWA - Open-source self-hosted WhatsApp API Gateway — https://github.com/ribato22/MultiWA
• Self-hosted alternative to Goodreads. Own your reading data — https://github.com/raghavan/BookSync
• I made the first iMessage API that can change chat background — https://github.com/photon-hq/advanced-imessage-kit/blob/main/examples/background-set.ts
• Crabify, a Spotify TUI — https://github.com/eiiot/crabify

05 AM (5 projects shared)

• OpenReview MCP server with Cursor integration — https://github.com/anyakors/openreview-mcp-server
• Jsiphon – Streaming JSON parser with delta tracking and ambiguity trees — https://github.com/webtoon-today/jsiphon
• Evolved x86 AVX-512 kernels for NF4 LLM inference — https://github.com/Anuar81/genesis-kernel
• Wapuubot, an open source AI agent in your WordPress admin — https://github.com/MattPearce/wapuubot
• ContextSubstrate – Capture, diff, replay AI agent runs (Git agent work) — https://github.com/scalefirstai/ContextSubstrate

06 AM (1 projects shared)

• SafeClaw – a way to manage multiple Claude Code instances in containers — https://github.com/ykdojo/safeclaw

07 AM (6 projects shared)

• Gulama – Security-first open-source AI agent (OpenClaw alternative) — https://github.com/san-techie21/gulama-bot
• Open API for AI agents to search 29k+ declassified docs — https://github.com/SpdVpr/DeclassFileAgents
• AgenticMail – Email, SMS, and multi-agent coordination for AI agents — https://github.com/agenticmail/agenticmail
• Tanin – TUI Noise Generator — https://github.com/AnonMiraj/Tanin
• LLM AuthZ Audit – find auth gaps and prompt injection in LLM apps — https://github.com/aiauthz/llm-authz-audit
• Varnish HTTP Cache: The last usable commit on GitHub — https://github.com/varnishcache/varnish-cache/releases/tag/last

08 AM (4 projects shared)

• MLX-Ruby – Ruby Bindings for Apple's MLX ML Framework — https://github.com/skryl/mlx-ruby
• LockFS is a flexible file-by-file encryption for secure storage — https://github.com/ghost-in-a-jar-00/LockFS
• picol: A Tcl interpreter in 500 lines of code — https://github.com/antirez/picol
• Haloy — https://github.com/haloydev/haloy

09 AM (7 projects shared)

• OpenClaw – An OS for AI agents that do work — https://github.com/mupengi-bot/mupengism
• Fluxer: Free, open source instant messaging and VoIP platform — https://github.com/fluxerapp/fluxer
• CasNum — https://github.com/0x0mer/CasNum
• Argus – AI code review that doesn't grade its own homework — https://github.com/Meru143/argus
• StudyWithMiku: Open-source AI study assistant — https://github.com/zkzkGamal/StudyWithFriend
• DoScript – DSL for file automation with natural language syntax — https://github.com/TheServer-lab/DoScript
• A isometric city builder in JavaScript — https://github.com/victorqribeiro/isocity

10 AM (6 projects shared)

• Brood – an open-source, promptless canvas for image mutation (macOS) — https://github.com/kevinshowkat/brood
• MessageFormat: Unicode standard for localizable message strings — https://github.com/unicode-org/message-format-wg
• Live Translation with Voxtral Mini Realtime and DeepL — https://github.com/alxlion/voxtral-live-translation
• Qwen3.5 — https://github.com/QwenLM/Qwen3.5
• CodeSlick Security Scanner Is Now Live on the GitHub Marketplace — https://github.com/marketplace/codeslick-security-scanner
• Smart Project Management with Jira MCP API — https://github.com/ts-ign0re/jira-mcp-api

11 AM (4 projects shared)

• Claude Relay – Web UI for Claude Code, zero install, push notifications — https://github.com/chadbyte/claude-relay
• VPS-Harden, an Idempotent Bash Script to Harden Ubuntu VPS – OpenClaw — https://github.com/ranjith-src/vps-harden
• Memoh - Multi-Member, Structured Long-Memory, Containerized AI Agent System — https://github.com/memohai/Memoh
• TaskForge – OpenClaw in contained permission based platform — https://github.com/romanklis/openclaw-contained

12 PM (5 projects shared)

• An AI CVE scanner that adjusts CVSS scores based on actual code usage — https://github.com/IzzyMaroder/contextual-cve-engine
• Npx check-AI – check your repo for AI-readiness — https://github.com/f/check-ai
• Hardware TOTP authenticator with 8-layer security architecture (ESP32) — https://github.com/makepkg/SecureGen
• planckforth: Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary — https://github.com/nineties/planckforth
• DStack, a lightweight Docker Compose stack manager — https://github.com/KyanJeuring/dstack

