OS Ninja
Explore and learn open source using AI
531 followers
Explore and learn open source using AI
531 followers
Our goal is simple but ambitious: to make deep-diving into code feel more like an adventure! Most of us know that Open Source is the backbone of the modern web, but finding the right project to learn from or contribute to can feel like searching for a needle in a digital haystack. Not anymore. We turn complex code repositories into interactive, AI-guided learning journeys. Choose how you learn best: Deep-dive, Socratic, Feynman, or traditional book format. No more 'wall of information' fatigue.
OS Ninja
Hi Product Hunt! 👋
Most of us know that Open Source is the backbone of the modern web, but finding the right project to learn from, contribute to, or integrate can feel like searching for a needle in a digital haystack.
We built os.ninja because we wanted to stop "searching" and start "discovering." We wanted a way to navigate the massive ecosystem of OSS with the speed and precision of a ninja.
Our goal is to lower the barrier to entry for high-level software mastery. Open source shouldn't be intimidating—it should be your playground. By heading to os.ninja, you’re getting a curated, high-signal view of the open-source world with learning paths for hundreds of open source repos.
I’d love to hear your thoughts: What is the biggest challenge you face when trying to learn a new open-source stack? Do you have any suggestions to make the product more useful. Projects like Google CodeWiki and Devin's Deep Wiki throw out a lot of information but that's not how learning happens. Information is not education. We’re building os.ninja on the belief that learning requires a hook, not just a handbook.
I'll be here all day to answer questions and chat about the future of OSS learning and discovery! What's your #1 struggle with new projects? We're all ears for suggestions.
Happy hacking,
Team OS Ninja
@puneet_singh25
Really like your interface design—congratulations!
A small suggestion:
The Diagrams tab feels a little confusing to me.
I noticed those diagrams are used in some of the Learning Path and Book Model sections.
Maybe it would be better to add a hyperlink that maps to the related sections.
OS Ninja
@flyaway Thanks! We will address the feedback.
Pretty cool! How do you keep the learning content in sync with fast-changing repos?
OS Ninja
@lak7 We do differential updates to all the content. Think of how dropbox works for changes to large files. We do something similar for codebase and all the content generated from the codebase.
This is really cool! Will you consider generating some video tutorials, similar to notebookLM?
OS Ninja
@weiuniverse thanks! Yes, we plan to add videos for important concepts in every repo.
Looks really cool! As a designer/coder I've wanted to understand tailwindcss a bit better to structure my design files and tokens to match, and this looks like a great way to learn that. I just submitted a request for the repo to be added!
OS Ninja
@gyan_lakhwani Thanks a ton! We will publish tailwindcss in 24 hours.
This looks very cool. I really like that feature which allows users to toggle between standard/Feynman/Socratic for each material. Is it possible to add a global setting somewhere?
OS Ninja
@eiiiii thanks for the feedback. We'll consider all the feedback and try to incorporate it in a future release.
Can I save specific insights or code snippets from my journey into a personal knowledge base within the app?
OS Ninja
Wow! Interesting idea. It could work well for junior developers, but it would also be very useful for experienced developers who work with legacy code.