Launch web projects as AR capsules others can find in orbit
Netlify Capsules is a virtual experience to celebrate 10 million developers on Netlify. Developers choose a Netlify project, add a photo, song, or short note, then deploy their capsule into orbit around the earth. Capsules appear overhead and can be discovered using web-based AR, based on your real-world location. Each capsule is unique, personal, and tied to something you’ve made.
We just crossed 10 million developers on Netlify and wanted to mark it by building something people could actually launch.
Capsules lets you send a small digital payload—tied to a real Netlify project—into orbit around the earth, then discover other capsules overhead using your phone's AR.
Built in collaboration with community member, and Netlify power user, @leemartin and meant to be lightweight and fun. Curious what you’d send up.
About Netlify Capsules on Product Hunt
“Launch web projects as AR capsules others can find in orbit”
Netlify Capsules launched on Product Hunt on January 22nd, 2026 and earned 194 upvotes and 25 comments, placing #6 on the daily leaderboard. Netlify Capsules is a virtual experience to celebrate 10 million developers on Netlify. Developers choose a Netlify project, add a photo, song, or short note, then deploy their capsule into orbit around the earth. Capsules appear overhead and can be discovered using web-based AR, based on your real-world location. Each capsule is unique, personal, and tied to something you’ve made.
On the analytics side, Netlify Capsules competes within Developer Tools, Augmented Reality and Web Design — topics that collectively have 564.5k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Netlify Capsules performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Netlify Capsules?
Netlify Capsules was hunted by Gehrig. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
Gehrig
Hey Product Hunt -
We just crossed 10 million developers on Netlify and wanted to mark it by building something people could actually launch.
Capsules lets you send a small digital payload—tied to a real Netlify project—into orbit around the earth, then discover other capsules overhead using your phone's AR.
Built in collaboration with community member, and Netlify power user, @leemartin and meant to be lightweight and fun. Curious what you’d send up.