792 stories, newest first.
6 points by iamnothere | 1 comments
GitHub repository for Partyline, an encrypted Mumble-inspired group voice chat application and server for the Reticulum network, built on LXST.
200 points by vardhan1237 | 73 comments
GitHub repository for PaperPilot, a local, zero-cloud pure-Rust PDF engine and AI document copilot with WASM builds and an MCP server.
38 points by schleck8 | 12 comments
Reddit r/opensource post about banning solo projects and LLM-built projects; the page shows a Reddit network-security block requiring login.
40 points by Velocifyer | 8 comments
Codeberg repository for FindMyWeb, an open-source web app and Zephyr-based firmware for building your own trackers on Apple's Find My network.
7 points by gum_wobble | 6 comments
Blog essay by Jake Bauer arguing that the copyleft Free Software movement and the GPL fail at their stated goals and harm the broader FOSS ecosystem.
220 points by LordNibbler | 49 comments
Homepage for SpeedCrunch 1.1, a free open-source high-precision scientific calculator for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
98 points by firesteelrain | 56 comments
Reuters article reporting that the PHP Foundation is under-funded with only one full-time staff member, according to its director; page showed a device verification screen.
168 points by lowkeyokay | 156 comments
Computerworld Denmark article reporting that the Danish Ministry of Digitalisation quietly ended its pilot testing Collabora as an open-source alternative to Microsoft Office.
431 points by pentagrama | 155 comments
GitHub release notes for OBS Studio 33.0.0, covering a CEF update, plugin loading overhaul, snapping improvements, bug fixes, and developer API changes.
10 points by clash | 15 comments
GitHub repository for caffeinate+, a small C command-line utility for macOS that keeps a MacBook awake after the lid is closed.
130 points by eustoria | 128 comments
Codeberg repository for Shitter, a fork of Nitter, a privacy-focused, JavaScript-free alternative Twitter front-end written in Nim.
210 points by dsmurrell | 89 comments
GitHub repository for OnKey, a free open-source Mac singing trainer that learns songs played in Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube and scores your pitch.
40 points by UncleJo7 | 14 comments
GitHub repository for Licasa, an open-source Picasa-inspired image viewer and editor for Linux supporting HEIC, AVIF, JPEG XL, RAW previews and Motion Photos.
18 points by ingve | 2 comments
GitHub repository for CleanFrame, an MIT-licensed custom minimal home screen app for the Samsung The Frame TV running Tizen, with setup guides and agent instructions.
18 points by speckx | 6 comments
Blog post criticizing the Linux kernel's relaxed rules on disclosing LLM-assisted patches, arguing it undermines GPL enforcement and the free software community.
10 points by manbudezhu | 4 comments
GitHub repository for Linkit, an open-source desktop bookmark manager with AI summarization, semantic search, and cross-device sync, built with Go, Wails and React.
63 points by st_goliath | 66 comments
A GitHub repository by jwz whose only content is a README stating there is no official XScreenSaver GitHub repository.
378 points by theanonymousone | 131 comments
GitHub wiki home page for microG GmsCore, a free software reimplementation of Google Play Services for AOSP-based Android ROMs.
66 points by romeo19361 | 66 comments
Landing page for Death Plan Switch, an MIT-licensed self-hosted dead man's switch that notifies designated people if a solo developer disappears or dies.
440 points by privong | 157 comments
Official OpenBSD 8.0 release page with release date, artwork, mirror and errata links, changelog link, and signify public keys.
27 points by erikschoster | 2 comments
A post on the openbsd-misc mailing list archive at marc.info about the release of OpenBSD 8.0 on October 20, 2026.
169 points by doener | 39 comments
Mastodon post by Bryan Steele previewing OpenBSD 8.0 changes, including Clang/LLVM 22, sparc64 Clang switch, and DRM graphics drivers updated to Linux 6.18.
307 points by flocked | 164 comments
GitHub repository for Mac.apk, an AGPL-3.0 open-source project that runs Android apps natively on Apple Silicon Macs.
399 points by phoronixrly | 373 comments
Blog post by a Ruby gem author explaining why they archived all their gem repositories and stopped maintaining them, citing a loss of Ruby's human-focused joy.
601 points by iamnothere | 199 comments
An openbsd-ports mailing list message proposing a new port of Wine for OpenBSD, made possible by emulating the %gs prefix to work around gsbase limitations.
559 points by cjd8 | 252 comments
LWN.net news item announcing the release of Linux kernel 7.3, quoting Linus Torvalds and listing record commit counts and notable new features.
7 points by bobbycoleman-de | 1 comments
GitHub repository for OmniPTY, an MIT-licensed GPU-rendered terminal emulator in Rust for macOS and Linux with splits, workspaces, a file tree and a prompt.
40 points by kiyouta | 8 comments
GitHub repository for an MIT-licensed QEMU/VMware mouse integration driver for Windows NT 3.x, written in C with Docker-based build and ISO installer.
13 points by tosh | 5 comments
GitHub repository for Netflix's VMAF, an open-source perceptual video quality assessment tool based on multi-method fusion, including the libvmaf library and models.
