Ask HN: Is there an open source HN?
i need an open source, social media like twitter, HN with threads etc. where can i find? Old skool: https://www.phpbb.com/ More modern: https://www.discourse.org/ If you want to be open open: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon 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... 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. There's literally thousands of HN clones on github I have a HN clone if you're interested