Ask HN: Is there an open source HN?

8•shafkathullah•20h ago

i need an open source, social media like twitter, HN with threads etc. where can i find?

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cranberryturkey•19h ago

There's literally thousands of HN clones on github

krapp•19h ago

http://arclanguage.org/

mooreds•18h ago

mastodon? That's probably the closest open source decentralized social media option to Twitter.

HN is a different beast.

Also, why is open source important for you?

The community is the real moat for HN, not the code.

hshdhdhehd•18h ago

Old skool: https://www.phpbb.com/

More modern: https://www.discourse.org/

If you want to be open open: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon

Bender•15h ago

Adding to this phpBB is about to have a new major release [1] using Symfony, adding webpush notifications, @mentions, new modular storage system among other things. The overall goal is to modernize the forum platform.

[1] - https://blog.phpbb.com/2025/09/27/phpbb-4-0-0-a1-the-first-a...

chistev•14h ago

I have a HN clone if you're interested

clyfe•11h ago

https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters

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