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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Introduction to Compilers and Language Design (2021)

dthain.github.io · 323 points · 51 comments

GTA 2 ported to JavaScript, with WebRTC P2P multiplayer

gta2js.vercel.app · 31 points · 2 comments

EVE Online's Carbon engine is now open source: Fenris Creations explains why

gamesindustry.biz · 90 points · 14 comments

C++ Details of Asymmetric Fences

nekrozqliphort.github.io · 65 points · 8 comments

Mcpsnoop – Wireshark for MCP (transparent proxy and live TUI)

github.com · 63 points · 22 comments

PostgreSQL and the OOM killer: Why we use strict memory overcommit

ubicloud.com · 194 points · 134 comments

I made a tool that prevents websites from tracking you

github.com · 31 points · 11 comments

crustc: entirety of `rustc`, translated to C

github.com · 386 points · 90 comments

Claude-real-video － any LLM can watch a video

github.com · 166 points · 60 comments

This is my attempt to get Vulkan going on NetBSD

github.com · 121 points · 38 comments

FoundationDB's Flow – Bringing Actor-Based Concurrency to C++11

apple.github.io · 91 points · 36 comments

CLI tool for detecting non-exact code duplication with embedding models

github.com · 91 points · 55 comments

Immich 3.0

github.com · 648 points · 293 comments

I built an open-source alternative to Claude Cowork

github.com · 39 points · 8 comments

PeerTube is a free, decentralized and federated video platform

github.com · 680 points · 354 comments

Kimi K2.7 Code is generally available in GitHub Copilot

github.blog · 417 points · 184 comments

Senior SWE-Bench: open-source benchmark that assesses agents as senior engineers

senior-swe-bench.snorkel.ai · 186 points · 118 comments

Oomwoo, an open-source robot vacuum you build yourself

makerspet.com · 478 points · 98 comments

CLI that helps AI agents avoid vulnerable dependencies

github.com · 26 points · 5 comments

Launch HN: Parsewise (YC P25) – Reason Across Documents with an API

56 points · 54 comments

Claudoro, Pomodoro timer embedded in the Claude Code statusline

github.com · 50 points · 36 comments

A statically typed, cross-platform, easily bootstrappable build system

github.com · 46 points · 15 comments

Playing Atari ST Music on the Amiga with Zero CPU

arnaud-carre.github.io · 113 points · 46 comments