01 PM (6 projects shared)

• A DataFrame Library Which Runs on GPUs, Accelerators and More — https://github.com/ronfriedhaber/autark/blob/main/extra/notebooks/data_gov_ev_analysis_1.ipynb
• SnkvDB – Single-header ACID KV store using SQLite's B-Tree engine — https://github.com/hash-anu/snkv
• ChromaPrint – Small rust lib for styled terminal printing — https://github.com/brysonbw/chroma-print
• InitRunner – YAML to AI Agent with RAG, Memory, and an API — https://github.com/vladkesler/initrunner
• Switch Codex accounts without leaving the terminal — https://github.com/oli799/codex-router
• A collection of drop-in sections for Shopify development — https://github.com/bilalnaseer/shopify-sections

02 PM (6 projects shared)

• AI aerospace engineering skills for Claude Code (open source) — https://github.com/devideamax/aerospace-team
• 3sessions – A menu bar timer that counts down your free/work time — https://github.com/tednguyendev/3sessions
• Claude Battery – usage at a glance. A minimalist macOS menu bar widget — https://github.com/Reebz/claude-battery
• DBSafe: Pre-execution safety analysis for MySQL DDL/DML operations — https://github.com/nethalo/dbsafe
• Someone from MIT built feature complete version of OpenClaw in C++ — https://github.com/itsrealranky/ghostclaw
• Write native binary web apps with TypeScript and Express — https://github.com/tsoniclang/express

03 PM (7 projects shared)

• API authentication assumes the caller decides – agents break that — https://github.com/theaniketgiri/aip
• Clean: High Performance Prompt Injection Detection and Mitigation — https://github.com/sibyllinesoft/clean
• Maths, CS and AI Compendium — https://github.com/HenryNdubuaku/maths-cs-ai-compendium
• A joystick for your LLM/Agent — https://github.com/Jitera-Labs/prompt_mixer.exe
• OpenPath: A public plan for humanity and AI coexistence — https://github.com/ai-openpath/openpath
• Unflutter – a static analyzer for Flutter/Dart AOT — https://github.com/zboralski/unflutter
• Agent-history project-wide full-text search for Codex/Claude logs — https://github.com/ttizze/agent-history

04 PM (4 projects shared)

• YOPJ – Local AI coding agent with 8-layer security sandbox (no cloud) — https://github.com/WayneCider/YourOwnPersonalJean-Luc
• Failure Intelligence for AI Systems — https://github.com/prateekdevisingh/kakveda
• Shielded x402 – private agent transactions — https://github.com/nhestrompia/shielded-x402
• MCP server that gives AI agents real interactive terminal sessions — https://github.com/amol21p/mcp-interactive-terminal

05 PM (13 projects shared)

• GrowthClaw: Marketing workflows for OpenClaw with evaluation gates — https://github.com/mrrkrieg/growthos
• Comfy Pilot – MCP server that lets Claude Code edit ComfyUI workflows — https://github.com/ConstantineB6/comfy-pilot
• Hackable Skinny Clawdbot for Telegram — https://github.com/vseplet/smith
• An beautiful webpage I made — https://github.com/adityaprasad-sudo/ExploreSingapore
• Dropin replacement datum-diff available for the deep-diff JavaScript library — https://github.com/therohk/datum-merge/blob/main/src/diff-lib/README.md
• ACP – An extensible documentation-first development methodology — https://github.com/prmichaelsen/agent-context-protocol
• SecureClaw – Open-Source Security Layer for OpenClaw Agents — https://github.com/adversa-ai/secureclaw
• [Android]Nabu 0.5.4 – supporting Soprano TTS and local LLM HTTP server — https://github.com/mewmix/nabu/releases/tag/0.5.4_Fix
• Add bookmarks / table of contents to PDFs in browser — https://github.com/anig1scur/tocify
• Deploy a DuckLake data lakehouse on Hetzner for under €10/mo — https://github.com/berndsen-io/ducklake-hetzner
• Math-spec-driven LLM skill for complex system specs — https://github.com/Ben8t/math-spec-driven-skill
• Synrix local-first memory engine (O(k) retrieval, no vectors, no cloud) — https://github.com/RYJOX-Technologies/Synrix-Memory-Engine
• AgenC – an agentic work factory focused on self-upgrading — https://github.com/mieubrisse/agenc

