OpenChaos
A repo where the internet decides what gets merged
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A repo where the internet decides what gets merged
9 followers
OpenChaos is a self-evolving open source project. Anyone submits a PR, community votes with 👍 and 👎 reactions, and the highest net score gets merged every Sunday. The twist: everything can be changed - including the rules themselves. Week 1 results: 400+ stars, 70+ PRs, a dramatic "campaign dropout," and our first community-driven merge just shipped. Current PRs include "Rewrite it in Rust" and "IE6 mode, welcome back to GeoCities." Built with Next.js. Governed by chaos.
FlouState
Hey Product Hunt! 👋
I built OpenChaos in one night as an experiment: what happens when you let the internet control a codebase?
Rules are simple:
- Anyone submits a PR
- Community votes with 👍 and 👎
- Highest net score ships every Sunday
- Everything can change—including the rules
Week 1 was wild. Someone tried to delete everything (failed CI). Someone dramatically withdrew their PR citing "big money funded PRs plotting against him." I withdrew my own winning PR to keep the first merge community-driven.
Hit #1 on Hacker News. 400+ stars. First merge just shipped.
Full Week 1 story: blog.openchaos.dev/posts/week-1-the-first-merge
What's next? The community is voting to switch from weekly to daily merges. A Rust rewrite and an IE6 mode with Comic Sans are close behind.
The chaos is just getting started. Would love to see what PRs you submit.
— Max