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171 titles from 161 authors in the last 30 days, with 161 distinct links and 42 Show HN.

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• Show HN: ManimGX – Manim's API on a Rust/wgpu engine, for 3D videos in Python · score 8.3

  ManimGX is a Python animation engine that reimplements Manim CE's API on a Rust/wgpu rendering backend, enabling dramatically faster 3D rendering (up to 90x faster than ManimCE). It supports browser-based rendering via WebGPU and Pyodide, making it accessible for web embedding and AI agent workflows.

• Show HN: Chrome's WebRTC engine with the browser API, in Python · score 8.0

  Python WebRTC binds Chrome's libwebrtc engine and exposes it through W3C browser APIs like RTCPeerConnection, data channels, and WebCodecs frames, all asyncio-native. It brings the real Chrome WebRTC stack to Python with native media paths, prebuilt wheels, and WPT-tested compatibility, offering a serious alternative to aiortc with claimed 7-8x connection speedups.

• Show HN: SnapFire FSR: Full Stack Web Apps Served via Rust IR Engine · score 7.8

  SnapFire FSR is a Rust-based full-stack runtime that executes TypeScript applications compiled to a Rust intermediate representation, avoiding Node.js entirely. It provides primitives for routing, data loading, actions, sessions, and more, with a strong security stance against common Node.js vulnerabilities. The project is technically ambitious and well-documented, but its niche positioning and early adoption limit immediate utility.

• Show HN: I built a fast spreadsheet engine for the web in Rust/WASM · score 7.8

  Titan is a high-performance spreadsheet engine written in Rust and compiled to WebAssembly, designed for browser-based recalculation of large sheets. It uses a chunked struct-of-arrays memory layout, bytecode VM with lazy range evaluation, and zero-copy viewports to minimize WASM boundary overhead. The project is notable for its careful engineering trade-offs and potential to power faster web-based spreadsheet applications.

Recent titles

1. Fruth – A semantic state inference engine for AI
   2026-11-01 · github.com · HN discussion
2. Show HN: OpenProject Agent Engine – Automated Workflow and Agent Dispatch
   2026-11-01 · github.com · HN discussion
3. How HN: Nexus Doctor – A multi-language OS diagnostic engine (Rust/COBOL/Ruby)
   2026-11-01 · github.com · HN discussion
4. Ransome and May Mill Engine
   2026-11-01 · modelengineeringwebsite.com · HN discussion
5. Show HN: I26 – Interstate '76 reimplemented in Godot engine
   2026-10-31 · github.com · HN discussion
6. Inference engine in game scripting language using macros
   2026-10-31 · dasllama.io · HN discussion
7. OpenSC4: An open-source reimplementation of the SimCity 4 engine in Rust
   2026-10-31 · github.com · HN discussion
8. Independent Front End UI Engine
   2026-10-31 · hygular.com · HN discussion
9. Is writing your own streaming engine a bad idea?
   2026-10-31 · almostintuitive.com · HN discussion
10. Gta.js, a reimplementation of the 1997 GTA engine in JavaScript and WebGL
    2026-10-31 · bram.us · HN discussion
11. Show HN: ViBrow – A custom browser engine in pure Python for Raspberry Pi Zero
    2026-10-31 · github.com · HN discussion
12. Cubo Search Engine – Agentic Search Engine Built for the Agentic Era
    2026-10-31 · mycubo.site · HN discussion
13. Programming at Light Speed: Building the Gravity Query Engine
    2026-10-30 · pgrust.com · HN discussion
14. Show HN: Cb2026, a Rust chess engine that revisits a 2004 world-record project
    2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
15. Millstone: Deterministic engine that characterizes undeciphered corpora
    2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
16. Ask HN: What inference engine and KV offload engine do you use and why?
    2026-10-30 · HN discussion
17. What inference engine and KV offload engine do you use and why?
    2026-10-30 · HN discussion
18. A local-first, private search engine for your Markdown knowledge base
    2026-10-30 · benjaminetienne.com · HN discussion
19. Show HN: Zpq 0.5.0 – A zero-dependency Parquet engine in Zig
    2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
20. CAU a transparent malware-detection engine in Go (MIT)
    2026-10-30 · github.com · HN discussion
21. Programming at Light Speed: Building the Gravity Query Engine
    2026-10-29 · malisper.me · HN discussion
22. Show HN: Playmat – Browser client for XMage, the open-source MTG engine
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
23. BCL v3.0 – Scale-Invariant Constant-Bound Local Context Retention Engine
    2026-10-29 · figshare.com · HN discussion
24. Unreal Engine Web Ports
    2026-10-29 · unrealcollection.games · HN discussion
25. Pemba – An embedded Zanzibar permission engine that shares your DB transactions
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
26. Search engine aggregator with a comprehensive plugin/extension system
    2026-10-29 · github.com · HN discussion
27. Show HN: A malleable and formally verified Web engine
    2026-10-29 · HN discussion
28. QCurve – An offline Android music player with a custom C++ DSP engine
    2026-10-29 · play.google.com · HN discussion
29. Show HN: Fast, Zero Allocation, AOT Safe, Compile-Time Safe .NET Template Engine
    2026-10-28 · github.com · HN discussion
30. Boomkat: A new small JavaScript engine with 99.3% test262 coverage
    2026-10-28 · github.com · HN discussion

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