79 sites · 7 categories · updated 8 November 2026

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The most upvoted personal AI projects, with the numbers.

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isometric.nyc

All of New York as one giant isometric pixel-art map.

Hacker News · 1,325 points · 2026-01-22
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Art & images by Andy Coenen (cannoneyed) Free

Anycrap

A shop that invents a product for whatever you search.

Hacker News · 1,184 points · 2025-09-13
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Weird experiments by kafked Free

Infinite Craft

Four elements, endless combinations, one model deciding the results.

Hacker News · 1,177 points · 2024-01-31
shared by a reader · See the thread ↗

Games by Neal Agarwal Free

Boring Report

The news, rewritten by AI to be as dull as possible.

Hacker News · 1,166 points · 2023-05-11
posted by the maker (Show HN) · See the thread ↗

Writing & reading by aquaVitae Free

Draw a Fish

Draw a fish and drop it into a tank shared with everyone.

Hacker News · 935 points · 2025-07-29
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Games by hallak Free

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Six personal projects that show the range.

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Infinite Craft

Four elements, endless combinations, one model deciding the results.

Games by Neal Agarwal Free

Draw a Fish

Draw a fish and drop it into a tank shared with everyone.

Games by hallak Free

Goblin Tools

Small AI helpers for when a task feels too big.

Tools by Bram De Buyser Freemium

Calligrapher.ai

Type text and watch a neural network write it by hand.

Art & images by Sean Vasquez Free

Sandspiel

Paint water, fire, plants and acid, then watch the rules collide.

Games by Max Bittker Free

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HackerBooks

Every book Hacker News commenters keep recommending.

Writing & reading by roansh Free

WikiTok

Wikipedia as an endless vertical feed.

Weird experiments by Isaac Gemal Free

Yamanote.fun

Ride Tokyo's Yamanote loop by sound alone.

Music & voice by madebymagnolia Free

Forty.News

Today's news, from exactly forty years ago.

Writing & reading by foxbarrington Free

MitchIvin XP

A designer's portfolio, rebuilt as a working Windows XP desktop.

Weird experiments by Mitch Ivin Free

Breakout 71

Brick breaker with roguelite upgrades between levels.

Games by lecarore Free

ABSURD.website

One artist, one deliberately pointless web project a month.

Weird experiments by absurdwebsite Free

Khroma

Train a color generator on the colors you like.

Tools by George Hastings Free

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