Open-source AI models, runtimes, foundations, and ecosystems.https://groundy.com/https://groundy.com/articles/files-md-bets-on-plain-markdown-folders-as-the-obsidian-exit-ramp/https://groundy.com/articles/files-md-bets-on-plain-markdown-folders-as-the-obsidian-exit-ramp/Files.md's HN traction exposed that Obsidian's core is closed-source, reframing its plugin ecosystem as a migration tax for developers evaluating plain-markdown alternatives.Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-24T00:00:00.000Zmarkdownobsidiannote-taking-appsopen-sourcepwaknowledge-managementGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/nx-console-18-95-0-compromise-hides-a-multi-stage-credential-stealer/https://groundy.com/articles/nx-console-18-95-0-compromise-hides-a-multi-stage-credential-stealer/A compromised Nx Console extension used orphan commits to deliver a credential-stealing payload, exposing structural gaps in marketplace security and Sigstore provenance.Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-23T00:00:00.000Zsupply-chainvscodecredential-theftsigstoreopen-sourcenpm-securityGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/browseract-open-sources-stealth-browser-engine-with-93-token-reduction-claim/https://groundy.com/articles/browseract-open-sources-stealth-browser-engine-with-93-token-reduction-claim/BrowserAct released browser-act and skill-forge as MIT-licensed open source on May 14, 2026, claiming 93% lower token use and 90% fewer retries versus raw HTML workflows —.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Zbrowser-automationopen-sourceai-agentsstealth-browsercomputer-usebrowser-fingerprintingGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/browseract-open-sources-two-agent-skills-stealth-browser-runtime-and-auto/https://groundy.com/articles/browseract-open-sources-two-agent-skills-stealth-browser-runtime-and-auto/BrowserAct open-sourced a stealth browser runtime and a meta-skill that auto-generates reusable packages from websites. The release funnels users to its credit-based SaaS.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Zbrowser-automationstealth-browseragent-skillsmcpopen-sourceweb-scrapingbot-detectionGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/nvidia-open-sources-sana-wm-60s-720p-video-from-one-rtx-5090-with-hybrid-linear/https://groundy.com/articles/nvidia-open-sources-sana-wm-60s-720p-video-from-one-rtx-5090-with-hybrid-linear/NVIDIA's SANA-WM generates 60-second 720p video on one RTX 5090, collapsing the H100 barrier and shifting open world models from hardware scarcity to honest evaluation.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Zvideo-generationnvidiaworld-modelslinear-attentiongpu-inferenceopen-sourceGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/oppo-open-sources-x-omniclaw-edge-native-android-agent-that-runs-vision-and-ocr/https://groundy.com/articles/oppo-open-sources-x-omniclaw-edge-native-android-agent-that-runs-vision-and-ocr/OPPO ships X-OmniClaw, an on-device Android agent with multimodal perception and reasoning, but the technical report provides no benchmarks to validate its edge-native claims.Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-18T00:00:00.000Zandroid-agenton-device-aiedge-inferencemobile-mlbehavior-cloningopen-sourcemultimodal-aiGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/fisker-owners-open-source-the-ocean-ev-can-bus-maps-home-assistant/https://groundy.com/articles/fisker-owners-open-source-the-ocean-ev-can-bus-maps-home-assistant/After Fisker's 2024 bankruptcy, 4,000 owners reverse-engineered the Ocean EV's cloud API, published CAN bus maps, and proved vendor death need not brick a fleet.Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-17T00:00:00.000Zfisker-oceanopen-source-evcan-bushome-assistantsoftware-defined-vehiclesright-to-repairev-communityGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/pgbackrest-is-no-longer-maintained-postgresql-backup-alternatives-after/https://groundy.com/articles/pgbackrest-is-no-longer-maintained-postgresql-backup-alternatives-after/pgBackRest was archived on April 27, 2026, then revived within two weeks by a coalition of sponsors. PGX's simultaneous pgxbackup fork creates a two-tree decision landscape for PostgreSQL shops evaluating backup tooling.Wed, 29 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-24T00:00:00.000Zpgbackrestpostgresqlbackupswal-gbarmankubernetesopen-sourceGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/free-claude-code-routes-claude-code-through-nvidia-nim-and-local-models-after/https://groundy.com/articles/free-claude-code-routes-claude-code-through-nvidia-nim-and-local-models-after/free-claude-code reroutes Claude Code API calls to NVIDIA NIM, OpenRouter, or local backends. The proxy cuts API costs but cannot normalize capability across providers.