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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RSS feed for Open SourceNeoBrowser: An MCP server that drives real Chrome with your logged-in sessions
github.com · 8 points · 1 comments
Figranium – Dockerized, API-first, block-based browser automation
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Stunt – a stunt double for the APIs you integrate (95 adapters)
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
I canceled my AI code reviewer and wrote a free local one
github.com · 3 points · 2 comments
Rataflow – React Flow, but for the Terminal (Rust/Ratatui)
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
A local MitM proxy to control TLS fingerprints
github.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Europe Robotics Map – An open source map of robotics companies
europeroboticsmap.com · 2 points · 0 comments
PhysiClaw – an AI agent that physically operates an iPhone
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
A searchable index of GitHub's lists that shows what's dead
awesome.donld.me · 2 points · 0 comments
Engrava – a local graph memory database for AI agents (SQLite, MIT)
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
State Farm defense lawyers admit AI generated fake cases in LA lawsuit
calmatters.org · 6 points · 1 comments
AirStats – Mac menu bar system monitor, 0.046% CPU idle, MIT
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Linux 7.3 improves performance when running out of vRAM
pixelcluster.dev · 223 points · 60 comments
I built an M2M payment loop where AI Agents pay for data via x402
github.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Convex clients in 100 programming languages
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Agents Workbook watch Claude Code, Codex write down their working notes
github.com · 3 points · 2 comments
Vyral – Portable contracts for data, retrieval, durable work, and MCP
github.com · 3 points · 1 comments
Micron, SK Commit Billions to RAM Capacity, but Almost Nothing Lands Before 2028
storagereview.com · 21 points · 3 comments
Elon Musk's GitHub alternative couldn't have arrived at a worse time for GitHub
neowin.net · 6 points · 1 comments
Prime Agent: A Self-Improving RLM Agent
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
A benchmark for AI agent guardrails that caught my own plugin
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Graphlib -- A new way to create directional graphs in C++
github.com · 4 points · 1 comments
Elon Musk's GitHub alternative couldn't have arrived at a worse time for GitHub
neowin.net · 4 points · 0 comments
GitHub degradation affects Cursor Origin, its new Git platform
status.cursor.com · 54 points · 20 comments
HarnessRouter: Unified interface for agent harnesses
github.com · 9 points · 11 comments
Declarative-forms – await an object the way prompt() awaits a string
wolfoo2931.github.io · 4 points · 0 comments
Visimer – open-source visual editor for Mermaid diagrams
github.com · 14 points · 1 comments
Tim O'Reilly – Why Open Source Matters for AI
oreillyradar.substack.com · 12 points · 0 comments
Open-source comment section widget, Disqus alternative
github.com · 3 points · 2 comments
Llama.cpp v0.1.0
github.com · 34 points · 8 comments