---
url: "https://auraplusplus.com/projects/launchdog"
markdown: "https://auraplusplus.com/projects/launchdog.md"
website: "https://launchdog.dev"
tier: "premium"
status: "ongoing"
upvotes: 0
launched: "2026-11-02"
categories: "Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence, Platforms"
platforms: "web, api"
tags: "Ruby on Rails, Hotwire, Tailwind CSS, MCP"
pricing: "freemium"
pricing_label: "Freemium — free tier with paid upgrades"
pricing_details: "Free launches can be booked from 7 days out with the Launchdog badge on your site. A paid launch skips the queue. Every launch gets a permanent product page."
maker: "Devin Starks"
created: "2026-11-01"
updated: "2026-11-02"
---

# Launchdog

> Launchdog is a weekly product launch board, and a Product Hunt alternative, built for makers who work with AI coding agents.

## About Launchdog

Launchdog is a weekly product launch board, and a Product Hunt alternative, built for makers who work with AI coding agents. Instead of filling in another long launch form on every directory, you connect Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or ChatGPT to Launchdog over MCP and ask your agent to launch. It reads your site, drafts the listing, picks an open launch week and books it. You review the draft and you're done.

## How it works

Getting started takes one command:

```
claude mcp add --scope user --transport http launchdog https://launchdog.dev/mcp
```

Then ask your agent to launch your product on Launchdog. The MCP server exposes a small set of tools: whoami, update_product, list_launch_weeks, schedule_launch and get_badge_snippet. Your agent can check who it is signed in as, update your product details, see which weeks still have open spots, schedule the launch and grab the badge code for your site. For other agents and crawlers there is also a public MCP endpoint, an llms.txt file and a JSON feed of launches.

## Ranking

Each week has 50 launch spots. Launches are ranked only by votes from real, signed-in people, so the board rewards products that makers actually want to use rather than whoever brings the biggest audience.

## Pricing

Free launches can be booked from 7 days out when you add the Launchdog badge to your site. A paid launch skips the queue. Every launch gets a permanent product page.

## Who it's for

Indie hackers, solo founders and small teams who already build with AI agents and would rather launch from the same place they ship code.

## Overview

### Who is it for?

Indie hackers, solo founders and small teams who already build with AI agents and would rather launch from the same place they ship code.

### What is it?

Launchdog is a weekly product launch board, and a Product Hunt alternative, built for makers who work with AI coding agents

### How is it priced?

Free launches can be booked from 7 days out when you add the Launchdog badge to your site. A paid launch skips the queue. Every launch gets a permanent product page.

### How does it compare?

Launchdog focuses on launchdog is a weekly product launch board, and a product hunt alternative, built for makers who work with ai coding.... Other developer tools tools may emphasize different workflows, integrations, or pricing models. Compare freemium — free tier with paid upgrades, supported platforms (web, api), and whether the product fits your specific use case before choosing.

## Platforms

- web
- api

## Tech stack

- Ruby on Rails
- Hotwire
- Tailwind CSS
- MCP

## Categories

- Developer Tools
- Artificial Intelligence
- Platforms

## Compare & launch resources

- [More Developer Tools tools](https://auraplusplus.com/categories?category=developer-tools)
- [Compare launch platforms](https://auraplusplus.com/alternatives)
- [Product Hunt alternative](https://auraplusplus.com/alternatives/product-hunt)

## Screenshots

- Screenshot 1: https://txmhk1zrnc.ufs.sh/f/xSkWTCqmKWx9OBPIbToKIa721XeYDqdAk50ThsHNwmQz9Bvu
- Screenshot 2: https://txmhk1zrnc.ufs.sh/f/xSkWTCqmKWx9jRECoVtidRsrXVUxhqfPy6SO13N7nDHuBg5L

## Links

- Listing: https://auraplusplus.com/projects/launchdog
- AI-friendly Markdown: https://auraplusplus.com/projects/launchdog.md
- Website: https://launchdog.dev

## Explore

- [More in Developer Tools](https://auraplusplus.com/categories?category=Developer%20Tools)
- [All launches](https://auraplusplus.com/launches)
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