Open Source on Hacker News

Open-source releases, license debates, and maintainer stories on Hacker News. Curated from the Hacker News firehose with grephn. Open the live feed for AI compression and signal scores.

1. 1 8
   A Word about RMS, GPL and the Free Software Movement

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 16 comments
2. 2 13
   Ask HN: Do companies have better code than the open source community?

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 8 comments
3. 3 2
   Ask HN: How do you license and provide support if you sell Open Source?

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 2 comments
4. 4 7
   Ask HN: Why aren't we penalising companies for not contributing to open source?

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 6 comments
5. 5 9
   Ask HN: Using BSL (Business Source) License as a Dual License?

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 1 comments
6. 6 2
   Ask HN: Can someone explain the common open source licenses?

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 4 comments
7. 7 2
   Ask HN: Is the new Unsplash license compatible with open source licenses?

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 2 comments
8. 8 2
   Anyone interested in an open source web-based database diagramming tool?

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 0 comments
9. 9 1
   Ask HN: Am I correct about FOSS licenses and open source software?

   news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 2 comments
10. 10 103
    Show HN: Globstar – Open-source static analysis toolkit

    news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 22 comments
11. 11 245
    Launch HN: Hatchet (YC W24) – Open-source task queue, now with a cloud version

    news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 95 comments
12. 12 11
    Show HN: Open-source conversational AI agents for internal tools

    github.com · grephn thread → · 4 comments
13. 13 5
    Show HN: Databite – An open source integration library

    github.com · grephn thread → · 3 comments
14. 14 3
    Ramanujan-Computing: Distributed Computing with Idle Smart Devices: Open-Source

    news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 2 comments
15. 15 3
    Show HN: CarbonLint – Open-source real-time energy&carbon profiler for software

    nishal21.github.io · grephn thread → · 0 comments
16. 16 2
    Ask HN: Using code after open source license change

    news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 3 comments
17. 17 2
    Show HN: SonicJS – Open-Source Headless CMS for Cloudflare Workers

    github.com · grephn thread → · 0 comments
18. 18 1
    Show HN: MAItion – Open-source RAG with pluggable connectors and chat UI

    github.com · grephn thread → · 0 comments
19. 19 1
    Show HN: Glyde – Open-source AI landing page builder that doesn't feel templated

    glyde.world · grephn thread → · 0 comments
20. 20 127
    Show HN: Data Diff – compare tables of any size across databases

    news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 21 comments
21. 21 94
    Launch HN: Keep (YC W23) – AIOps and alert management

    github.com · grephn thread → · 49 comments
22. 22 5
    Show HN: Egregore – Shared memory and coordination for multiplayer Claude Code

    github.com · grephn thread → · 2 comments
23. 23 4
    Ask HN: Would you trust a new browser security extension in 2025?

    news.ycombinator.com · grephn thread → · 10 comments
24. 24 2
    Show HN: Looped Whisper (FOSS) – Voice transcription menubar app for macOS

    github.com · grephn thread → · 3 comments
25. 25 2
    Show HN: AxKeyStore – Zero-trust CLI secrets manager using your own GitHub repo

    github.com · grephn thread → · 1 comments