From Product Hunt
Hardware, AI workflows, and Mac utilities leading today's picks.
BizCard — E-ink NFC Business Card
Tap to share your profile without pulling out phones. E-ink display shows live profile, AI captures meeting notes. Hardware for human-first networking.
Giselle — Open Source AI Workflow Builder
Visual node editor to design and run AI workflows. Mix OpenAI, Anthropic, Google in one canvas. Real-time tracking, GitHub AI ops. Apache 2.0, self-hostable.
Time — Time Zones in Your Menu Bar
Native SwiftUI app for managing global time zones. Time Scroller previews 24h ahead, day/night visualization, one-click Zoom/Meet/Teams join. One-time purchase, privacy-first.
Dropstone — Recursive Swarm AI IDE
AI coding IDE deploying 10,000 scout agents to explore solution paths. D3 Engine for 24+ hour context retention. VS Code compatible, MCP + Claude Code integration.
ExtraBar — Menu Bar Command Center
Deep links to Zoom, Slack, VS Code, Figma. Run shell scripts, trigger Shortcuts. 36+ app presets, full keyboard control. Inline or floating bar modes.
InstallKit — Mac Setup in Minutes
Ninite for Mac. Select apps, generate one Homebrew command. Search 10,000+ formulae/casks. Perfect for new Mac setup or system restore.
NotebookLM Tools — Chrome Extension
Adds missing features to NotebookLM: multi-language support, bulk source operations, notebook dashboard with search/filters, batch imports.
Molmo 2 — SOTA Video Understanding VLM
AI2's open-weights video VLM. 8B/4B/7B variants. Precise pixel coordinates and timestamps. Outperforms Gemini 3 Pro on tracking. Trained on 1/8th the data of Meta's PerceptionLM.
Alpie Core — 4-bit Reasoning Model
32B model running on 16-24GB VRAM. 81% MMLU, 93% GSM8K, 58% SWE-Bench. Built on DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-32B. 65K context, Apache 2.0, OpenAI-compatible.
From Reddit
Major news: Claude Code's creator ships 100% AI-written code, Meta acquires Manus, and Korean tech giants release open models.
Boris Cherny (Claude Code creator) reports 30 days without opening an IDE. 497 commits, 40k lines added/removed — all by Claude Code + Opus 4.5.
Uses "Stop hooks" to run Claude for hours or days continuously. Demonstrates the AI-writing-AI feedback loop is now production-ready at Anthropic.
Softbank Funds $40 Billion Investment in OpenAI
Softbank has fully funded the massive investment round. Huge capital injection for OpenAI's continued scaling efforts.
Meta Acquires Manus
The AI agent company that went viral earlier this year joins Meta. Known for agentic AI capabilities and autonomous task execution.
Zhipu AI (Z.ai) Files for Hong Kong IPO
First LLM company to go public globally, ahead of OpenAI and Anthropic. Jan 8, 2026 listing at $6.7B valuation. GLM-4.7 leads open-source coding benchmarks.
5 Korean LLMs Released by Tech Giants
SKT A.X K1 (519B-A33B), LG K-EXAONE (236B), Naver HyperCLOVA X SEED, Upstage Solar Open 102B. Major push from Korean companies into open-weight models.
Research — new training approaches.
Meta: Training AI Co-Scientists with Rubric Rewards
Extract research rubrics from papers, use them for RL training. Self-grading Qwen3-30B improves research plan quality.
From Reddit
Quiet day for GenAI. ComfyUI news and workflow tools.
ComfyUI Repository Moving to Comfy-Org
Official move from @comfyanonymous to the Comfy-Org organization by Jan 6. Redirects automatic. Project growing into formal organization structure.
ComfyUI-SAM3DBody: Multi-Person Support
Meta's SAM 3D Body wrapper updated with multi-person detection and depth-based size correction.
From Reddit
Self-hosted workflows, CLI tools, and Mac utilities.
Self-Hosted Essentials Discussion
Community shares must-have tools. Top picks: Vaultwarden (passwords), Dozzle (container logs), Homepage (dashboard). Great discovery thread for self-hosted solutions.
Komodo + Forgejo + Renovate: Automated Docker Updates
Elegant GitOps workflow for home servers. Renovate creates PRs for image updates, merge to auto-redeploy. Email notifications when updates available.
isle.chat — Discord-Style Chat Over SSH
Self-hosted chat with Bubble Tea TUI. Persistent messages, account-based. Try it live: ssh user@isle.chat. IRC-like but modern.
Voquill — Open Source AI Dictation
Free cross-platform voice-to-text tool. Desktop app for dictation input. Alternative to MacWhisper and similar tools.
Quick hits — tools and utilities.
QuakeNotch 2.1.1 — Quake Terminal for Mac
Dropdown terminal with on-device AI. Zero energy when hidden, lives in the notch. 50% off launch.
Frigate + Kodi Integration
Kodi addon displays Frigate camera feeds when motion detected. Bridges NVR and media center.
Cartero — Self-Hosted Content Aggregator
Aggregate content from various sources, distribute to Discord, RSS, or other targets.
DevConsole — Gamified Task Tracker
Open-source task management with retro terminal UI. XP, levels, achievements for developers.