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 SourceA pre-execution guard that stops AI agents running destructive commands
github.com · 5 points · 2 comments
TrueMath – An open-source exact symbolic math tool
3 points · 1 comments
Use tl;draw inside Org-mode
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Grafana agent observability for Hermes Agent
github.com · 27 points · 0 comments
RAPx: A static analysis tool for Rust programs
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
PyScrappy, self-healing web scraping selectors plus an MCP server
github.com · 18 points · 1 comments
What happens when an LLM never sees material beyond fifth grade?
littlelearner-ll.github.io · 243 points · 208 comments
Laptop is the last place your secrets are still in plaintext
github.com · 11 points · 3 comments
ProofRun – a local verification receipt for AI coding agents
github.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Widen, a native Postgres GUI using Apple's on-device LLM
github.com · 9 points · 0 comments
Big Pickle on SWE Atlas – Codebase QnA
github.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Tea5767-Radio-Tuner
github.com · 57 points · 4 comments
Snafu: Agentic flow to help you with "naming things" in source code
github.com · 3 points · 0 comments
Xteink's tiny e-readers are getting access to free books through Libby
theverge.com · 11 points · 0 comments
Neo: A distraction-free word processor for authors, by a wannabe author
github.com · 5 points · 2 comments
Live Claude Usage HUD for a $38 Thermalright Trofeo Vision LCD
github.com · 14 points · 6 comments
Tracking down a Zsh history data loss bug
michael.stapelberg.ch · 31 points · 4 comments
The unlikely opera star: How AI helped a nonspeaking performer find his voice
scientificamerican.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Why tech bosses keep sharing their manifestos about AI
bbc.com · 12 points · 27 comments
Every MUNI, BART and Caltrain in SF on a Live Map
github.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Awesome CAD – Curated List of Open-Source CAD Projects
github.com · 7 points · 0 comments
Tess's Android Wayland Compositor
github.com · 7 points · 0 comments
sce (Simple Console Editor)
github.com · 2 points · 0 comments
Fossilisation processes and our reading of animal antiquity
cell.com · 13 points · 1 comments
BriskDB
github.com · 21 points · 5 comments
Self-hosted monitoring for AI recommendations (MIT License)
lettertrace.com · 6 points · 0 comments
Qwen 3.8 27B at 2x speed on a 5090
github.com · 5 points · 0 comments
Between Tokens – an interactive piece where you are the language model
chrisjz.github.io · 5 points · 2 comments
China is shaping the future of open‑source technology – including AI
theconversation.com · 4 points · 0 comments
Browser-based Autodesk Inventor file viewer – no Autodesk required
jfk-solutions.github.io · 4 points · 1 comments