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Tools whose own sites were most discussed on Hacker News in the last 12 months. This is attention, not quality, and not usage growth.

1. 1D

   DeepSeek

   Writing & AI tools · latest 13 Aug 2026 · 2,817 comments in 4 Hacker News threads

   • DeepSeek v4
   • DeepSeek makes the V4 Pro price discount permanent
   2,817
2. 2

   ChatGPT

   Writing & AI tools · latest 1 Oct 2026 · 1,299 comments in 3 Hacker News threads

   • Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation about the Jacobian Conjecture counterexample
   • Sites in ChatGPT
   1,299
3. 3M

   Midjourney

   Image tools · latest 18 Jun 2026 · 883 comments in 2 Hacker News threads

   • Midjourney Medical
   • Midjourney Full Body Ultrasonic CT Scanner
   883
4. 4

   DaVinci Resolve

   Video tools · latest 8 Sept 2026 · 792 comments in 3 Hacker News threads

   • DaVinci Resolve – Photo
   • DaVinci Resolve 21
   792
5. 5

   HuggingChat

   Writing & AI tools · latest 27 Jul 2026 · 544 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

   • Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace
   544
6. 6

   GPTZero

   Writing & AI tools · latest 22 Jan 2026 · 507 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

   • GPTZero finds 100 new hallucinations in NeurIPS 2025 accepted papers
   507
7. 7

   Salesforce

   Business & finance tools · latest 16 Sept 2026 · 425 comments in 2 Hacker News threads

   • Salesforce to Acquire Fin (formerly Intercom) for $3.6B
   • Salesforce Global Outage
   425
8. 8

   Cal.com

   Business & finance tools · latest 15 Apr 2026 · 317 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

   • Cal.com is going closed source
   317
9. 9

   Bitwarden

   Security & privacy tools · latest 10 Oct 2026 · 311 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

   • Bitwarden Dual License Model
   311
10. 10

    Tailscale

    Security & privacy tools · latest 2 Apr 2026 · 310 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Tailscale's new macOS home
    310
11. 11

    Character.AI

    Writing & AI tools · latest 13 Oct 2026 · 296 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Character.ai has initiated voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy
    296
12. 12

    Session

    Security & privacy tools · latest 9 Apr 2026 · 181 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Session is shutting down in 90 days
    181
13. 13

    Paint.NET

    Image tools · latest 2 Sept 2026 · 179 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Paint.net 5.2 alpha now runs on Linux
    179
14. 14

    Perplexity

    Writing & AI tools · latest 11 Mar 2026 · 173 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Personal Computer by Perplexity
    173
15. 15

    Kdenlive

    Video tools · latest 18 Apr 2026 · 152 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • State of Kdenlive
    152
16. 16

    OpenShot

    Video tools · latest 31 Aug 2026 · 140 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • OpenShot 4.0 – Open-source video editor
    140
17. 17

    Project Euler

    Education tools · latest 12 Nov 2025 · 134 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Project Euler
    134
18. 18

    Mullvad

    Security & privacy tools · latest 19 Dec 2025 · 131 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • GotaTun – Mullvad's WireGuard Implementation in Rust
    131
19. 19

    AudioMass

    Audio tools · latest 24 May 2026 · 120 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Show HN: Audiomass – a free, open-source multitrack audio editor for the web
    120
20. 20

    Mixpanel

    SEO & marketing tools · latest 27 Nov 2025 · 113 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Mixpanel Security Breach
    113
21. 21

    Have I Been Pwned

    Security & privacy tools · latest 27 Jan 2026 · 110 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • SoundCloud Data Breach Now on HaveIBeenPwned
    110
22. 22

    Coursera

    Education tools · latest 12 May 2026 · 90 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Coursera and Udemy are now one company
    90
23. 23

    Healthchecks.io

    Developer tools · latest 17 Apr 2026 · 79 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • Healthchecks.io now uses self-hosted object storage
    79
24. 24

    OBS Studio

    Video tools · latest 17 Dec 2025 · 77 comments in 1 Hacker News thread

    • OBS Studio Gets a New Renderer
    77