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=OSE Install of Related Software= | |||
Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> | |||
Thu, Mar 26, 4:04 PM (13 days ago) | |||
to Benoit | |||
Check out this thread - I inquired if the source for the Hacker News site is available. They say yes. Can you try a demo install? One major point we need is good upvoting. Either Hacker News software or Askbot appear to be good options, and we would then use Discourse (in progress) for embeddable threads on wiki pages. | |||
Marcin | |||
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From: Hacker News <hn@ycombinator.com> | |||
Date: Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 3:49 PM | |||
Subject: Re: HN software | |||
To: Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> | |||
It's available as a tar download - see the install link. There's an Arc forum where you can ask questions, and maybe some resources out there on the web; I'm not sure. We don't have the cycles to provide support for it, I'm afraid. | |||
Daniel | |||
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:44 PM Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> wrote: | |||
Ah, ok - can you send me a direct link? Not sure where to look. Is that on Github/Gitlab? Are there any howtos for installing a Hacker News-like upvote site? | |||
Marcin | |||
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 3:32 PM Hacker News <hn@ycombinator.com> wrote: | |||
Yes, it's bundled in! Sorry that wasn't clear. | |||
Daniel | |||
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:22 PM Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> wrote: | |||
Hi Daniel, | |||
Not sure if we're on the same page. I was referring to the actual Hacker News website software, https://news.ycombinator.com/ - not the language that the software is written in. Is the actual software - its upvote/downvote and ask capability - available as open source? | |||
Marcin | |||
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:17 PM Hacker News <hn@ycombinator.com> wrote: | |||
Yes, check out the link on that page where it says "basic web apps". The Arc language was developed by Paul Graham who created HN and co-founded YC. It's a dialect of Lisp, which he became well-known for writing books (in the 1990s) and essays (in the 2000s) about. | |||
Hacker News still runs on Arc. Someday we'll release the updates we've made to the language and the application. | |||
Daniel | |||
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:20 AM Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> wrote: | |||
Thanks. Is that the right link, though? Arc language? | |||
Marcin | |||
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:06 AM Hacker News <hn@ycombinator.com> wrote: | |||
There's an older version at http://arclanguage.org/. People do run forums using it, and you're welcome to do the same! | |||
Daniel (moderator) | |||
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:26 PM Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> wrote: | |||
Hi HN, | |||
Is the software that runs Hacker News open source? I'm the founder of Open Source Ecology - we would like to install our own instance. | |||
Marcin | |||
Revision as of 00:29, 9 April 2020
A platform for curiosity:
How It Works
OSE Install of Related Software
Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> Thu, Mar 26, 4:04 PM (13 days ago) to Benoit
Check out this thread - I inquired if the source for the Hacker News site is available. They say yes. Can you try a demo install? One major point we need is good upvoting. Either Hacker News software or Askbot appear to be good options, and we would then use Discourse (in progress) for embeddable threads on wiki pages.
Marcin
Forwarded message ---------
From: Hacker News <hn@ycombinator.com> Date: Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 3:49 PM Subject: Re: HN software To: Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org>
It's available as a tar download - see the install link. There's an Arc forum where you can ask questions, and maybe some resources out there on the web; I'm not sure. We don't have the cycles to provide support for it, I'm afraid.
Daniel
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:44 PM Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> wrote: Ah, ok - can you send me a direct link? Not sure where to look. Is that on Github/Gitlab? Are there any howtos for installing a Hacker News-like upvote site?
Marcin
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 3:32 PM Hacker News <hn@ycombinator.com> wrote:
Yes, it's bundled in! Sorry that wasn't clear.
Daniel
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:22 PM Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> wrote: Hi Daniel,
Not sure if we're on the same page. I was referring to the actual Hacker News website software, https://news.ycombinator.com/ - not the language that the software is written in. Is the actual software - its upvote/downvote and ask capability - available as open source?
Marcin
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:17 PM Hacker News <hn@ycombinator.com> wrote: Yes, check out the link on that page where it says "basic web apps". The Arc language was developed by Paul Graham who created HN and co-founded YC. It's a dialect of Lisp, which he became well-known for writing books (in the 1990s) and essays (in the 2000s) about.
Hacker News still runs on Arc. Someday we'll release the updates we've made to the language and the application.
Daniel
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 12:20 AM Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> wrote: Thanks. Is that the right link, though? Arc language?
Marcin
On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 1:06 AM Hacker News <hn@ycombinator.com> wrote: There's an older version at http://arclanguage.org/. People do run forums using it, and you're welcome to do the same!
Daniel (moderator)
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 10:26 PM Marcin Jakubowski <marcin@opensourceecology.org> wrote: Hi HN,
Is the software that runs Hacker News open source? I'm the founder of Open Source Ecology - we would like to install our own instance.
Marcin