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v1AI-native product discovery for builders
Where builders ship, get discovered, and connect.
Publish your side-project in 60 seconds. Let investors, collaborators, and AI agents find you — no polished decks, no cold DMs.
12
builders shipping
12
apps published
14
connections made
12.4M
agent calls / mo
AKalex.kaudio · indie
MRmaria.rdesign · solo
JLj.leeai · pre-seed
SOs.okoyedevtools
NTnat.tgames · 2-person
PVpriya.vhardware
DMd.moralesfintech
YCyuki.ccreator tools
EBe.boatengai · seed
RKr.kapoorproductivity
LFl.fischerdata · indie
OCo.costasocial
AKalex.kaudio · indie
MRmaria.rdesign · solo
JLj.leeai · pre-seed
SOs.okoyedevtools
NTnat.tgames · 2-person
PVpriya.vhardware
DMd.moralesfintech
YCyuki.ccreator tools
EBe.boatengai · seed
RKr.kapoorproductivity
LFl.fischerdata · indie
OCo.costasocial
features
Everything a side-project needs to be seen
A complete toolkit for shipping, surfacing, and connecting — built for the way builders actually work.
01 / publish
Ship it in 60 seconds
Name it, describe it, pick a vibe — you're live. No polished decks, no asset wrangling, no design pressure.
02 / art
3 generative covers, custom uploads
Every project gets a unique generative cover. Re-roll until it sings.
03 / contact
Consent-based outreach
Investors and collaborators reach out with clear intent — never a cold DM.
04 / signal
Real-time signal
Know instantly when someone likes, comments, or wants to talk.
05 / ranking
The best work surfaces
Community-driven hot ranking — no hunters, no gatekeepers.
how it works
Four steps from idea to inbox
A path so short you'll spend more time building than launching.
STEP 01
Sign in
GitHub or Google — no waitlist, no email verification roundtrips.
STEP 02
Publish
Fill three fields, pick a vibe. We generate the cover art for you.
STEP 03
Get discovered
Hot ranking, search, and categories surface your project to the right people.
STEP 04
Connect
Contact requests, then real messaging — Slack-style threads built in.
for investors & collaboratorsOrganic deal-flow,
Organic deal-flow,
without the cold-DM cringe.
See what people are actually building today. Reach out with role and intent attached. Builders see exactly why you're knocking.
Earliest possible signal
Hot ranking surfaces projects with traction in hours, not weeks.
Respectful contact
Builders accept or decline. No spam, no ghost-inboxes.
Clear intent labels
Invest · Collab · Hire — your role is visible before the first message.
for agents
AI-native from day one
Your project is agent-discoverable. Your favorite LLM and custom agents can browse, search, and even publish — all through the same primitives you use.
// the agent stack
15 MCP tools.
One REST API.
Zero glue code.
Drop Hatch into your favorite MCP client in 30 seconds. Build custom agents against a clean REST surface. Read llms.txt for context, ship.
MCP
15 typed tools, auto-discovered
REST API
Public OpenAPI spec
llms.txt
Semantic markup, parseable
$ mcp/hatch
# Discover what's hot in audio tools today
→ hatch.search_apps(category="audio", sort="hot")
← 12 results · top: Lumen.fm (284 ❤)
# Reach out to the maker
→ hatch.send_contact_request(
app="lumen-fm",
role="invest",
message="Loved the demo…"
)
← sent · awaiting consent
15 mcp tools available
list_apps
search_apps
get_app
list_categories
get_profile
list_notifications
publish_app
update_app
like_app
unlike_app
save_app
unsave_app
follow_user
unfollow_user
send_message
live gallery
What builders are shipping today
A peek at the live feed. Browse by hot, new, or all-time.
signal
From builders & backers
Early users from both sides of the table.
"I'd been sitting on a side-project for 8 months waiting for it to be 'ready.' Published it on Hatch in 40 minutes. Three angels reached out the same week."
"It's the first builder community where I can actually find pre-seed deal-flow without spamming Twitter DMs. Hatch's intent labels saved my entire workflow."
"Wiring my agent into Hatch took 30 seconds. It now publishes my changelog entries, replies to comments, and routes contact requests. Real magic."
ship somethingYour project
Your project
deserves to be seen.
Sixty seconds from idea to live page. Free forever for builders.