Here you can find the latest public code: http://arclanguage.org/ But I don't think there has been any public updates since that release. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

Well, kind of, at least considering the last public version of Arc, that HN uses (found here: http://arclanguage.org/) It seems to be storing stuff directly on disk, on the same host that the software itself runs on. So you're right if you consider the filesystem a sort of database, but otherwise no :). - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

>Where is the HN source code right now? Free and Open? Yes and no. HN itself is running a proprietary fork of Arc Lisp, which you can find here[0]. The Arc maintainters don't take public PRs or feature requests, and HN itself has numerous changes to the codebase which aren't public for business reasons. There is a public fork of Arc called Anarki[1] which has no direct connection to HN or Arc Lisp, and for which... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

Dammit, I thought this was about Arc language (the language/platform that HN uses, http://arclanguage.org/). Guess I'm stuck with using Anarki still. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

The original version was open sourced (Perl artistic License) http://arclanguage.org/ There is an active fork in https://github.com/arclanguage/anarki but it's totally independent and the current conde in HN can be (very) different. My guess is that it's very difficult to keep all the details of the secret sauce hidden. They change the details very often. For... - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

If you don’t mind using an alternative front-end, I’ve built an open source one[0] that supports dark mode and some other things I was missing when using HN on larger screens 0. https://modernorange.io. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

I like it! I went a step further and made my own client[0] so that it’s easier to navigate on larger screens and mobile, but could not find a good solution to support logging in. An extension is a great middle ground. 0. https://modernorange.io. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

Nice! Felt the same way but took it a step further and designed a whole new front-end[0] so that it was easier to use on modern large format screens (and added some things like dark mode). 0. https://modernorange.io. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

The API is pretty nice to work with, I’ve used it to build an open source alternative HN client[0]. I do wish it would support login though, but you can’t have it all. 0. https://modernorange.io. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago

If you are planning to build a client based on a different API/back end service Nuxt 3 with server routes will be enough. I recent built an open source Hacker News client with Nuxt 3 since I can rely on their back-end. Feel free to take a look at the source code. Source: almost 3 years ago