Stackhaus – A marketplace for AI-built apps (1,204 verified at launch)

Name: Stackhaus – A marketplace for AI-built apps (1,204 verified at launch)
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Author: TheRealDaveO

by TheRealDaveO·Mar 3, 2026·1 point·0 comments

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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Solves real problem, but curating 1K+ apps manually doesn't scale past 10K.

Strengths

•Manual verification signals quality when 90% of marketplaces are spam-flooded.
•Filterability by underlying model and tool is genuinely useful for builders evaluating workflows.

Weaknesses

•Curation scales to exactly zero — author admits this won't work at 10K listings; no novel solution proposed.
•Monetization, retention, and differentiation from App Store / GitHub Marketplace unclear.

Post Description

My co-founder and I launched Stackhaus publicly today.

The problem: generative coding tools (Lovable, Bolt, Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT) have made it genuinely fast to build working software. But the distribution layer for these apps doesn't exist. Most AI-built apps die in a Discord message or a Reddit thread.

Stackhaus is a marketplace specifically for AI-generated applications. Every app is verified before listing. Users can browse by category, use case, or the AI/tool that built it. Launched with 1,204 apps.

Three things I'd love HN's take on: 1. Curation vs. scale — we manually verify every app now. Doesn't last at 10K listings. How have others handled quality gates? 2. The GPT-wrapper problem — how do you signal quality difference to users? 3. Filtering by underlying model as a trust proxy — does that hold up?

Not YC, not VC-backed. Just two people who thought this needed to exist. Brutal feedback welcome.