122 points by farlight | 101 comments
LWN article by Jonathan Corbet presenting commit and developer statistics for the Linux 7.2 kernel release, one of the busiest development cycles ever.
5 points by djnaraps | 2 comments
A personal blog post recounting a week spent on a farm with Dylan Araps, the open-source developer known for neofetch and KISS Linux.
60 points by signa11 | 51 comments
LWN article reporting that Gentoo maintainers are dropping the Chromium source package due to its complex build system, bundled dependencies, and frequent releases.
79 points by signa11 | 23 comments
LWN article covering Sharon Yang's FOSSY 2026 talk comparing Chromium development work at Google versus the employee-owned cooperative Igalia.
220 points by chanana | 59 comments
GitHub repository for Sill, a free open-source app that streams any Mac window to an iPhone or iPad with touch, Apple Pencil, trackpad and keyboard input, without servers.
79 points by rguiscard | 25 comments
GitHub repository for BeBox, a Haiku-native emulator of Be Inc.'s PowerPC and Hobbit-based BeBox computers, released under the MIT license.
197 points by sunshowers | 59 comments
Follow-up blog post alleging Anthropic's Scion source control system intentionally copied Meta's Mononoke without credit, answering readers' questions.
37 points by javahippie | 11 comments
OpenRewrite documentation page listing latest module versions and explaining that releases now come from the Code Genome Project instead of Maven Central, with authentication required.
670 points by FinalDestiny | 275 comments
GitHub repository for DEsk, a beta Wayland desktop environment for Linux with a skeuomorphic design, including Fedora and Debian packaging.
40 points by zderror | 19 comments
GitHub repository for GridSnap, an MIT-licensed open-source Swift menubar app for macOS that snaps windows to a grid, similar to Divvy.
301 points by iamnothere | 183 comments
Release announcement for Libreboot 26.10 "Ominous Olive", adding EDK2 UEFI payload by default, 233 Intel/AMD Chromebooks, and new hardware support.
42 points by dgavrilov | 39 comments
Mailing list announcement of the Ubuntu 26.10 "Stonking Stingray" release, covering Rust coreutils, Linux kernel 7.3, GNOME 51, TPM encryption, and RISC-V images.
110 points by andunie | 61 comments
GitHub repository for Flipflop, a GPL-3.0 file-sharing app using Iroh-powered persistent peer-to-peer tunnels with a Slint UI.
54 points by matttah | 2 comments
GitHub repository for Vacuula, an AGPL-licensed custom server that revives discontinued Neato robot vacuum cleaners.
9 points by ghuntley | 5 comments
Geoffrey Huntley blog post proposing an open source model where projects reject pull requests but invite others to fork and remix the code.
197 points by thedracle | 39 comments
Landing page for Petal, a free open-source pair programming app with low-latency screen sharing and remote control for macOS and Windows, from the makers of CoScreen.
99 points by janvdberg | 59 comments
LWN brief reporting that Linus Torvalds posted a ten-patch kernel series written with LLM assistance, using RCU to speed up folio lookups for read()-heavy workloads.
74 points by speckx | 34 comments
Matt Mullenweg's blog post memorializing Eric Binnion, noting a 30-day extra HTTP header added via Nginx across WordPress sites in his honor.
84 points by brydencalaway | 57 comments
Landing page for Strafe, an open-source, self-hostable, federated and end-to-end encrypted community chat platform positioned as a Discord alternative.
61 points by LargeModGames | 10 comments
GitHub repository for spotatui, a Rust terminal and desktop Spotify client that uses librespot and internal APIs, plus other sources like YouTube, Subsonic and radio.
111 points by bherbruck | 27 comments
GitHub repository for SolidCraft, an open-source parametric 3D CAD application written in Rust with desktop, web, and MCP-based automation support.
71 points by androsynth89 | 30 comments
GitHub repository for blokkily, an experimental pattern-first digital audio workstation with Model Context Protocol (MCP) support.
361 points by bwnkl | 391 comments
Merged GitHub pull request adding QGIS Enhancement Proposal 428, which changes the project's policy to forbid AI-generated contributions.
17 points by cobychapple | 13 comments
Landing page for Crest, an open-source Arc-inspired web browser for Mac, iPad, and iPhone with spaces, sidebar, Peek, and Split View.
51 points by espeed | 8 comments
GitHub repository for Wordcraft, an open-source clean-room reimplementation of Microsoft Word written in pure Rust.
66 points by vmatsiiako | 12 comments
GitHub repository for HashiCorp Boundary, an identity-based access management tool for dynamic infrastructure, now archived and read-only.
39 points by mathgenius | 32 comments
Tom's Hardware news article on a developer of free Adobe clones releasing open-source replicas of Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with Autodesk tools possibly next.
183 points by kartik017 | 105 comments
Landing page for BetterWispr, a free, open-source macOS dictation app that cleans up speech into text locally, with per-app writing styles.
356 points by edent | 184 comments
Blog post by Terence Eden on shkspr.mobi about paying people to try following a project's README; the capture shows only a bot-verification interstitial.
