From Product Hunt
A backend platform built for AI agents, NVIDIA’s open-source conversational AI, a native macOS GUI for Claude Code, and developer tools for webhooks and mock APIs.
Base44 Backend — Build Full-Stack Apps with AI Agents
Backend platform optimized for AI coding agents like Claude Code and Cursor. Handles auth, DB, storage, payments, and email out of the box. Agents can scaffold entire apps without manual config. Free tier available.
NVIDIA PersonaPlex — Open-Source Conversational AI with Custom Voices
Build conversational AI characters with customizable personas and voices. Runs locally with NVIDIA GPUs. Fully open-source with real-time voice synthesis, emotion detection, and memory. Apache 2.0 license.
Agent Bar — Native macOS Menu Bar GUI for Claude Code
SwiftUI menu bar app that wraps Claude Code with a polished native UI. No Electron. Keyboard-first design with full terminal integration, session management, and quick access from the menu bar.
Meteorite — Keyboard-First Menu Bar Notetaker
Capture thoughts instantly from the menu bar with a global hotkey. Built with Tauri + Rust for native performance. Markdown support, local storage, instant search. One-time purchase $7.99—no subscription.
MockAPI Dog — Instant Mock REST & LLM Streaming APIs
Spin up mock REST endpoints and LLM streaming APIs in seconds. No account required. Supports SSE streaming, custom response delays, and OpenAI-compatible endpoints for testing AI integrations. Free.
HookWatch — Webhook, Cron, WebSocket & MCP Monitoring
Monitor webhooks, cron jobs, WebSockets, and MCP connections from one dashboard. Get instant alerts on failures. Built for developers who need visibility into async integrations.
From Reddit
Massive day. Alibaba drops Qwen 3.5 on Lunar New Year’s Eve—a 397B MoE rivaling GPT-5.2 under an Apache 2.0 license. Meanwhile, the Pentagon-Anthropic feud escalates to threats of “supply chain risk” designation.
Alibaba released Qwen 3.5-397B-A17B on Lunar New Year’s Eve—a 397B MoE model with only 17B active parameters. Benchmarks put it on par with GPT-5.2, Claude Opus 4.5, and Gemini 3 Pro across coding (83.6 LiveCodeBench), math (91.3 AIME26), and reasoning tasks.
Open-weight under Apache 2.0. Runs on consumer hardware at the 17B active parameter size. The open-source community now has a frontier-class model to run locally.
Update: Pentagon Threatens to Designate Anthropic as “Supply Chain Risk”
Following yesterday’s coverage of Claude’s use in the Maduro operation, Axios reports Defense Secretary Hegseth is now threatening to designate Anthropic as a “supply chain risk” over safety guardrails disputes. The $200M contract hangs in the balance. Significant escalation of the AI-military standoff.
Allonic Raises $7.2M to Weave Robots Instead of Assembling Them
Hungarian startup Allonic raised a record $7.2M pre-seed for biomimetic humanoid robots built with “3D Tissue Braiding”—weaving fiber threads into structural layers instead of traditional assembly. Claims robots will be lighter, more flexible, and cheaper to manufacture at scale.
Quick hits — hardware leaks, AI philosophy, and small model breakthroughs.
OpenAI “Pods” Hardware Leak
An OpenAI engineer accidentally shared a screenshot showing “OpenAI Pods” as a Bluetooth device name. First hint at OpenAI building consumer hardware.
Mustafa Suleyman Pushes Back on Superintelligence Hype
Microsoft’s AI CEO argues the industry is overhyping superintelligence timelines. Says practical AI deployment matters more than racing to AGI.
FunctionGemma 270M — Tiny Model, 90%+ Tool Calling Accuracy
Fine-tuned 270M model jumps from 10–39% to 90–97% accuracy on multi-turn tool calling. Proof that specialized small models can match large ones on narrow tasks.
From Reddit
Claude Code meets ComfyUI with a new MCP integration, a desktop asset manager for generations, and ByteDance faces legal heat over Seedance training data.
Comfy Pilot — Claude Code + ComfyUI via MCP
MCP server that lets Claude Code directly control ComfyUI. Includes embedded terminal, workflow management, and node manipulation. Generate and iterate on images through conversation. 368 upvotes on r/comfyui.
AI Toolbox — Desktop Asset Manager for AI Generations
Organize, tag, and browse your Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI outputs in a dedicated desktop app. Reads generation metadata, supports batch operations, and works with local folders. Open-source.
Disney & Paramount Send Legal Threats Over Seedance 2.0
Deadline reports Disney and Paramount issued legal threats to ByteDance after Seedance 2.0 generated near-identical reproductions of copyrighted characters and scenes. First major legal action against a video generation model over training data.
From Reddit
A local-first macOS AI assistant, Rosetta 2 deprecation warning, self-hosted medical records, and a comprehensive Discord alternatives list.
SAM — Native macOS AI Assistant, Local-First & Open-Source
Local-first AI assistant built natively for macOS. Runs models on-device, supports multiple providers as fallback. Open-source, designed for privacy. Menu bar integration with keyboard shortcuts.
Comprehensive Discord Alternatives List
Curated comparison of Discord alternatives including self-hosted options like Revolt, Spacebar, and Guilded. Covers features, privacy, hosting requirements, and community size. 792 upvotes on r/selfhosted.
MediKeep — Self-Hosted Personal Medical Records
Store and organize your medical records, lab results, prescriptions, and doctor visits. Docker deployment, clean UI, export capabilities. Keep your health data under your control. 89 upvotes on r/selfhosted.
Quick hits — macOS utilities and self-hosted tools.
PSA: macOS 26.4 Officially Deprecates Rosetta 2
Apple has formally deprecated Rosetta 2 in macOS 26.4. Time to audit your Intel-only apps before they stop working.
OpenDak — Open-Source DAKboard Alternative
Self-hosted digital dashboard for calendars, weather, photos, and widgets. Runs on a Raspberry Pi or any browser. Free alternative to DAKboard.
Trace — System Data Inspector & Uninstaller for macOS
Native macOS app that inspects what’s taking up “System Data” space and helps clean it. Also works as an app uninstaller.
MacMenuBar — Directory of 1,300+ macOS Menu Bar Apps
Curated directory of over 1,300 menu bar apps for macOS, organized by category with recent additions highlighted.