Source code

Source code that Hacker News readers keep rediscovering.

Hall of Fame: 15
Candidates: 23
Topics: 10
Median span: 6.9 yrs

Topics in Source code

10 topics

Software engineering 20 links 8 Hall · 12 Candidates Computer science 4 links 1 Hall · 3 Candidates Security & privacy 4 links 3 Hall · 1 Candidates Web & internet 3 links 1 Hall · 2 Candidates AI & data 2 links 0 Hall · 2 Candidates Computer games 1 link 0 Hall · 1 Candidates Design & creativity 1 link 1 Hall · 0 Candidates Hardware & electronics 1 link 0 Hall · 1 Candidates Mathematics & science 1 link 0 Hall · 1 Candidates Space & transportation 1 link 1 Hall · 0 Candidates

Strongest Hall records

15 items

Dear ImGui – Bloat-free graphical user interface library for C++

github.com Software & code 15 submissions · 12 people · 9.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2023-12-20

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Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code

github.com Software & code 27 submissions · 26 people · 9.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2024-07-04

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OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall

github.com Software & code 8 submissions · 8 people · 7.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-06 Resurfaced 2024-08-10

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Adblock via /etc/hosts

github.com Software & code 13 submissions · 13 people · 9.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-06 Resurfaced 2023-06-12

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Gooey: Turn almost any Python command line program into a full GUI application

github.com Software & code 7 submissions · 6 people · 9.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-06 Resurfaced 2023-12-09

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Git's initial commit

github.com Software & code 10 submissions · 10 people · 12.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-11 Resurfaced 2025-04-07

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Facebook PHP Source Code from August 2007

gist.github.com Software & code 8 submissions · 8 people · 10.8 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-01 Resurfaced 2020-01-30

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Google humans.txt

www.google.com Software & code 6 submissions · 6 people · 14.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-07 Resurfaced 2016-04-14

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Frege: A JVM pure functional programming language in the spirit of Haskell

github.com Software & code 6 submissions · 6 people · 11.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-09 Resurfaced 2016-03-06

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Masscan: TCP port scanner, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes

github.com Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 8.0 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-09 Resurfaced 2021-09-28

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Gron – Make JSON Greppable

github.com Software & code 6 submissions · 6 people · 5.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2023-05 Resurfaced 2023-12-03

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ChrysaLisp – A 64-bit Lisp OS with GUI

github.com Software & code 5 submissions · 4 people · 6.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-04 Resurfaced 2023-01-17

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Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

brailleinstitute.org Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 4.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-03 Resurfaced 2024-09-15

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C implementation of Tic-Tac-Toe in a single call to printf

github.com Software & code 10 submissions · 9 people · 4.2 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2024-04 Resurfaced 2022-06-08

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Evolution of a Python programmer

gist.github.com Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 7.5 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2017-07 Resurfaced 2012-03-08 archived copy

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Recently resurfaced in source code

latest 20+ point return

Git's initial commit

github.com Software & code 10 submissions · 10 people · 12.6 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2021-11 Resurfaced 2025-04-07

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Atkinson Hyperlegible Font

brailleinstitute.org Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 4.7 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2026-03 Resurfaced 2024-09-15

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OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall

github.com Software & code 8 submissions · 8 people · 7.3 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2022-06 Resurfaced 2024-08-10

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Apollo 11 Guidance Computer source code

github.com Software & code 27 submissions · 26 people · 9.9 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-02 Resurfaced 2024-07-04

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Dear ImGui – Bloat-free graphical user interface library for C++

github.com Software & code 15 submissions · 12 people · 9.4 years

Hall of Fame Class of 2020-11 Resurfaced 2023-12-20

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Candidates

Browse 23 candidates

T * sin (t) ≈ Christmas tree (2013)

github.com Software & code 7 submissions · 2 people · 12.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-12-25

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart3 submitters

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Joplin – A note-taking and to-do app with builds for desktop, mobile, terminal

github.com Software & code 4 submissions · 4 people · 5.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-07-06

Needs:5 submissions

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This JPEG is also a webpage

lcamtuf.coredump.cx Software & code 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2018-09-10

Needs:5 submissions

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HTTP static server one-liners

gist.github.com Software & code 8 submissions · 8 people · 7.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-05-13

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Obfuscated Tiny C Compiler

bellard.org Software & code 4 submissions · 4 people · 11.2 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-02-15

Needs:5 submissions

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Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming (1992)

github.com Software & code 8 submissions · 8 people · 4.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-08-14

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Rav1e, an AV1 encoder written in Rust and assembly

github.com Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 7.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2020-06-13

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Hyperfine: A command-line benchmarking tool

github.com Software & code 9 submissions · 7 people · 6.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-11-18

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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LocalStack – A fully functional local AWS cloud stack

github.com Software & code 8 submissions · 7 people · 2.7 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2019-11-03

Needs:3 active years

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Radiation-hardened Quine: A quine that works after any one character is deleted

github.com Software & code 4 submissions · 3 people · 9.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-06-02

Needs:5 submissions

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Snark Barker: A 100% compatible replica of the famed SB 1.0 soundcard

github.com Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 3.3 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-05-15

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Lambda Calculus in 400 Bytes

justine.lol Software & code 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2025-01-13

Needs:5 submissions

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`three = 1` in the Linux sourcecode (2014)

github.com Software & code 3 submissions · 3 people · 7.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-03-09

Needs:5 submissions

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The first version of Redis, written in Tcl

gist.github.com Software & code 6 submissions · 6 people · 6.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-05-18

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Faiss: A library for efficient similarity search

github.com Software & code 4 submissions · 4 people · 9.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2023-03-30

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Migra – A schema diff tool for PostgreSQL

github.com Software & code 5 submissions · 5 people · 5.0 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-02-25

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart

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Commander Keen source code released

github.com Software & code 3 submissions · 2 people · 7.8 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-07-12

Needs:5 submissions3 submitters

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WebKit Quirks.cpp

github.com Software & code 4 submissions · 4 people · 3.9 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-10-14

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Show HN: Lisp with GC in 436 Bytes

justine.lol Software & code 3 submissions · 3 people · 2.6 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2024-08-02

Needs:5 submissions3 active years

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3D reproduction of TSA master keys

github.com Software & code 4 submissions · 4 people · 6.4 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2022-02-15

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions3 active years

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Scalable PostgreSQL Connection Pooler

github.com Software & code 3 submissions · 3 people · 3.5 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-11-12

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Svgbob – Create a graphical representation of text diagrams

github.com Software & code 3 submissions · 3 people · 4.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-07-14

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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Plotinus: A searchable command palette in every modern GTK+ application

github.com Software & code 3 submissions · 3 people · 4.1 years

Candidate Resurfaced 2021-05-22

Needs:2 breakout events 720+ days apart5 submissions

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