405 points by ForHackernews | 202 comments
Nitter's homepage update reporting X Corp. cease and desist letters, the project's lack of legal counsel, and a request for funding and legal help.
355 points by basilikum | 305 comments
Homepage of IRCv3, the working group that develops and publishes specifications and extensions for the modern IRC client protocol.
39 points by vahmohh | 9 comments
GitHub repository for Veda, a GPL-3.0 hobby operating system billed as "agentic-native," which builds on Linux and runs in QEMU.
26 points by makerdiety | 7 comments
MakeUseOf article about Damn Small Linux 2024, a roughly 50MB lightweight Linux distribution for reviving old PCs.
41 points by jgx0 | 20 comments
Project page for FlowCE, a free GPL-licensed calculus app for the TI-84 Plus CE that displays exact symbolic answers alongside decimals.
354 points by Cider9986 | 254 comments
Bitwarden community forum announcement that app store builds will become commercially licensed while the GPLv3 open source version continues on GitHub.
259 points by john_alan | 221 comments
The Open Group's official Open Brand register listing UNIX certified products, which reportedly no longer includes Apple macOS.
81 points by dxs | 35 comments
Linux Stans news article reporting that 11 of 23 core open source projects are maintained by just one or two people, citing the tz database maintained by Paul Eggert.
11 points by smartmic | 2 comments
A Codeberg repository listing alternatives to FOSS projects that use or support LLMs/AI, plus tips for requesting better policies or forking.
31 points by edris0077 | 7 comments
GitHub repository for Edi Life OS, a self-hosted PHP life dashboard for habits, goals, Kanban, finance and focus with an MCP server for AI assistants.
37 points by thesnarkitecht | 34 comments
GitHub repository for Rembrandt, a free open source photo editor with RAW support, masks and on-device AI for macOS, Windows and Linux.
38 points by danny00 | 18 comments
Tom's Hardware news article on CRAM, a Linux technique exposing compressed RAM via standard memory semantics instead of a block device, claiming up to 452x faster reads.
106 points by khaosdoctor | 39 comments
Documentation page for proton-drive-linux-fs, a Go-based FUSE filesystem that mounts Proton Drive as a local folder on Linux with on-demand file downloads.
50 points by janandonly | 14 comments
Homepage of the Dat Ecosystem, a community of open-source projects building applications on peer-to-peer data protocols like Hypercore.
107 points by simjue | 40 comments
A data-visualization story from sheets.works counting how few maintainers look after the code that billions of phones depend on, measured from the code itself.
81 points by cachebag | 66 comments
GitHub repository for zerobrew, an open-source Homebrew alternative claiming up to 100x faster package installs.
11 points by zatkin | 2 comments
GitHub tags page for the Ghostty terminal emulator repository, listing a recent 'tip' build and versions v1.3.1 (March 13) and v1.3.0.
7 points by billyp-rva | 1 comments
Interactive Ilograph sequence diagrams documenting Immich's front-end and back-end flows, here showing a user uploading a photo from the web client.
12 points by derac | 6 comments
GitHub organization page for ArtCraft (storytold), hosting open-source creative tools including photocraft, a clean-room Rust reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop.
17 points by peter_retief | 5 comments
GitHub repository for yggstore, a Go tool for sharded, encrypted storage shared between friends over the Yggdrasil mesh network.
220 points by kavourias | 150 comments
Landing page for Penguin Mail, an open-source mail and calendar desktop app for Linux supporting Gmail, Microsoft, IMAP and POP3 accounts.
462 points by IvanK_net | 249 comments
Tell HN post by Photopea's developer complaining that GitHub rejected his DMCA takedown of repositories hosting ad-stripped copies of his web app.
74 points by bigwheels | 29 comments
GitHub repository for Photocraft, an open-source clean-room reimplementation of Adobe Photoshop written in pure Rust.
278 points by benbreen | 113 comments
Dan Cohen's newsletter essay on how a group of historians spent years conceiving Zotero, the research application later used by millions.
121 points by faithraven | 58 comments
Blog post announcing that the tapo Rust/Python client library for TP-Link Tapo devices supports the TPAP protocol, so Third-Party Compatibility can stay off.
38 points by Bluestein | 22 comments
GitHub changelog post announcing new repository settings that let maintainers configure who can open or access pull requests.
34 points by vinhnx | 13 comments
A personal essay by a self-taught developer reflecting on growing up with open source and GitHub and arguing that open source as we know it is dead.
96 points by montag | 53 comments
GitHub issue on the Photosuite repo where Photopea's developer accuses the project of copying Photopea's web photo editor code.
4 points by zbruceli | 0 comments
Long-form blog profile of OpenSSH creator Theo de Raadt, covering his NetBSD exit, lost DARPA grant, and security-focused philosophy.
105 points by Tomte | 41 comments
MetaBrainz blog post announcing the release of Picard 3.0, the MusicBrainz music tagging application.
8 points by MilnerRoute | 1 comments
Linuxiac news article reporting that Kagi is ending Orion Browser development for Linux and Windows and plans to open-source both versions for the community.