jcs/lobsters on Hacker News

Check out https://github.com/jcs/lobsters (Ruby on Rails). For the source of news.ycombinator.com see this thread https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14371189

comment by mtmail · 2017-09-22 · in Ask HN: Is there an open-source Hacker News?

The source of lobste.rs is actually a good second alternative to HN https://github.com/jcs/lobsters It has been in active development for several years, and is actually quite popular in its own site. It also incorporates several…

comment by sandGorgon · 2017-05-19 · in Ask HN: Is Hackernews still using the file system as database?

…is also a pretty decent semi-curated list. In terms of setting one up, lobste.rs is open source ( https://github.com/jcs/lobsters ) and could be a good candidate for a starting point...

comment by campbellmorgan · 2016-12-27 · in Ask HN: What are other minimal, all-content, no-frills discussion sites like HN?

…users and content-creation). HN is primarily a community. Good luck with everything! :-) [1]: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by atmosx · 2016-12-16 · in Show HN: A humble copycat of hackernews in Greek for Greek news

Lobste.rs is also an open source Rails(4) link aggregator. Might find it interesting: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by charlieegan3 · 2016-11-08 · in Show HN: Thymble, a Rails 5 Open Source “Hacker News”-esque News Platform

IIRC Lobsters[0] is an open-source[1] alternative, if you want. [0] https://lobste.rs/ [1] https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by personjerry · 2016-10-17 · in Ask HN: Why isn't Hacker News open-source?

It's based on the Lobsters codebase, and my fork is available on GitHub. * https://lobste.rs * https://github.com/jcs/lobsters * https://github.com/pushcx/barnacl.es

comment by pushcx · 2016-04-18 · in Show HN: Barnacl.es, a community news site for never-funded bootstrappers

Thanks! Actually the implementation is based on https://lobste.rs code at https://github.com/jcs/lobsters but yes, the plan is to open source this fork quite soon.

comment by d99kris · 2016-01-15 · in Show HN: OSwatch – A News Aggregation Site for Open-Source Software

The site is build on the Lobsters Rails Project ( https://github.com/jcs/lobsters )

comment by amatera · 2016-01-15 · in Show HN: OSwatch – A News Aggregation Site for Open-Source Software

lobste.rs code https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by ycken · 2015-12-25 · in Devstash.io – Hacker News alternative focused on computer science

…community development behind it and I daresay can be quickly adapted into the product hunt model. https://github.com/jcs/lobsters I'm trying to build in elasticsearch support in lobsters for a personal project - it currently uses sphinx.…

comment by sandGorgon · 2015-12-19 · in Show HN: Open Hunt – an open and community-run alternative to Product Hunt

…is open source, eg: https://github.com/arclanguage/anarki/ And there are clones, like lobste.rs: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters Then there's the API, that allows anyone to export data. So while I get your point, and agree with it to a…

comment by e12e · 2015-11-02 · in Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects

It looks like a Lobsters installation: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters Oh, and don't click on 常见问题(慎入).

comment by cremno · 2015-07-30 · in Why the 'Git'? Linus: I‘m an egotistical bastard...

Hopefully the authors of this site will contribute a translation to the original Lobste.rs[1] [1] https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by matthewbadeau · 2015-07-29 · in 中国版 Hacker News

…We promoted it but it didn't get any up-take (the site is using the opensource lobste.rs code from https://github.com/jcs/lobsters ) There is also a sub-reddit where people post this type of stuff (i'm unaffiliated with it)…

comment by hayksaakian · 2015-02-26 · in How to pick startup ideas

Did this borrow from Lobsters [1]? [1]: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by squiguy7 · 2015-02-24 · in Show HN: Hacker News clone in Rails

…software that http://lobste.rs develops, uses, and publishes as a 3-clause BSD-licensed project: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by giggles_giggles · 2014-12-04 · in The Hacker News of Cryptocurrency

You could start from the lobste.rs source, available here: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters There is a mirror floating around of news.arc[1], the original version of HN from pg, but it's pretty dated and missing tons of the secret sauce.…

comment by chriskelley · 2014-11-05 · in Show HN: HN Follow – Follow Your Friends on HN

Why not use Lobsters ( https://github.com/jcs/lobsters ), instead, which is kinda active at https://lobste.rs/ and has been around for a couple of years if not more?

comment by kolev · 2014-09-16 · in Show HN: My weekend project, Frontends – a Hacker News for Front-end developers

Would have loved to see this using lobste.rs, which looks a little nicer: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by jschuur · 2014-07-20 · in Show HN: GameDevs.com, a social news site for game developers

…themed site and would be willing to help/lead with the creation of it if there was enough interest. https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by dkozel · 2014-07-02 · in Ask HN: Similar to HN but aimed at Embedded Systems?

…While lobste.rs has 22 contributors listed, it's mostly just jcs, see the contributor graph: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters/graphs/contributors

comment by dkuntz2 · 2014-05-08 · in Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

Or use the https://lobste.rs/ code: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by dkuntz2 · 2014-05-08 · in Show HN: my open source "reddit"-like community

…Hacker News users) implemented a "story merge" feature yesterday. It is a really nice feature. https://github.com/jcs/lobsters/commit/73b8df5eb7d9cc0de3189... This feature would significantly reduce noise around major events, and likely…

comment by Snail_Commando · 2014-04-10 · in Please tell us what features you'd like in news.ycombinator

…heard of Telescope. FWIW, I did not find the Telescope "demo app" example very appealing. [1]: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by stock_toaster · 2014-02-16 · in Show HN: Pumpkin – An open-source HN clone

Even though HN is open source, you might want to use a more "modern" and approachable project like https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by srgpqt · 2013-12-22 · in Ask HN: How exactly can I clone HN for another industry?

this would appear to be it: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by krapp · 2013-09-25 · in Makernews

…that comment. They are watching! https://lobste.rs/s/wnqz13/tag_filtering_now_available_to_lo... https://github.com/jcs/lobsters/commit/249dd85ec3e0d36f6d87d...

comment by jared314 · 2013-08-06 · in HN is Becoming 2005 Slashdot

https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by tnorthcutt · 2013-04-11 · in Ask HN: Is there a Hacker News/Reddit-like open source platform?

…source code is giving me some much needed 'real-world' exposure - currently studying Lobsters ( https://github.com/jcs/lobsters )

comment by rrrhys · 2013-03-21 · in The Ruby on Rails Tutorial for Rails 4.0 (beta)

https://lobste.rs/s/bkeYe9/about_lobsters https://github.com/jcs/lobsters

comment by polyfractal · 2012-12-08 · in Ask HN: A place like HN but with more nerdy stuff and less social stuff?

…News – pg seems to barely care about improving HN. I might contribute to the Lobsters code at https://github.com/jcs/lobsters .

comment by roryokane · 2012-08-30 · in Lobsters

Yehuda is one of the active users: https://lobste.rs/u/wycats Update: The site is also open source: https://github.com/jcs/lobsters Last shameless update: Would love an invite. Email in my profile.

comment by why-el · 2012-08-30 · in Lobsters