Lodestar

Quiet signal

A fast, open-source launcher for your Mac

Launched 6d ago

Signal

Velocity

What this means

+85%Launching in a 85% WoW growing category.

Mac had 100 launches this week vs 54 last.

16Founder Conviction Index: 16 — low signal.

Few of the conviction sub-signals (reputation, velocity, buyer-intent, tagline clarity) are firing yet.

Prediction

Top-5 finish probability

today

Projected end-of-day votes

2range 2–3

Trajectory

stable

Not enough snapshots yet to detect trajectory.

Speed vs peers

0.7×

34 comparable launches

About

Press ⌥ Space, type a few letters, press Return. Lodestar opens apps, searches your clipboard history, pastes emoji and symbols, does quick math and picks colors on screen. Free and MIT-licensed, for macOS 13+. It all runs on your Mac: no account, no tracking.

Attention & discussion velocity

Performance

Velocity0

Vote pace vs average

Momentum0

Sustained over 6h

Virality0

Spread × engagement

Engagement—

not measured

Signal sources

1 of 6 active

Launch tracking2 readings since we picked it up
AI analysisnot yet enriched
Comment intelligencethread not yet analysed
Outside discussionnot checked — domain is a storefront or shared
Revenue signalsno match on this domain
Editorial scoringbelow the signal threshold for this pass

A source that found nothing is a measurement. A source that has not run is a gap. Neither means the launch lacks the thing.