06 PM (7 projects shared)

• Fat-P: 745K-line C++20 library written by AI — https://github.com/schroedermatthew/FatP
• Pi, written in Rust — https://github.com/HourSense/picrust
• Memory Plugin for Claude Code — https://github.com/zilliztech/memsearch/tree/main/ccplugin
• Foxhole – Firefox sidebar where Claude remembers how sites work — https://github.com/DrBenedictPorkins/foxhole-claude
• MacMule – EMule for MacOsx — https://github.com/mderouet/macMule
• SBoM Diff and Analysis — https://github.com/rezmoss/sbomlyze
• Hardware-signed photos with C2PA on mobile — https://github.com/RoloBits/attestation-photo-mobile

07 PM (9 projects shared)

• SL(1): Cure your bad habit of mistyping — https://github.com/mtoyoda/sl
• 9x MobileNet V2 size reduction with Quantization aware training — https://github.com/dakshjain-1616/Quantisation-Awareness-training-by-NEO
• Linear plugin for OpenClaw (with managed/ordered queue) — https://github.com/stepandel/openclaw-linear
• AgentDocks – open-source GUI for AI agents that work on your real codebase — https://github.com/LoFiTerminal/AgentDocks
• Vercel-labs/portless: Replace port numbers with stable, named .localhost URLs — https://github.com/vercel-labs/portless
• Fff.nvim – the first ever typo resistant code search — https://github.com/dmtrKovalenko/fff.nvim
• Dewdrops – Turn your Git repo into a single Markdown file for LLMs — https://github.com/MedUnes/dewdrops
• NadirClaw – Open-source LLM router with 10ms classification — https://github.com/doramirdor/NadirClaw
• RunbookAI – Stop scrolling dashboards at 3 a.m., let AI investigate — https://github.com/Runbook-Agent/RunbookAI

08 PM (11 projects shared)

• Vulkan Easy => Reactor (Like React-App) — https://github.com/AndreeSalazar/REACTOR-Framework-for-Vulkan-
• Peon Training feature piggybacks on AI coding session — https://github.com/PeonPing/peon-ping
• Governor: Extensible CLI for security-auditing AI-generated applications — https://github.com/ulsc/governor
• PicoGPT v2 – GPT in <40 lines of vanilla JS running from a QR code — https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/picogpt
• RuneScapeCN (open source) – UI kit with authentic OSRS styling — https://github.com/alns0dev/runescapecn
• SafeClaw – Sleep-by-default AI assistant with runtime tool permissions — https://github.com/rawalrahul/safeclaw
• I built a multi-agent Think Tank that calls out my bad decisions — https://github.com/dharmarajatulya1-hub/agent-think-tank
• Telescope now queries Kubernetes logs directly — https://github.com/iamtelescope/telescope/releases/tag/v0.0.24
• ViewLint – Lint UI, Not Code — https://github.com/EvanZhouDev/viewlint
• First public patch for Unreal Tournament 2004 in over 20 years — https://github.com/OldUnreal/UT2004Patches/releases
• Vanilla Light – Full Stack Web Framework — https://github.com/beachdevs/vanilla-light

09 PM (7 projects shared)

• Free Alternative to Wispr Flow, Superwhisper, and Monologue — https://github.com/zachlatta/freeflow
• Twsla – A tiny, high-speed log analyzer written in Go — https://github.com/twsnmp/twsla
• Scrappy – Open-source browser scraper written in Go — https://github.com/sunergos-ro/scrappy
• Dutch Government Claude Plugins — https://github.com/MinBZK/overheid-claude-plugins
• Software licensing and my opposition to copyleft — https://github.com/BurntSushi/notes/blob/fae52f03a655c1294226482d4ddd70c55cf62af3/2020-10-29_licensing-and-copyleft.md
• I Language — https://github.com/IbrahimHindawi/I
• ClawWork: OpenClaw as Your AI Coworker — https://github.com/HKUDS/ClawWork

10 PM (2 projects shared)

• Nightshift: Use your leftover CC/Codex tokens overnight for maintenance PRs — https://github.com/marcus/nightshift
• ZIT: Zooplankton Image Tool for 2d rendering of biological locomotion — https://github.com/juleshenry/zooplankton-image-tool

11 PM (5 projects shared)

• Route every OpenClaw request to the cheapest Claude model that can handle it — https://github.com/iblai/iblai-openclaw-router
• An attempt to make MicroVMs more accessible (SmolVM – Python SDK) — https://github.com/CelestoAI/SmolVM
• SIMD-accelerated, zero allocation CSV library in Zig — https://github.com/peymanmortazavi/csv-zero
• QemuClaw – Put the claw in an aquarium (beta) — https://github.com/NewJerseyStyle/QemuClaw
• Boxofrocks – Sandboxed Agentic-AI Friendly Simple GH Issues Extension — https://github.com/jmaddaus/boxofrocks