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Went to Denver for the OSS Summit with @mason.

Three big takeaways: 
- OSS remains the best form of distribution for enduring dev tools. OSS is non-negotiable deep in the stack.
- Everyone is excited about the open source infra enabling AI. The tech is so deep and specialized that the industry has converged around highly optimized public infra for serving, auto-scaling and training. Startups can build atop without worrying about building the vertical stack from scratch. 
- OSS is aging out and it's existential. Proportion of maintainers under 25 is down 50% over the past 5-years, the industry knows they need to engage the next generation. This is something we're laser-focused on at Merit, with contributor payments and project monetization. More on this coming very soon

Have you guys noticed the “greying of open source”? It was all the old-heads could talk about at this conference. Open source needs a makeover for the next generation

Rust

Svelte

Graphite: open-source node-based procedural vector and raster graphics editor with non-destructive edits

(Built with /rust and /svelte!)

Graphite: open-source node-based procedural vector and raster graphics editor with non-destructive edits

(Built with /rust and /svelte!)

https://graphite.rs

https://github.com/GraphiteEditor/Graphite

https://youtu.be/knImqsVBpmY

privacy

Open-source, no-fluff charts showcasing haveibeenpwned.com's pwned account data

https://haveibeenpwned.watch/

Harper – an open-source alternative to Grammarly

https://writewithharper.com/

Fossify – A suite of open-source, ad-free apps

https://github.com/FossifyOrg

Open-source 3B param model better than Mistral OCR

Open-source 3B param model better than Mistral OCR

https://huggingface.co/nanonets/Nanonets-OCR-s

we open-sourced the supermemory MCP!
https://github.com/supermemoryai/supermemory-mcp

Interesting free and open source Android app against motion sickness

Interesting free and open source Android app against motion sickness

https://github.com/BHznJNs/MotionEaseTune

aichannel

The latest DeepSeek R1 is now the 4th most intelligent model in the world, only behind openAI o4-mini, o3 and gemini 2.5 pro

It's crazy how fast they're competing with the closed AI labs. Just look at the price-to-performance ratio compared to oAI and anthropic models

What secret sauce does deepseek have that these big AI labs don't, especially considering it's open source? 🤔

https://artificialanalysis.ai/leaderboards/models

MBCompass – Android Compass App

https://github.com/MubarakNative/MBCompass

We’re going to MIT license open source the mobile and web clients this summer. No backend. Like BlueSky does. 

We will start with a flattened one time and then work our way to continuous release. We won’t accept PRs. Strictly for a reference client.

I don’t expect anyone to run a production service with a fork. Too much infra.

Ultimatum is a Chromium browser with support for Android extensions and open source.

The project is assembled in the same way as the desktop version, but with additional settings for Android.

https://github.com/gonzazoid/Ultimatum

for those into MCPs, 

i built an MCP server that gives claude / cursor / windsurf access to Apple-Native tools 

now you can prompt your way through life

for those into MCPs, 

i built an MCP server that gives claude / cursor / windsurf access to Apple-Native tools 

now you can prompt your way through life 
https://Git.new/apple-mcp

Gosh this memory is so very timely. Does anyone use MariaDB, something I quite happily co-authored? One of the best things is still being in SHOW AUTHORS;

mini app component library built on top of shadcn: payments with daimo, check token balances with alchemy, share text + link as cast

more coming soon and actively looking for contributors 🫶

mini app component library built on top of shadcn: payments with daimo, check token balances with alchemy, share text + link as cast

more coming soon and actively looking for contributors 🫶

https://hellno-mini-app-ui.vercel.app/