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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An update to the random OS (windogeOS)

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

swsql – A PostgreSQL client for the terminal, written in Swift

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Local, Open source AI meeting recorder that sees and hears everything

3 points · 1 comments

Firstmate: Talk to one agent. Ship with a crew

github.com · 5 points · 0 comments

Project ESPAÑOL: Find level-appropriate Spanish-language poems

dmerullo.github.io · 4 points · 0 comments

Europe makes trillion-euro bet to revive its battered industry

reuters.com · 6 points · 3 comments

CP/M-386 – CP/M for 386 protected mode, derived from CP/M‑68K

github.com · 46 points · 11 comments

Frontis-MA1: Open 35B model toward recursive self-improvement

frontisai.github.io · 3 points · 0 comments

mlxsh A lightweight CLI to serve multiple local LLMs on Apple

github.com · 3 points · 1 comments

Shitty – fast terminal. Memory-unsafe and faster than yours

github.com · 172 points · 158 comments

DRM-CLI – open-source release manager for MSSQL/PostgreSQL/Oracle

github.com · 2 points · 0 comments

Bitcoin cold-wallet attack spreads to 4,500 addresses as losses near $89M

coindesk.com · 44 points · 8 comments

STB-like zero-dependency O(N) FMM gravity solver

github.com · 2 points · 1 comments

Trump Crypto Tie-Up Fueled Family Windfall, Investor Losses

bloomberg.com · 26 points · 2 comments

Gauge – see where your Claude Code subscription goes

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

Mu – Tools for Agents

github.com · 47 points · 13 comments

Alfa. Killing AI hallucinations with resonance

github.com · 12 points · 10 comments

How much AI can a maintainer get away with using without losing their humanity?

jvt.me · 5 points · 0 comments

Rubiks Cube Solver

github.com · 3 points · 0 comments

I implemented the Kimi K3 paper from scratch in PyTorch

github.com · 8 points · 0 comments

Draco – A single-binary, self-hostable Firecrawl alternative in Rust

github.com · 11 points · 6 comments

Make your Framework 12 sound like a creaky door

github.com · 94 points · 19 comments

Sharing an X11 Server Across Hosts with FamilyWild

dobrowolski.dev · 40 points · 11 comments

MicroCodex Coding Agent – OpenAI/codex reimplemented in C++ <1MB binary

github.com · 17 points · 8 comments

Engineering behind the xPal private messaging app cross-device message deletion

xpalapp.substack.com · 5 points · 1 comments

My public second brain – 660 notes, 15 years, open source

ssp.sh · 3 points · 6 comments

German carmakers flood jobs market with managers after wielding axe

ft.com · 45 points · 65 comments

'Crush this lady': how eBay harassment campaign led to $56M payout

ft.com · 280 points · 137 comments

The End of Everything by M. John Harrison

lrb.co.uk · 17 points · 1 comments

KotlinLLM

github.com · 4 points · 0 comments