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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Run full-blown macOS on iPadOS 16

github.com · 7 points · 0 comments

How HN: Argus – open-source security scanner with MCP

github.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Companies once tied to Assad kept winning UN contracts under Syria's new rulers

icij.org · 4 points · 1 comments

Episode 2: Trump Must Admit Defeat in Iran [video]

youtube.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Helios: Decentralized Autonomous Collision Avoidance for Megaconstellations

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

The official draw.io MCP Server

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Offline-First Data Architecture for a National Postal Service

necromant2005.github.io · 4 points · 0 comments

Hoodik: A lightweight, self-hosted, end-to-end encrypted cloud storage server

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Soppo – A language that compiles to Go, with the features it's missing

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

HN: Sandbox Your Agent with Runeward

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

RNet lets users use one AI credit balance across multiple apps [demo]

2 points · 0 comments

Bean Network Tester – open-source bad network simulator

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Did GitHub remove the stargazers list?

4 points · 0 comments

Free, open-source Chrome extension for Play Console utilities

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

An AI office-work benchmark, and 4 bugs we found in our own judge

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

What's New in PHP 8.6

stitcher.io · 10 points · 1 comments

Emil: Emacs-style minimalist editor Beta test release

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Rever-browser – AI-agent browser for reverse-engineering

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Pi-Msg: Drive Pi from XMPP

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

User Controlled Authorization Network (UCAN) Specification

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Compass, a local-first code graph built in Rust for humans and AI agents

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments

An SLM trained on $8 ESP32-S3

github.com · 18 points · 6 comments

The Walls Are Closing in on Musk in Wisconsin Criminal Bribery Investigation

cmarmitage.substack.com · 5 points · 1 comments

Aidress – open-source discovery and trust registry for agents

github.com · 3 points · 1 comments

After Losses, Retail Investors Flock to 3x Leverage as 2x Product Are Restricted

asiae.co.kr · 3 points · 0 comments

Hubmesh – Multi-hop RAG retrieval with zero LLM calls in the query path

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

AI gateway open source integrated with cursor and open router

routerfuel.com · 2 points · 0 comments

A Lightweight Open-Source LLM Benchmark Tool – Compare Any Model on OpenRouter

cheikhhseck.medium.com · 4 points · 0 comments

Is It Possible to Make Smart Glasses That Aren't Creepy?

wired.com · 5 points · 2 comments

libexpat now funded by the City of Munich for up to 6 months

blog.hartwork.org · 138 points · 7 comments