Resources
Playbooks and reference material for a great launch.
Ideas & Validation
How to get startup ideas — Paul Graham
The definitive essay on finding real problems worth building for.
Assets & Copy
fmerian/awesome-product-hunt
Community-maintained repo: the canonical launch kit fields, examples, and character limits.
Strategy
PH Launchpad — data & category intel
Free toolkit: category leaderboards, launch volume trends, "is PH worth it?" for your niche.
Strategy
How we got Product of the Day — Permit.io
First-person dev-tool launch retro: hunter choice, timing, social plan, what actually moved the needle.
Ideas & Validation
How to plan an MVP — Startup School
YC framework for scoping the smallest thing that proves the idea.
Ideas & Validation
How to build an MVP — Failory
Step-by-step MVP process with examples across industries.
Assets & Copy
Product Hunt Launch Kit — Unicorn Platform
The minimum-viable prep table: name, tagline, gallery, hunter, makers, first comment.
Assets & Copy
ProductHuntKit — Launchpedia (paid)
150+ taglines, 120+ thumbnails, 130+ descriptions from top-3 launches, filterable by category.
Assets & Copy
PH Launch KIT — NoChill Design (paid)
1300+ Figma templates for thumbnails, gallery images, and badges.
Product Hunt basics
Getting started on Product Hunt
Official PH help doc on accounts, launches, and rules.
Product Hunt basics
Product Hunt topics list
Browse the full list of tags to pick the right 1-3 for your launch.
Strategy
Product Hunt launch checklist — LaunchList
Deep phased checklist with resources per item. Inspiration for our own checklist.
Strategy
Product Hunt Launch Kit — MCP Market
Hour-by-hour launch day timeline, gallery specs, and hunter outreach templates.
Launch Day
Use /launch-day on your PH URL
Add /launch-day to your PH URL for a live dashboard to monitor and reply from on launch day.
Ideas & Validation
How to get startup ideas — 10 frameworks — Failory
Ten practical frameworks for finding ideas worth building.