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Public API

Read BuildYourLaunch's launches, rankings, winners and makers as JSON. No key needed.

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Endpoints

Every endpoint is a GET on https://buildyourlaunch.com and returns JSON.

  • /api/v1/launches: This week's launches, ranked by upvotes.
  • /api/v1/launches?week=2026-W44: Any week's launches; a finished week's order is its final ranking.
  • /api/v1/launches/{slug}: One live launch, with its makers and final rank.
  • /api/v1/winners: The top 3 of every finished week, newest first.
  • /api/v1/upcoming: Scheduled launches, soonest first.
  • /api/v1/makers/{username}: A maker's public profile and their live launches.

A launch

{
  "name": "Example",
  "slug": "example",
  "url": "https://buildyourlaunch.com/example",
  "tagline": "Ship faster",
  "website": "https://example.com",
  "logo": "https://…",
  "premium": false,
  "launchedAt": "2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z",
  "week": { "id": "2026-W44", "start": "…", "url": "…" },
  "votes": 42,
  "comments": 7,
  "categories": [{ "slug": "developer-tools", "name": "Developer Tools" }]
}

Limits and use

60 requests a minute per IP address; past that you get 429 with a Retry-After header. Responses are cached for a minute and open to any origin (CORS), so you can call them from a browser. Weeks run Monday to Monday, UTC, and use ISO week numbers.

Show where the data came from with a link to BuildYourLaunch. Need more, or a feed that isn't here? Email [email protected].