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CowBull
Bulls-and-cows word game: guess a 4-letter word and get only counts of exact and partial matches. Solo and multiplayer rooms, no account.
cowbull.co/Active
Show HN 2026-09-05; backend repo pushed 2026-08-19 (gh api). (checked 2026-10-25)
In Daily puzzle games
Where it stands apart
- How is the main thing licensed? copyleft or source-available with restrictions (10% of 21 others)
- Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? yes (5% of 21 others)
- Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? a classic number, word or card game (Countdown, jumble, bulls and cows, Set) (14% of 21 others)
- Does everyone get the same puzzle each day? no, puzzles are personal, random, or level-based (0% of 20 others)
- How do players share a result? an image, replay, or challenge link instead of a result (18% of 17 others)
What it shares with most of the community
- Is it actively maintained? active (95% of 21 others)
- Do you need an account to use it? no account (52% of 21 others)
- Who is it for? non-developers (100% of 21 others)
- How does it make money? Pick the first that applies. none: free, no ads, nothing to buy (50% of 18 others)
- Can players rank against other players? no, personal stats or streaks only (63% of 16 others)
- Where can you play it? web only (57% of 21 others)
- Which languages is it offered in? English only (70% of 20 others)
Not documented
The public sources we read don't say:
- How is it mainly sustained?
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Every answer
| Question | Answer | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Is it actively maintained? | active First built during Covid; updated in 2026. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is the main thing licensed? | stands apart copyleft or source-available with restrictions Source is public on GitHub (claceio/cowbull) but has no license file, so it is all rights reserved by default. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How is it mainly sustained? | Not documented Free, no ads; built under the ClaceIO/OpenRun org as a showcase; sustaining entity unclear. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Can it run entirely on your own device or infrastructure, without the maker's servers? | stands apart yes Go server with templates and word lists in the repo. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Do you need an account to use it? | no account v4: from the map's own 'accounts' question. "No account needed." | source 2026-10-25 |
| Who is it for? | non-developers | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which shared standard or format does it mainly build on? | stands apart a classic number, word or card game (Countdown, jumble, bulls and cows, Set) Bulls and cows, the old code-breaking word game. | source 2026-10-26 |
| Does everyone get the same puzzle each day? | stands apart no, puzzles are personal, random, or level-based Not a daily game: solo games are random; multiplayer rooms share words via a link. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How does it make money? Pick the first that applies. | none: free, no ads, nothing to buy None seen. | source 2026-10-25 |
| How do players share a result? | stands apart an image, replay, or challenge link instead of a result Share a game link so friends get the same words. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Can players rank against other players? | no, personal stats or streaks only High score; multiplayer ranks only within a room. | source 2026-10-25 |
| Where can you play it? | web only | source 2026-10-25 |
| Which languages is it offered in? | English only | source 2026-10-25 |
Sources
This page was derived from:
- GitHub · github.com/claceio/cowbull · read 2026-10-25
- Hacker News · news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49582216 · read 2026-10-25
- Web page · cowbull.co/ · read 2026-10-25
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