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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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20261,323 stories
Chatto is now open source↗ hmans.dev · HN · 304 comments · 1106 points · Jul 08, 2026
Lore – Open source version control system designed for scalability↗ lore.org · HN · 680 comments · 1276 points · Jun 17, 2026
Bambu Lab is abusing the open source social contract↗ jeffgeerling.com · HN · 428 comments · 1404 points · May 12, 2026
Leanstral: Open-source agent for trustworthy coding and formal proof engineering↗ mistral.ai · HN · 191 comments · 783 points · Mar 16, 2026
France's homegrown open source online office suite↗ github.com · HN · 346 comments · 818 points · Feb 07, 2026
20251,442 stories
Pebble Watch software is now open source↗ ericmigi.com · HN · 227 comments · 1241 points · Nov 24, 2025
Open Social↗ overreacted.io · HN · 388 comments · 991 points · Sep 26, 2025
My open source project was relicensed by a YC company [license updated]↗ twitter.com · HN · 506 comments · 947 points · Jul 04, 2025
Redis is open source again↗ antirez.com · HN · 789 comments · 1896 points · May 01, 2025
Google open-sources the Pebble OS↗ opensource.googleblog.com · HN · 200 comments · 1263 points · Jan 27, 2025
20241,710 stories
Social engineering takeovers of open source projects↗ openssf.org · HN · 361 comments · 822 points · May 05, 2024
Open Sourcing DOS 4↗ hanselman.com · HN · 368 comments · 809 points · Apr 25, 2024
Show HN: 3 years and 1M users later, I just open-sourced my "Internet OS"↗ github.com · HN · 319 comments · 1274 points · Mar 04, 2024
Zed, a collaborative code editor, is now open source↗ zed.dev · HN · 601 comments · 1576 points · Jan 24, 2024
Unity's Open-Source Double Standard: The Ban of VLC↗ mfkl.github.io · HN · 357 comments · 1027 points · Jan 12, 2024
20231,587 stories
EU Cyber Resilience Act: What does it mean for open source?↗ berthub.eu · HN · 99 comments · 151 points · Dec 30, 2023
Open source liability is coming↗ developersalliance.org · HN · 229 comments · 106 points · Dec 29, 2023
What comes after open source? Bruce Perens is working on it↗ theregister.com · HN · 179 comments · 137 points · Dec 27, 2023
The life and death of open source companies↗ lucumr.pocoo.org · HN · 202 comments · 233 points · Dec 26, 2023
The Free Software Foundation is dying↗ drewdevault.com · HN · 66 comments · 90 points · Apr 11, 2023
20221,557 stories
Kite is saying farewell and open-sourcing its code↗ kite.com · HN · 525 comments · 1080 points · Nov 20, 2022
Show HN: I'm building an open-source Amazon↗ openship.org · HN · 301 comments · 1335 points · Sep 02, 2022
Actual is going open-source↗ actualbudget.com · HN · 318 comments · 811 points · Apr 29, 2022
Open-Sourcing our Firmware↗ frame.work · HN · 368 comments · 1168 points · Jan 21, 2022
Danish government makes its new economic model open source↗ github.com · HN · 152 comments · 842 points · Jan 21, 2022
20211,513 stories
Microsoft forked MIT licensed repo and changed the copyright [fixed]↗ github.com · HN · 538 comments · 1326 points · Dec 25, 2021
Open Source Tractor↗ opensourceecology.dozuki.com · HN · 204 comments · 887 points · Oct 11, 2021
Revolt: Open-source alternative to Discord↗ revolt.chat · HN · 395 comments · 642 points · Sep 06, 2021
Grafana, Loki, and Tempo will be relicensed to AGPLv3↗ grafana.com · HN · 559 comments · 710 points · Apr 20, 2021
Open-source, not open-contribution↗ github.com · HN · 321 comments · 661 points · Jan 28, 2021
20201,587 stories
No More Free Work from Marak: Pay Me or Fork This↗ github.com · HN · 938 comments · 1070 points · Nov 09, 2020
Amnesia is now open source↗ frictionalgames.com · HN · 205 comments · 902 points · Sep 23, 2020
Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development↗ dev.lemmy.ml · HN · 634 comments · 944 points · Jun 27, 2020
EA will be releasing the C&C Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert source code under GPL3↗ reddit.com · HN · 247 comments · 993 points · May 20, 2020
My FOSS Story↗ blog.burntsushi.net · HN · 200 comments · 833 points · Jan 20, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol↗ rheinmetall.github.io · HN · 109 comments · 283 points · Sep 15, 2026
Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to↗ seldo.com · HN · 207 comments · 196 points · Sep 20, 2026
Science Is Open Software↗ jepedersen.dk · HN · 75 comments · 162 points · Sep 19, 2026
TALA Is Open-Source↗ d2lang.com · HN · 24 comments · 316 points · Sep 07, 2026
Rune is now open source↗ rune.build · HN · 70 comments · 224 points · Sep 11, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

TALA Is Open-Source↗ d2lang.com · HN · 24 comments · 316 points · Sep 07, 2026
German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol↗ rheinmetall.github.io · HN · 109 comments · 283 points · Sep 15, 2026
Rune is now open source↗ rune.build · HN · 70 comments · 224 points · Sep 11, 2026
Nobody pays for FOSS, we can force them to↗ seldo.com · HN · 207 comments · 196 points · Sep 20, 2026
Google stole open source code without crediting the authors (Artemis/Minitap)↗ minitap.ai · HN · 34 comments · 180 points · Sep 12, 2026
Science Is Open Software↗ jepedersen.dk · HN · 75 comments · 162 points · Sep 19, 2026
Google copied our open-source code, removed engineers' names without credit↗ reddit.com · HN · 13 comments · 156 points · Sep 15, 2026
Normalized Fascism in Open Source: $12M Given to DHH↗ brennan.day · HN · 24 comments · 68 points · Sep 02, 2026
Show HN: An open-source manufacturing ERP/MES/QMS↗ carbon.ms · HN · 29 comments · 54 points · Sep 24, 2026
RubyGems Open Source Supply Chain Security and OpenAI↗ rietta.com · HN · 6 comments · 46 points · Sep 14, 2026

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