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June 27th, 2024

Open Sourcing Kinopio

The creator of Kinopio, a thinking canvas app, open sources the kinopio-client app on its 5th anniversary. Users can now run, modify, and enhance the lightweight app (~220kb) locally or on the kinopio-server. This move aims to foster community contributions despite potential risks.

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Open Sourcing Kinopio

The creator of Kinopio, a thinking canvas app, has decided to open source the code for the kinopio-client app on its 5th anniversary. This move allows users to run Kinopio on their computers, make changes, and share improvements. The app is lightweight, weighing only ~220kb, and can save data locally and to the kinopio-server. By open sourcing the code, the creator aims to share the effort put into Kinopio and allow for potential contributions from the community. However, there are risks involved, such as the potential for counterfeiters to clone the product. The creator acknowledges the challenges of managing code contributions but looks forward to seeing the activity in the repository. The decision to open source the app is driven by a desire to share the work behind Kinopio and engage with users in a collaborative manner.

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By @flobosg - 7 months
I like how the author used Kinopio for his “Uses This” interview: https://usesthis.com/interviews/pirijan/

And I instantly recognized that artwork from Hirō Isono: Seiken Densetsu 3! https://archive.org/details/seikendensetsu3sfchiresscans/Sei...

By @humdrum - 7 months
> By contrast, delivering software is more like delivering a gooey crying baby. It’s alive. Squirming, growing, and changing because the technologies it relies on do too. Physical materials rarely change, but web browsers, operating systems, and servers sure do.

Love this

By @dang - 7 months
Related:

The Hybrid Architecture of Kinopio for iOS - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37404820 - Sept 2023 (1 comment)

Kinopio - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31460626 - May 2022 (141 comments)

Kinopio - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29726044 - Dec 2021 (2 comments)

Show HN: Kinopio.club – visual thinking, brainstorming tool - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24132631 - Aug 2020 (64 comments)

By @wcerfgba - 7 months
I don't use Kinopio for everything, but when I need to arrange ideas in a 2D way and think about webs of relationships, it's been an amazing addition to my set of "tools for thought". Thank you for all of your work on it <3
By @runjake - 7 months
For others who have no idea what Kinopio is:

Kinopio is "a spatial thinking canvas for your new ideas and hard problems".

https://kinopio.club/hello-kinopio-m6UmPzsVTQUcarM6ROPsu

It's not my kinda thing, but very neat!

By @brianzelip - 7 months
Here's a great podcast episode with the Kinopio author that also touches on the design of Glitch.com and more, very informing! https://www.localfirst.fm/8
By @jeswin - 7 months
> On the eve of it’s 5th anniversary, I’ve decided to make the code for the kinopio-client app public.

Can you clarify if the server is also open source? If not, a more accurate headline would be "Open Sourcing Kinopio Client"; which is a very different thing.

By @anderber - 7 months
I love Kinopio and I really appreciate being able to look around the code and perhaps even help make it better. Hopefully, this will spur innovations and new updates.
By @whalesalad - 7 months
I've been following this project for a while - very excited to see this and even more excited that it is Vue!
By @Vegenoid - 7 months
I've never been interested in this canvas/corkboard kind of software, and I'd never heard of Kinopio, but it's so nice that I'm trying to come up with a reason to use it.
By @geenat - 7 months
What's the deal with all the anons complaining about the non-commercial use clause? It's one guy. There'd almost certainly be paid clones popping up otherwise.

Pirijan is being very cool opening up the main product in the first place- this isn't just a supporting library or sidecar.

By @martingxx - 7 months
The title says "open source", but the license says otherwise.
By @dvdkon - 7 months
Sorry to be pedantic, but since the licence forbids commercial use, the software isn't open source, but rather just source-available.
By @endisneigh - 7 months
1. Not technically open source since you can’t use for commercial, but ignoring the pedantry.

2. You’re clearly worried about the commercial risk, why even do it? You have a section on this but even after reading - seems like a non answer.