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 Sourceokfctl
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Launch HN: Vendo (YC S26) – Let users build features on top of your product
github.com · 58 points · 22 comments
Clean up Claude 5's token vomit with a separate LLM
github.com · 65 points · 51 comments
ISLP textbook rebuilt from PDF into ePub, using Claude Code
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Open Source Is Not a Virtue: It's an Ownership Model
blog.mozilla.ai · 4 points · 0 comments
Spec4j makes your REST APIs YAMLless
github.com · 3 points · 3 comments
Open-source Stripe Connect alternative
zoneless.com · 27 points · 17 comments
Ullis – Local Ternary Moe-Kan Training and Inference Engine in Rust
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
A faithful port of Quake to the browser
willeastcott.github.io · 2 points · 1 comments
Clean, an agent skill that clears dev junk (freed 5.3 GB on first run)
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Omacosy – Omarchy-style tiling desktop for macOS, no SIP
github.com · 56 points · 43 comments
Guess which of these LLM outputs is watermarked
sgoedecke.github.io · 11 points · 5 comments
A light-weight CLI that keeps your skills and rules in sync
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Every Model Cheats
dreadnode.io · 23 points · 12 comments
Parmar – BPE tokenization as a pre-filter for LZMA (+9.6%, and faster)
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
evepad – The missing IDE for building eve agents
github.com · 5 points · 2 comments
Open-source tool turning company knowledge into Duolingo-like courses
scibly.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Sitmap – a World in Conflict inspired map maker for Cold War scenarios
tomaytotomato.github.io · 9 points · 4 comments
Languageme – Learning new languages with Claude Code by dripping
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Browser De-Slop
sacredheartsc.com · 48 points · 39 comments
NASA calls off Swift rescue mission
apnews.com · 7 points · 1 comments
Free OSS Software Factory Template
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Open-source, Accessible, and Customizable 3D-printed Humanoid Robot
lite.berkeley-humanoid.org · 3 points · 0 comments
Ez – a macOS command runner that flags when a command gets slower
github.com · 5 points · 0 comments
An approach to vulnerability observability of Go services leveraging Prometheus
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Fail CI when your stack runs end-of-life software
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Kanna – Go generators for DI, queries, internationalization and more
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
The US national debt now stands at $40T
apnews.com · 15 points · 11 comments
Linux and iPhone Continuity (iMessage / SMS)
github.com · 10 points · 2 comments
MiniageOS: "Dumbphone" Version of LineageOS
github.com · 15 points · 4 comments