# Hacker News Launches This Week: Show HN and New GitHub Projects

**Use case:** 

See the biggest launches on Hacker News this week: Show HN and Launch HN posts plus new GitHub projects and releases, ranked by points and momentum. Each launch comes with points, comments, the discussion link and the project link, and GitHub stars when it is also trending.

## Input

```json
{
  "period": "weekly",
  "sources": [
    "hackerNews"
  ],
  "minHackerNewsPoints": 10,
  "onlyOnBothPlatforms": false,
  "maxResults": 100
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rank": {
    "label": "Rank",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "name": {
    "label": "Launch"
  },
  "momentumScore": {
    "label": "Momentum",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "signals": {
    "label": "Signals",
    "format": "array"
  },
  "onBothPlatforms": {
    "label": "On both",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "githubStarsGained": {
    "label": "Stars gained",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "githubStars": {
    "label": "Total stars",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "language": {
    "label": "Language"
  },
  "hackerNewsPoints": {
    "label": "HN points",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "hackerNewsComments": {
    "label": "HN comments",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "hackerNewsTopTitle": {
    "label": "Top HN post"
  },
  "launchUrl": {
    "label": "Link",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Emerging Launch Radar: GitHub Trending + Hacker News Momentum](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/emerging-launch-radar.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/precious_bathmat/emerging-launch-radar.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


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