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Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git

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Resurfaced independently across 8 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
26
submitters
24
observed span
2018–2026
peak thread · 144 comments
286 pts
latest 20+ return · 2026-01-23
286 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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Suggestion: improve the opening summary paragraph: "Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on Git. Unlike centralized code hosting platforms, there is no single entity controlling the network. Repositories are replicated across peers in a decentralized manner, and users are in full control of their data and workflow." From this, I can't tell how it's any different to just plain self-hosted Git. A well written introduction should tell the reader immediately what the software actually…

jbstack·286-point thread·

Seems like a vehicle to try to start another coin network, like Tea.xyz, and it's just burying the lede: See Drips on https://docs.radworks.org/#projects I'd first heard of Radicle from this post: https://blog.orhun.dev/open-source-funding-with-ratatui/

Check docs over here: https://docs.radicle.xyz/docs/what-is-radicle.html

xla·39-point thread·

fyi this isn't https://radicale.org, an open source calendar server

Natfan·13-point thread·

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
565

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Total comments
214

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Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-09-07Radicle, a language for peer-to-peer collaborationm9030
2019-03-12Radicle, a peer-to-peer stack for project collaborationdgellow61
2019-03-20A peer-to-peer stack for code collaborationokket20
2019-05-11Radicle: IPFS-based code collaborationbrianzelip76
2019-07-30Radicle: A peer-to-peer stack for code collaborationbpierre30
2019-09-15Radicle: Peer-to-peer stack for code collaborationingve10
2019-09-24Radiclewalterbell10
2019-10-06Radicle: A peer-to-peer stack for code collaborationbased240
2020-11-15Radicle – Secure peer-to-peer code collaboration without intermediariespabs380
2020-11-30Radicle: A Peer-to-Peer Stack for Code Collaboration (In Beta)lftherios394
2020-11-30Radicle: A Peer-to-Peer Stack for Code Collaboration (In Beta)ni10c50
2022-08-22Radicle – a censorship-resistant, peer-to-peer stack for building softwaredabit311
2023-05-17Radicle: Sovereign Code Infrastructurebpierre10
2023-09-19Radicle: Sovereign P2P network for code collaboration, built on top of Gitrapnie10
2023-11-18Radicle: Sovereign Code Infrastructurebpierre20
2023-12-17Peer-to-Peer GitHubvincent_s61
2024-02-26Radicle: Sovereign peer-to-peer network for code collaboration, on top of Gitcodetrotter40
2024-03-05Radicle: Sovereign Code Infrastructureairhangerf1510
2024-03-18Radicle – Sovereign Code Infrastructurealiasxneo10
2024-03-26Radicle: Sovereign code forge built on Git hits v1.0rudolfs93
2024-03-27Radicle: Sovereign code forge built on Git hits v1.0kissgyorgy20
2024-03-29Radicle: The Sovereign Forgercarmo20
2024-04-26Radicle is an open source, peer-to-peer code collaboration stack built on GitFirst breakoutcimnine15553
2025-08-19Radicle is a sovereign {code forge} built on Gitggirelli20
2025-11-30Radicle is a sovereign code forge built on Gitnnx131
2026-01-23Radicle: The Sovereign ForgeBest thread · Latest 20+ point returnibobev286144