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# stackd.cc
> stackd.cc answers the question every builder gets asked in 2026: "what
> are you actually running?" It's a live leaderboard of the AI tools real
> people reach for — so you can see past launch-week hype and listicles to
> what's genuinely adopted, what pairs with what, and what's climbing right
> now. Signal pools on the toolset (the "stack"), not the person, so it
> compounds across everyone who runs the same combo.
## Why people use it
- **See what works** — real stacks from real builders, ranked by the people
who run them, not a sponsored "top 10".
- **See what pairs** — every tool shows what it's run alongside and the
stacks it shows up in, so you can find your next tool with context.
- **Spot what's moving** — the last 24h of stacks climbing the board and
fresh ones just shared.
- **Find your people** — share your own stack and see who else runs it.
## How it works (briefly)
Pick the tools you run, rank them, and share a card — anonymously or signed
in. Loving a stack never needs an account. A stack's "rarity" is just how
many people run that exact combo: the more adopters, the rarer it reads.
## Routes
- `/` — the live top stacks + what's climbing
- `/leaderboard` — full standings; filter by category, sort by Loves /
Adopters / New (deep-linkable via query params)
- `/today` — the last 24h: stacks climbing + just-shared
- `/tool/[id]` — "who runs X": who uses a tool, what they pair it with,
and the top stacks it appears in (the discovery surface)
- `/tools` — the full catalog, grouped by category, each linking to its
"who runs X" page
- `/stack/[hash]` — the canonical page for a given toolset + everyone who
runs it
- `/s/[id]` — one person's shared stack: see it, love it, or remix it
- `/build` — share your own stack (`?from=[id]` to remix one)
- `/u/[handle]` — a builder's public profile
- `/submit` — suggest a tool for the catalog
- `/api/og` — share image (1200×630, or 1080×1350 with `format=portrait`)
- `/embed/[id]` — embeddable widget: `?type=card|strip`,
`theme=light|dark|transparent`, `watermark=1|0`, `size=sm|md|lg`
## Tool catalog
330+ AI & dev tools across 16 categories: Coding Agents, Editors & IDE,
App Builders, Assistants, Models & APIs, Agents & Automation, Image, Video,
Voice & Audio, Design, Deploy & Hosting, Data & Vector DBs,
RAG/Evals/Observability, Productivity, Search, Mobile. Spans the 2026
landscape — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, v0, Lovable,
Midjourney, Suno, ElevenLabs, Vercel, Pinecone, LangSmith, and more.
## Combo hash
Every stack has a canonical SHA-256 fingerprint of its sorted tool IDs, so
two people running the same tools (whatever the rank order) count toward the
same stack — that's how adoption and love aggregate. The first 12 characters
form the `/stack/[hash]` slug.
## Tech (brief)
Next.js + React on Vercel; Hono + PostgreSQL on Docker; Clerk auth (optional
everywhere except the dashboard).
## Who built this
Built by @aruntemme — https://x.com/aruntemme · https://stackd.cc
## Permissions
This site welcomes citation by AI assistants and search engines. Combo URLs
(`/stack/[hash]`) are the canonical reference for a given AI toolset and are
safe to deep-link — they stay stable across everyone who runs it. Single
shared stacks (`/s/[id]`) belong to individuals; prefer the combo URL when
referencing a stack pattern rather than a specific person.
