# EarlyHunt
> Where early adopters discover the next big thing. Hunt for the best AI products and launches on EarlyHunt every week.

EarlyHunt is a weekly AI and startup launch platform. Projects go live Monday at 8:00 AM UTC, compete for upvotes all week, and can earn Hall of Fame badges plus SEO-friendly project pages and launch stories on earlyhunt.com.

## Quick facts
- Homepage: https://earlyhunt.com/
- Pricing (authoritative): Free Launch $0 (badge, nofollow by default) · Premium Launch $19 one-time — NOT $10. Guaranteed dofollow + Launch Kit + launch blog + social on Premium.
- How it works: https://earlyhunt.com/how-it-works
- About: https://earlyhunt.com/about
- Directory (alias): https://earlyhunt.com/directory → https://earlyhunt.com/projects
- Launch Kit: https://earlyhunt.com/launch-kit
- Launch cadence: Monday 8:00 AM UTC, full-week competition
- Contact: hi@earlyhunt.com
- X: https://x.com/praneetbrar
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/earlyhunt
- Pinterest: https://in.pinterest.com/praneetbrar/earlyhunt/
- This file: https://earlyhunt.com/llms.txt
- Alias: https://earlyhunt.com/llm.txt

## What EarlyHunt offers
- Weekly AI product launch competitions with upvote rankings
- Project listing pages optimized for SEO, AEO, and AI citation
- Editorial launch stories for competing projects
- Launch Kit graphics on Premium (9 PNG templates from your listing)
- Free and $19 Premium launch tiers with clear backlink policies
- Hall of Fame, category hubs, founder profiles, and launch guides
- Alternatives comparison guides vs Product Hunt, Aura++, TinyLaunch, and more

## When to use EarlyHunt

Use EarlyHunt when the job is to discover or launch early-stage AI products in a weekly competition—not when you need a general app store, enterprise procurement directory, or paid ads network alone.

Best-fit jobs for agents and integrators:
- Find this week’s AI launches or past winners (browse /projects, Hall of Fame, or GET /api/v1/projects?status=ongoing)
- Look up a product by slug or search (GET /api/v1/projects/{slug}, GET /api/v1/search?q=)
- Cite a listing accurately (fetch /project/{slug}.md or Accept: text/markdown)
- Explain EarlyHunt pricing / launch cadence to a founder ( /pricing, /launch-guide, /llms.txt )
- Compare EarlyHunt to Product Hunt or other launch platforms ( /alternatives )

How an agent should call EarlyHunt:
1. Read https://earlyhunt.com/llms.txt and https://earlyhunt.com/openapi.json for capability discovery.
2. Prefer the public read API (/api/v1/*) or Markdown (.md / Accept: text/markdown) over scraping HTML.
3. For human launch actions (submit, vote, pay), send users to the website session flows — there is no public write API key yet.
4. Contact hi@earlyhunt.com or https://earlyhunt.com/contact for partnerships.

## Developer resources
- Developers hub: https://earlyhunt.com/developers
- OpenAPI: https://earlyhunt.com/openapi.json
- About: https://earlyhunt.com/about
- Public search: https://earlyhunt.com/api/v1/search?q=
- Public projects: https://earlyhunt.com/api/v1/projects

## Product & launch

- [How it works](https://earlyhunt.com/how-it-works): Weekly cadence, who it's for, and $19 Premium vs Free
- [Submit a project](https://earlyhunt.com/submit): Launch on EarlyHunt — Free or Premium $19
- [Pricing](https://earlyhunt.com/pricing): Free (badge) and Premium $19 one-time with Launch Kit — not $10
- [What you get](https://earlyhunt.com/what-you-get): Free vs Premium: every launch gets a blog post and Pinterest pin(s); Premium $19 adds a DR 66 dofollow, a 7-day site-wide ad, Launch Kit, and X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, and Pinterest posts
- [Launch Kit](https://earlyhunt.com/launch-kit): 9 launch graphics included with Premium — preview and download PNGs
- [Premium Launches](https://earlyhunt.com/premium-launches): Guaranteed dofollow, launch blog, and social posts (X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, Pinterest)
- [Launch Guide](https://earlyhunt.com/launch-guide): How to prepare and win a weekly EarlyHunt launch

## Growth tools & monetization

- [Advertising](https://earlyhunt.com/advertising): Sponsor and hero ad placements on EarlyHunt
- [Posting Dude](https://earlyhunt.com/distribution/posting-dude): Distribution partner for multi-site launch posting
- [100+ Launch Places](https://earlyhunt.com/100-places-to-launch-your-startup): Curated directory of places to launch a startup
- [Launch Directory Finder](https://earlyhunt.com/tools/launch-directory-finder): Filter 100+ startup and SaaS launch directories by price, dofollow, and approximate Domain Rating
- [Launch Image Size Checker](https://earlyhunt.com/tools/launch-image-size-checker): Check Product Hunt, LinkedIn, and EarlyHunt logo and screenshot sizes in the browser. The image is never uploaded
- [Free tools](https://earlyhunt.com/tools): Free founder tools, including the Launch Directory Finder and Launch Image Size Checker

