How OpenWork launched on X

91K views, ranked 1609 of the 1981 launches we track. It was saved at well above the usual rate, which is the signal that matters more than reach for anything with a considered purchase behind it.

Posted 2026-04-24 by @ycombinator · engagement read 2026-08-30

OpenWork launch post on X2:34
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OpenWork (@getopenwork) is the open source alternative to Claude Cowork. Roll out AI compliantly across your non-technical org at scale. Use your existing agents, deploy on-prem, and use any LLM provider you want. They already have 14k stars on GitHub with over 150k downloads.

440 likes44 reposts 41 replies10 quotes 424 bookmarks
91K
Views
0x the median launch
#1609
Of the launches we track
out of 1981
0x
Its own following
1.6M followers
46.4
Saves per 10K views
4.0x the median rate

How it compares

A launch means nothing against no one. These are the launches it is actually comparable to, and where this one sits among them.

Compared withLaunchesMedian viewsThis oneRank
Product news
the same kind of announcement
769805K0.1x619
over 100K followers
accounts of a similar size
6111.4M0.1x574
Every launch
all of them, for scale
1981688K0.1x1609

What this launch shows

OpenWork posted this from an account with 1.6M followers and reached about 5.6% of them. The median for over 100K followers is 2.4 times, so this one stayed closer to home than most.

It ranks 574 of 611 launches from accounts that size. Against every launch in the directory it is below the median of 688K views, at rank 1609 of 1981.

Saves led. 424 people bookmarked it, 46.4 per 10,000 views against a directory median of 11.7. A bookmark is a plan to come back, and it tracks signups and demo requests more closely than a like does.

The rest: 41 replies, 10 quotes, 44 reposts. One bookmark for every 1 likes is a high ratio and usually means a product people intend to try.

The first line is “OpenWork (@getopenwork) is the open source alternative to Claude Cowork”. It carries a 2:34 video against a directory median of 65 seconds. Videos over 90 seconds have a median of 651K views in the directory.

The copy runs 45 words, about the usual length for a launch post here, where the median is 41. There is a link in the body, which costs a post some reach and buys it a place to send people.

It went out on a Friday. Launches posted on a Friday have a median of 880K views in the directory, which makes it the strongest day.

Attributing signups to a launch covers this: a save rate this high is the number to follow into the product. For the next one, read giving people something to reply to: the conversation is what carried this one.

Why posts from large accounts under-reach is the guide for it: a post seen by fewer people than follow the account was held back by the ranking model.

Questions about this launch

When did OpenWork launch?

OpenWork posted the launch on X on 24 April 2026.

How many views did the OpenWork launch post get?

91,470 views at the last read, ranked 1609 of the 1981 AI launches Doomers tracks, 0 times the account's following.

Who posted the OpenWork launch?

@ycombinator, which has 1.6M followers.

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