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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Turn every PR into animated architecture diagrams (open-source)

github.com · 6 points · 1 comments

Proval – Self-hosted code review agent for GitLab, Forgejo, and GitHub

github.com · 7 points · 1 comments

French CII's Mitra-15 in SIMH. Work in Progress

github.com · 21 points · 3 comments

All my mail accounts in one read-only MCP server, usable from my phone

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Turn ad-hoc subagents into durable, accountable AI teams

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

How do you feel about the new 5H usage limit in Codex?

3 points · 1 comments

Restoredrill – proves your Postgres backups restore

github.com · 37 points · 19 comments

One source of truth for agent configs across repos

theagencyhq.dev · 3 points · 1 comments

Smuf – A self-hosted HTTP tunnel written in Go

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Harness Engineering

habitat-thinking.github.io · 104 points · 40 comments

The lightweight Claude and LMStudio, and memory across sessions.

call-me-vera.vercel.app · 3 points · 3 comments

Concord – let Claude Code, Codex and Cursor talk to each other

github.com · 9 points · 3 comments

CoMaps integration with the wider FLOSS ecosystem

comaps.app · 124 points · 25 comments

RealDiff – runtime behavior diffing for pull requests (six languages)

github.com · 35 points · 6 comments

MIT's Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training

aiandeducation.mit.edu · 87 points · 66 comments

Diff Glance – CLI that turns a Git diff into a summary and a diagram

github.com · 4 points · 1 comments

Derive – An open home for AI artifacts and workflows

github.com · 11 points · 3 comments

Gluestack – Open-Source UI Components for React and React Native

gluestack.io · 9 points · 2 comments

The load-bearing vocabulary of Claude

louisabraham.github.io · 240 points · 121 comments

CEO fired developers to make room for AI. Developers create open source AI CEO

github.com · 978 points · 676 comments

Tally – Track campaign donors, promises, and voting records

tally-2026.github.io · 3 points · 1 comments

These Babies Grew Up w Strict Sugar Limits – Decades Later, Results Are Dramatic

sciencealert.com · 7 points · 0 comments

GitHub Publishes IPv6 Addresses for Git SSH remotes

api.github.com · 55 points · 17 comments

Devx – Autonomous AI coding agent built for Android Termux and desktop

github.com · 7 points · 1 comments

NetSour, the modular packet analyzer TUI

github.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Building textlog without JavaScript

gist.github.com · 6 points · 0 comments

Why AI Agents Need Persistent Browser Identities

github.com · 7 points · 0 comments

GitHub Outage Tracker: Is GitHub Cooked?

isgithubcooked.com · 114 points · 50 comments

Be the First to Apply for the Job

github.com · 3 points · 3 comments

Evade Reddit account tracking, keep old.reddit.com layout while logged out

github.com · 19 points · 1 comments