Open Source stories

Open source powers most of modern software. This page tracks license changes, maintainer burnout, funding models, and the projects Hacker News considers worth contributing to or depending on.

From GitHub stars to foundation governance debates, these stories shape how the developer community thinks about shared infrastructure.

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Armada: Encrypted, Open-Source, Discord Alternative (Built on Nostr)

soapbox.pub · 32 points · 2 comments

Guess which repository has more GitHub stars

higherlower.focuslab.pk · 3 points · 0 comments

MCPersist – Minecraft worlds that keep running after the host logs off

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Every Household in This Rural Town Receives $10k If a Data Center Gets Built

wsj.com · 15 points · 28 comments

Washington Taxed Its Millionaires. Now the Rich Want It Repealed

nytimes.com · 4 points · 1 comments

Stepgate – AI agents that can't skip steps, in one portable file

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Cambrian Explosion of AI

debarshibasak.github.io · 4 points · 5 comments

Hitachi to double US production of small and medium-sized power transformers

utilitydive.com · 19 points · 9 comments

The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country

theatlantic.com · 26 points · 47 comments

AstraBox – an open-source alternative to Claude Managed Agents

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

'Pink Slime' Is Infecting AI Chatbots Ahead of the Midterms

politico.com · 7 points · 0 comments

Imp is a full port of DSPy to the BEAM

github.com · 52 points · 7 comments

Asimov's 4 Laws for AI Contexts

github.com · 2 points · 1 comments

Read My Damn Paper

wilsoniumite.com · 4 points · 3 comments

Gat – Version large files with Git, without an LFS server

github.com · 6 points · 0 comments

Claude on a 2007 Nokia 6300 (Java ME app, TLS 1.0, private CA)

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Don't couple your Go code to GitHub

iain.rocks · 13 points · 109 comments

Banker – CLI for your finances using Enable Banking and SQLite

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Chrome extension where Jev decides if each post/video/page is worth it

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

High-performance, zero-dependency charting engine for Svelte

bonguynvan.github.io · 2 points · 0 comments

Interactive Phaistos Disc workbench, rotation ergonomics, null models

lessthanzero.github.io · 2 points · 0 comments

Aldine. Self-hosted Overleaf alternative. Every paper = 1 Git Repo

github.com · 2 points · 1 comments

Peekaboolean – image and jev-like typed questions in typed anwers out

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Rust for C# and .NET developers guide by Microsoft

microsoft.github.io · 4 points · 8 comments

Maniac Mansion Reconstructed in 3D from Its Original Screens

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

The City – a native Mac app that shows Claude Code as a city of robots

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Linux Unreal Tournament 2003 Master Server patch + Ultrawide and No Sound Fix

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments

God's Eye UAP – documented UFO cases on a 3D globe, with the evidence

domw99.github.io · 9 points · 3 comments

42x faster prompt lookup drafting in llama.cpp

jadidbourbaki.github.io · 7 points · 12 comments

Blender Copilot

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments