Web Server for AoE 1, 2 and 3 DE supporting LAN multiplayer 100% offline
(github.com/luskaner)
Age LAN Server is a web server that allows you to play multiplayer LAN game modes without having an internet connection to the game server ensuring the game LAN functionality is still available even if the official server is in maintenance or is eventually shutdown.
Age LAN Server is a web server that allows you to play multiplayer LAN game modes without having an internet connection to the game server ensuring the game LAN functionality is still available even if the official server is in maintenance or is eventually shutdown.
Firefox maker Mozilla prepares Gmail-like Thundermail
(theregister.com)
Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla's open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.
Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla's open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.
Proof-of-work to protect lore.kernel.org and git.kernel.org against AI crawlers
(kernel.org)
I'm sad to say that we're following the lead of many others and putting in proof-of-work proxies into place to protect ourselves against "AI" crawler bots. Yes, I hate this as much as you, but all other options are currently worse (such as locking us into specific vendors).We'll be rolling it out on lore.kernel.org and git.kernel.org in the next week or so.
I'm sad to say that we're following the lead of many others and putting in proof-of-work proxies into place to protect ourselves against "AI" crawler bots. Yes, I hate this as much as you, but all other options are currently worse (such as locking us into specific vendors).We'll be rolling it out on lore.kernel.org and git.kernel.org in the next week or so.
Ask HN: How do you make a living contributing to and/or creating OSS projects?
(ycombinator.com)
How would one go about being a 'rogue' OSS contributor so to speak? Live off of donations, bounties, hackathons, ect?
How would one go about being a 'rogue' OSS contributor so to speak? Live off of donations, bounties, hackathons, ect?
Android development is going private but Google still wants help from other devs
(androidauthority.com)
Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the Android team will still review code contributions from external developers.
Google has confirmed to Android Authority that the Android team will still review code contributions from external developers.
Show HN: Open Responses – Self-hosted OpenAI Responses API, works with any model
(github.com/julep-ai)
Open Responses lets you run a fully self-hosted version of OpenAI's Responses API. It works seamlessly with any large language model (LLM) provider—whether it's Claude, Qwen, Deepseek R1, Ollama, or others. It's a fully-compatible drop-in replacement for the official API. Swap out OpenAI without changing your existing Agents SDK code.
Open Responses lets you run a fully self-hosted version of OpenAI's Responses API. It works seamlessly with any large language model (LLM) provider—whether it's Claude, Qwen, Deepseek R1, Ollama, or others. It's a fully-compatible drop-in replacement for the official API. Swap out OpenAI without changing your existing Agents SDK code.
Show HN: Arrakis – Open-source, self-hostable sandboxing service for AI Agents
(github.com/abshkbh)
AI agents can generate malicious or buggy code that can attack the host system its run on.
AI agents can generate malicious or buggy code that can attack the host system its run on.
Matrix.org Will Migrate to MAS
(matrix.org)
On Monday 7th of April 2025 at 7am UTC, we will migrate the Matrix.org homeserver's authentication system over to MAS (Matrix Authentication Service) in order to benefit from Next-generation authentication.
On Monday 7th of April 2025 at 7am UTC, we will migrate the Matrix.org homeserver's authentication system over to MAS (Matrix Authentication Service) in order to benefit from Next-generation authentication.
Wikipedia is struggling with voracious AI bot crawlers
(engadget.com)
Wikimedia has seen a 50 percent increase in bandwidth used for downloading multimedia content since January 2024, the foundation said in an update. But it's not because human readers have suddenly developed a voracious appetite for consuming Wikipedia articles and for watching videos or downloading files from Wikimedia Commons. No, the spike in usage came from AI crawlers, or automated programs scraping Wikimedia's openly licensed images, videos, articles and other files to train generative artificial intelligence models.
Wikimedia has seen a 50 percent increase in bandwidth used for downloading multimedia content since January 2024, the foundation said in an update. But it's not because human readers have suddenly developed a voracious appetite for consuming Wikipedia articles and for watching videos or downloading files from Wikimedia Commons. No, the spike in usage came from AI crawlers, or automated programs scraping Wikimedia's openly licensed images, videos, articles and other files to train generative artificial intelligence models.
Firefox maker Mozilla prepares Gmail-like Thundermail
(theregister.com)
Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla's open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.
Thunderbird, Firefox maker Mozilla's open-source email client, is aiming to reinvent itself as a more comprehensive communications platform.
Kai Scheduler: Kubernetes Native scheduler for AI workloads at large scale
(github.com/NVIDIA)
KAI Scheduler is a robust, efficient, and scalable Kubernetes scheduler that optimizes GPU resource allocation for AI and machine learning workloads.
KAI Scheduler is a robust, efficient, and scalable Kubernetes scheduler that optimizes GPU resource allocation for AI and machine learning workloads.
Call for testing: OpenSSH 10.0 (DSA support removed)
(mindrot.org)
Hi all. OpenSSH 10.0p1 is almost ready for release, so we would appreciate testing on as many platforms and systems as possible. This is primarily a bugfix release, although one notable change is the introduction of the sshd-auth binary (see below).
Hi all. OpenSSH 10.0p1 is almost ready for release, so we would appreciate testing on as many platforms and systems as possible. This is primarily a bugfix release, although one notable change is the introduction of the sshd-auth binary (see below).
LightkeeperRM: Lightweight drop-in replacement for maintaining servers over SSH
(github.com/kalaksi)
LightkeeperRM (Remote Management) is a lightweight and modular drop-in replacement for maintaining servers over SSH.
LightkeeperRM (Remote Management) is a lightweight and modular drop-in replacement for maintaining servers over SSH.
Show HN: Textcase: A Python Library for Text Case Conversion
(github.com/zobweyt)
A feature complete Python text case conversion library.
A feature complete Python text case conversion library.
Show HN: Offline SOS signaling+recovery app for disasters/wars
(github.com/nizarmah)
Igatha is an open-source SOS signaling and recovery app designed for war zones and disaster areas, enabling offline emergency communication when traditional networks fail.
Igatha is an open-source SOS signaling and recovery app designed for war zones and disaster areas, enabling offline emergency communication when traditional networks fail.
Free, simple, fast interactive diagrams for any GitHub repository
(github.com/ahmedkhaleel2004)
Turn any GitHub repository into an interactive diagram for visualization in seconds.
Turn any GitHub repository into an interactive diagram for visualization in seconds.
Show HN: Qwen-2.5-32B is now the best open source OCR model
(github.com/getomni-ai)
A benchmarking tool that compares OCR and data extraction capabilities of different large multimodal models such as gpt-4o, evaluating both text and json extraction accuracy. The goal of this benchmark is to publish a comprehensive benchmark of OCR accuracy across traditional OCR providers and multimodal Language Models. The evaluation dataset and methodologies are all Open Source, and we encourage expanding this benchmark to encompass any additional providers.
A benchmarking tool that compares OCR and data extraction capabilities of different large multimodal models such as gpt-4o, evaluating both text and json extraction accuracy. The goal of this benchmark is to publish a comprehensive benchmark of OCR accuracy across traditional OCR providers and multimodal Language Models. The evaluation dataset and methodologies are all Open Source, and we encourage expanding this benchmark to encompass any additional providers.
RubyUI (Former PhlexUI): Ruby Gem for RubyUI Components
(github.com/ruby-ui)
Beautifully designed components that you can copy and paste into your apps. Accessible. Customizable. Open Source.
Beautifully designed components that you can copy and paste into your apps. Accessible. Customizable. Open Source.
Discover European alternatives to popular SaaS
(xwiki.com)
Let’s face it: Big Tech companies will always put their interests first. If Europe truly wants digital sovereignty, we need to stop handing over our infrastructure to Silicon Valley giants. Yet, despite all the talk, many businesses and governments still sign contracts with Microsoft, Google, and Atlassian, locking themselves into foreign control. We can’t afford to keep making the same mistake.
Let’s face it: Big Tech companies will always put their interests first. If Europe truly wants digital sovereignty, we need to stop handing over our infrastructure to Silicon Valley giants. Yet, despite all the talk, many businesses and governments still sign contracts with Microsoft, Google, and Atlassian, locking themselves into foreign control. We can’t afford to keep making the same mistake.
Ask HN: Why hasn’t AMD made a viable CUDA alternative?
(ycombinator.com)
I appreciate developing ROCm into something competitive with CUDA would require a lot of work, both internally within AMD and with external contributions to the relevant open source libraries.
I appreciate developing ROCm into something competitive with CUDA would require a lot of work, both internally within AMD and with external contributions to the relevant open source libraries.
OpenAI plans to release a new 'open' AI language model in the coming months
(techcrunch.com)
OpenAI says that it intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 “in the coming months.”
OpenAI says that it intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 “in the coming months.”
Show HN: Neuronpedia, an open source platform for AI interpretability
(neuronpedia.org)
Neuronpedia is an open source interpretability platform.
Neuronpedia is an open source interpretability platform.
JEP draft: Prepare to make final mean final
(openjdk.org)
Issue warnings about uses of deep reflection to mutate final fields. The warnings aim to prepare developers for a future release that ensures integrity by default by restricting final field mutation; this makes Java programs safer and potentially faster. Application developers can avoid both current warnings and future restrictions by selectively enabling the ability to mutate final fields where essential.
Issue warnings about uses of deep reflection to mutate final fields. The warnings aim to prepare developers for a future release that ensures integrity by default by restricting final field mutation; this makes Java programs safer and potentially faster. Application developers can avoid both current warnings and future restrictions by selectively enabling the ability to mutate final fields where essential.