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herdrhttps://herdr.dev/

Your landing page’s weakest score is Information hierarchy.

How herdr ranks

  1. 1.Conductor81
  2. 2.herdr76
  3. 3.Omnara72
  4. 4.Vibe Kanban62
Fix Information hierarchy
76Growth scoreupdated

category scores

Information hierarchy68Mobile web72CTA78Trust78Value props84
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Information hierarchy68Mobile web72CTA78Trust78Value props84

Score over time

85807570656055Conductor 77 on Apr 23 (Wayback)Conductor 78 on May 7 (Wayback)Conductor 76 on Jul 17 (Wayback)Conductor 74 on Aug 7 (Wayback)Conductor 81 on Sep 20 (Live)Omnara 72 on Aug 19 (Live)Vibe Kanban 67 on Apr 26 (Wayback)Vibe Kanban 67 on May 12 (Wayback)Vibe Kanban 68 on Jun 13 (Wayback)Vibe Kanban 67 on Jul 12 (Wayback)Vibe Kanban 66 on Jul 27 (Wayback)Vibe Kanban 62 on Sep 22 (Live)herdr 64 on Jun 27 (Wayback)herdr 68 on Jul 12 (Wayback)herdr 69 on Jul 26 (Wayback)herdr 78 on Aug 9 (Wayback)herdr 79 on Aug 23 (Wayback)herdr 78 on Sep 6 (Wayback)herdr 76 on Sep 20 (Live)Jun 27Jul 12Jul 26Aug 9Aug 23Sep 6Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202676LiveOverall −2 · Mobile web −6 · Information hierarchy −4Viewing
  2. Sep 6, 202678Overall −1 · Information hierarchy −4 · CTA +2View →
  3. Aug 23, 202679Overall +1 · Mobile web +8 · Information hierarchy −6View →
  4. Aug 9, 202678Overall +9 · Information hierarchy +20 · Mobile web +16View →
  5. Jul 26, 202669Overall +1 · Trust +14 · Mobile web −6View →
  6. Jul 12, 202668Overall +4 · Mobile web +10 · Trust +6View →
  7. Jun 27, 202664First tracked report — strongest Value props 84, weakest Trust 52View →

Information hierarchy

68Fair

Does the design help or inhibit what the page is trying to say?

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture1234
  1. Header nav links — Docs, Plugins, Blog, Compare, GitHub, X, and Ink/Paper toggle stack seven exit paths at equal weight before the INSTALL button.
  2. Hiring banner — The green 'We raised $6M. We're hiring' ribbon is the highest-contrast element on the page and pulls first-glance attention to an off-site link.
  3. Install-method links row — 'windows, homebrew, nix and manual install →' and the 'Connecting the machines →' link sit at the same weight directly below the install command, splitting the next-step scan path three ways.
  4. INSTALL header button — Duplicates the curl command CTA in a muted outline style, leaving no single visually dominant action in the fold.

Mobile web

72Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture1234
  1. Install command CTA — The primary action is a copy-to-clipboard curl command, not a tappable button — awkward on a phone where developers rarely paste into a terminal.
  2. Hiring banner — The "We raised $6M. We're hiring" banner sits directly under the header, pushing the hero headline down before the visitor sees the value statement.
  3. Body paragraph block — Eight lines of body copy between the headline and the install command stretch the fold and delay the action.
  4. Platform/install links row — "macOS · Linux · Windows · Apache 2.0" plus the "windows, homebrew, nix and manual install" link crowd the space right below the CTA with small competing tap targets.

CTA

78Fair

Copy, size, verb, cost-feel — does the primary CTA earn the click?

herdrin-product action
Conductor

Problems

  • 'COPY' submit promises no payoff
  • nav 'INSTALL' is small and quiet
  • Apache 2.0 shown but 'free' unsaid

Trust

78Fair

Proof that the product is real, competent, and safe to try.

Trust read
herdrStats band: "39,703 GITHUB STARS" and "981,308 INSTALLS TO DATE"
Conductor"feels like going from typing with two fingers to having eight arms" — Frank, Product Designer, Thinking Machines
Omnara"Backed by Y Combinator" badge above the headline
Vibe Kanban"Works with" integration icon row showing recognizable AI tool logos (including OpenAI) beneath the CTA

Value props

84Strong

Title, subtitle, hero — do they sell the product's true value?

herdr’s headline sellsRun them anywhere. Leave them running.Herdr is where your coding agents live. However many you run, across however many projects, each in its own terminal. Walk away and they keep working. Come back from any machine and they're where you left them.

Working

  • Outcome-first: persistence and portability
  • Emotional hook: walk away, they keep working
  • Heavy proof: 981k installs, 39.7k stars

Could improve

  • 'them' in H1 needs subhead to parse
  • Hero ram mascot decorates, not demos
  • Subhead buries payoff line at the end

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop
#1Conductorconductor.build81
#2herdr76
#3Omnaraomnara.com72 #4Vibe Kanbanvibekanban.com62—Crystalstravu.comfailed