Pumpkins.sh
Shares rank 5 of 12 novelty websites by recommenders
Lets you claim, carve and display a pumpkin in an explorable patch, which people find fun and a change from ordinary scrolling websites.
Lets you claim, carve and display a pumpkin in an explorable patch, which people find fun and a change from ordinary scrolling websites.
7 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 1 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 1 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun and playful, not a boring page
“really fun and much better than the boring vertical scroll that is 99% of the internet nowadays”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Pumpkins.sh – claim, carve, and display a pumpkin to the world” “Lots of fun and I can definitely see it growing a lot”
Comment from 6 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Pumpkins.sh – claim, carve, and display a pumpkin to the world” Explore a patch, not a normal site
“really fun and much better than the boring vertical scroll that is 99% of the internet nowadays”
Comment from 7 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Pumpkins.sh – claim, carve, and display a pumpkin to the world” “I liked being able to explore the pumpkin patch instead of just looking at a normal website.”
Comment from 6 Oct 2026 in “Show HN: Pumpkins.sh – claim, carve, and display a pumpkin to the world”
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The four most recommended other novelty websites, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Catch a Bird | 39 | 3 | 93% | 1 | — | — |
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| neal.fun | 15 | 5 | 75% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Zombo.com | 8 | 4 | 67% | 4 | — | — |
| Pumpkins.shThis page | 7 | 0 | 100% | 1 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“really fun and much better than the boring vertical scroll that is 99% of the internet nowadays”
“I liked being able to explore the pumpkin patch instead of just looking at a normal website.”
“Lots of fun and I can definitely see it growing a lot”
“Neat! might I suggest some occlusion for lit pumpkins?”
“the idea is great and impl has quite impressive performance (including map mode)”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.