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-04-29T00:00:00.000Zopen-sourceapi-proxynvidia-nimclaude-codelocal-inferencemodel-routingopenrouterGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/inside-rowboats-knowledge-graph-why-an-obsidian-compatible-vault-sidesteps/https://groundy.com/articles/inside-rowboats-knowledge-graph-why-an-obsidian-compatible-vault-sidesteps/Rowboat v0.3.1 replaces the vector DB tier with a plain Markdown knowledge graph, cutting infra overhead for local-first agents but tying retrieval quality to link density.Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Zknowledge-graphvector-databaselocal-firstobsidianai-memorymcpGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/hugging-faces-spring-2026-state-of-open-source-report-china-hits-41-of/https://groundy.com/articles/hugging-faces-spring-2026-state-of-open-source-report-china-hits-41-of/Chinese models hit 41% of Hugging Face downloads, overtaking the US, while independents hit 39%. Top 200 models capture half of all downloads, forcing Western procurement.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Zhugging-faceopen-sourcechina-aimodel-ecosystemprocurementfine-tuningqwenGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/neural-computers-from-metaauto-signal-that-video-models-can-replace-shell/https://groundy.com/articles/neural-computers-from-metaauto-signal-that-video-models-can-replace-shell/Neural Computers replace the interpreter with learned pixel I/O, but the paper shows these agents fail at symbolic state and multi-step arithmetic.Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-04-24T00:00:00.000Zneural-computersmetaautovideo-modelsopen-sourcesymbolic-reasoningagent-architecturecomputer-useGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/devstral-2-from-mistral-a-fully-open-source-coding-agent-model-you-can-run-on-a/https://groundy.com/articles/devstral-2-from-mistral-a-fully-open-source-coding-agent-model-you-can-run-on-a/Devstral Small 2 is genuine Apache 2.0 and fits in 14 GB. The 123B flagship looks open-source but carries a revenue cap most enterprises will violate.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Zmistralllmcoding-modelslocal-llmopen-source-aiGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/ggsql-alpha-write-ggplot2-style-visualizations-directly-in-sql/https://groundy.com/articles/ggsql-alpha-write-ggplot2-style-visualizations-directly-in-sql/Posit shipped the ggsql alpha today — a SQL extension that adds grammar-of-graphics clauses to DuckDB and SQLite queries. Here's what works, what's missing, and when to use it.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Zsqldata-visualizationpositggplot2open-sourceGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/github-clis-gh-skill-command-one-standard-to-rule-claude-code-copilot-cursor/https://groundy.com/articles/github-clis-gh-skill-command-one-standard-to-rule-claude-code-copilot-cursor/GitHub shipped `gh skill` in public preview on April 16, 2026. Here's how the command works, what the open Agent Skills spec promises, and why the ecosystem is already compromised.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-04-20T00:00:00.000Zgithubcliagent-skillsdeveloper-toolsai-codingGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/the-2026-ossra-report-ai-coding-tools-are-behind-a-107-surge-in-open-source/https://groundy.com/articles/the-2026-ossra-report-ai-coding-tools-are-behind-a-107-surge-in-open-source/Black Duck's 2026 OSSRA found 581 mean vulnerabilities per codebase — double last year. Here's what's driving it and how to audit your own repo.Mon, 20 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-04-21T00:00:00.000Zsecuritylicensingsupply-chainai-generated-codecomplianceGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/fight-keep-android/https://groundy.com/articles/fight-keep-android/Google's 2026 developer verification mandate threatens the open-source Android ecosystem. A coalition of 37 organizations—including the EFF and F-Droid—is fighting back, as alternative app stores and privacy-focused Android forks face an existential challenge from Google's tightening grip on the platform.Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorialandroidopen-sourceprivacyGroundy Editorialhttps://groundy.com/articles/keep-android-open-f-droid-s-fight-against-locked-down/https://groundy.com/articles/keep-android-open-f-droid-s-fight-against-locked-down/F-Droid, the open-source Android app repository, is leading a global campaign against Google's mandatory developer verification program — a policy set to take effect in September 2026 that critics say will end alternative app distribution and hand Google total control over what software can run on Android devices.Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTGroundy Editorial2026-05-17T00:00:00.000Zopen-sourceandroidmobilefreedomGroundy Editorial