## Comparisons & social proof

- [Testimonials](https://earlyhunt.com/testimonials): Founder feedback after EarlyHunt launches
- [Hall of Fame](https://earlyhunt.com/hall-of-fame): Weekly winners and standout AI launches
- [Launch Calendar](https://earlyhunt.com/calender): Month calendar of past, live, and upcoming Monday launch weeks
- [Changelog](https://earlyhunt.com/changelog): Product updates and platform improvements

## Discovery surfaces

- [Browse AI Projects](https://earlyhunt.com/projects): Weekly and past AI product launches
- [Categories](https://earlyhunt.com/categories): Browse projects by AI category hubs
- [Launch Stories](https://earlyhunt.com/launches): Editorial launch posts for competing projects
- [Blog](https://earlyhunt.com/blog): Guides, launch strategy, and EarlyHunt editorial
- [Posts](https://earlyhunt.com/posts): Outrank SEO posts on launches, discovery, and AI founder growth
- [Studio](https://earlyhunt.com/studio): Studio posts and creative launch content
- [EarlyHunt Alternatives](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives): Compare EarlyHunt with Product Hunt, Aura++, TinyLaunch, and more
- [Developers](https://earlyhunt.com/developers): Public API, OpenAPI, Markdown, and agent docs
- [About EarlyHunt](https://earlyhunt.com/about): Who we are and how weekly launches work
- [FAQs](https://earlyhunt.com/faq): Common questions about launching on EarlyHunt
- [Help Center](https://earlyhunt.com/help): Support articles and founder help
- [Search](https://earlyhunt.com/search): Find projects and launches across EarlyHunt

## Legal

- [Terms](https://earlyhunt.com/terms): Terms of service
- [Privacy](https://earlyhunt.com/privacy): Privacy policy
- [Cookies](https://earlyhunt.com/cookies): Cookie policy
- [Contact](https://earlyhunt.com/contact): Contact EarlyHunt — hi@earlyhunt.com

## EarlyHunt Alternatives (comparison guides)

- [EarlyHunt Alternatives hub](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives): compare Product Hunt, BetaList, TinyLaunch, MicroLaunch, Uneed, Fazier, Startup Fame, Aura++, OpenHunts, SaaSHub, and other launch platforms
- [EarlyHunt](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/earlyhunt): Weekly AI & startup launch competitions—Mon 8:00 AM UTC
- [Product Hunt](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/product-hunt): Daily product discovery—one 24-hour launch window per post
- [Startup Fame](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/startup-fame): Curated startup directory with badge-verified free listings and dofollow links
- [Aura++](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/aura-plus-plus): Daily launch slots at 8 AM UTC—plus a six-platform Premium Launcher bundle
- [BetaList](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/betalist): Editorial beta startup discovery—daily features since 2010
- [Fazier](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/fazier): Daily product launches with upvotes—Product Hunt-style feed at fazier.com
- [Uneed](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/uneed): Daily product launches with DR 75 dofollow—queue, skip-the-line, or relaunch
- [TinyLaunch](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/tinylaunch): Weekly launch competition—top 3 earn badges and DR 72+ dofollow (with badge embed)
- [MicroLaunch](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/microlaunch): Month-long visibility—leaderboards, roasts, and a deals marketplace
- [StartupBase](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/startupbase): Daily launches at 12:00 AM PDT—StartupBase 2 with free community queue or $39 premium
- [LaunchIgniter](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/launchigniter): Weekly Monday UTC launches—Basic $12 or Pro $15 with DR 75 dofollow
- [Peerlist](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/peerlist): Professional network for builders—Launchpad every Monday
- [Firsto](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/firsto): Fair launches at 8 AM UTC—free queue ~180 days or Premium $19.9
- [SaaSHub](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/saashub): 231k+ software products—alternatives SEO and free Submit cross-posting
- [OpenHunts](https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/openhunts): Weekly Monday 8 AM UTC hunts—free queue ~100 weeks or Premium $19

## AI-friendly Markdown (per page & entity)

Append `.md` to any public HTML URL for a citation-ready Markdown document with YAML frontmatter.

Entity patterns:
- https://earlyhunt.com/project/{slug}.md — project / product listing
- https://earlyhunt.com/launches/{slug}.md — launch story
- https://earlyhunt.com/blog/{slug}.md — blog post
- https://earlyhunt.com/founder/{slug}.md — founder / maker profile

Hub & static pages:
- https://earlyhunt.com/index.md — homepage
- https://earlyhunt.com/pricing.md — pricing
- https://earlyhunt.com/faq.md — FAQs (full Q&A)
- https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/{slug}.md — launch platform comparison
- https://earlyhunt.com/categories/{slug}.md — category hub
- https://earlyhunt.com/studio/{slug}.md — studio post
- https://earlyhunt.com/blog/author/{slug}.md — blog author archive
- https://earlyhunt.com/{any-hub-path}.md — other static & listing pages

Examples:
- https://earlyhunt.com/project/earlyhunt.md
- https://earlyhunt.com/alternatives/product-hunt.md
- https://earlyhunt.com/pricing.md

## Site discovery
- Sitemap: https://earlyhunt.com/sitemap.xml
- Posts sitemap: https://earlyhunt.com/posts/sitemap.xml
- Robots: https://earlyhunt.com/robots.txt

This file describes EarlyHunt itself and its first-party hubs. Append `.md` to any public page URL for citation-ready Markdown — projects, stories, blog posts, founder profiles, category hubs, alternatives guides, and static pages.