ZenbuYC P26 landing page report.
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Your landing page’s weakest score is Value props.

Fix Value props

Score over time

90807060504030Browsh 55 on Jul 28 (Wayback)Browsh 55 on Aug 29 (Wayback)Browsh 55 on Sep 20 (Live)Carbonyl 69 on Jul 26 (Live)Aider 76 on Apr 8 (Wayback)Aider 74 on Apr 22 (Wayback)Aider 75 on May 25 (Wayback)Aider 74 on Jul 17 (Wayback)Aider 73 on Aug 19 (Wayback)Aider 76 on Aug 31 (Wayback)Aider 76 on Sep 20 (Live)OpenCode 70 on Jun 28 (Wayback)OpenCode 69 on Jul 12 (Wayback)OpenCode 69 on Jul 26 (Wayback)OpenCode 69 on Aug 9 (Wayback)OpenCode 70 on Aug 23 (Wayback)OpenCode 68 on Sep 5 (Wayback)OpenCode 72 on Sep 20 (Live)Zenbu 64 on May 11 (Wayback)Zenbu 40 on Sep 20 (Live)May 11Sep 20
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  1. Sep 20, 202640LiveOverall −24 · Value props −40 · Information hierarchy −28Viewing
  2. May 11, 202664First tracked report — strongest Mobile web 76, weakest Trust 44View →

Value props

22Poor

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

Zenbu’s headline vagueZENBU LABS

Working

  • Minimal page focuses eyes on two projects
  • Project names hint at terminal-native tools
  • Direct contact links build indie credibility

Could improve

  • No sentence says what Zenbu does
  • Project links lack any description
  • Zero numbers, outcomes, or proof

Trust

38Poor

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

Zenbu
Aider
OpenCode
Browsh
Carbonyl
Trust read
ZenbuContact row with "rob@zenbu.dev", Discord, and "@zenbu_labs" links
BrowshReal terminal screenshots of Browsh rendering Wikipedia (text-based browser demo)
CarbonylCode editor screenshot with tabs "game.ts", "characters.module.css", "bonus-level.ts"
AiderStat badges: "GITHUB STARS 44K", "INSTALLS 6.8M", "TOKENS/WEEK 15B"
OpenCodeReal terminal demo showing the agent completing the task "add a new field for signups that validates that they are 18 ye

CTA

42Poor

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

terminal-browser
Zenbu
Aider
Carbonyl
OpenCode
Browsh

Problems

  • no button or in-product action
  • link is a label, no action verb
  • no payoff or value promise
  • footnote-weight underlined text

Information hierarchy

44Poor

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

Information hierarchy annotations on the desktop capture123
  1. Value prop line — The line under "ZENBU LABS" renders as a few faint dots, leaving the fold with no readable statement of what Zenbu is or does.
  2. Project links list — "terminal-browser" and "terminal-code" are styled at identical weight with zero context, so the two candidate actions compete and neither explains itself.
  3. Contact link row — Email, Discord, and X links sit at the same visual weight as the work links, adding three exit paths that dilute the only actions on the page.

Mobile web

54Fair

The phone experience as a first-class citizen.

Mobile web annotations on the mobile capture123
  1. Underlined text links — The only actions are small underlined text links, not thumb-friendly buttons — no primary CTA exists.
  2. Broken glyph artifact — A stray dot-glyph renders under the wordmark where a value statement should be, reading as a rendering bug.
  3. ZENBU LABS wordmark — The fold's only message is the name; nothing states what Zenbu makes or why to tap a project.

Competitors

inferred from product, audience, and value prop