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98 titles from 95 authors in the last 30 days, with 90 distinct links and 13 Show HN.

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• Show HN: Apogee: Rebuilding Mozilla's Orbit, fully local and private · score 7.3

  Apogee is a browser extension that summarizes articles, videos, PDFs, DOCX files, and text entirely on-device using WebGPU, WebAssembly, or local Ollama/llama.cpp servers. It prioritizes privacy by avoiding any cloud APIs, offering features like grounded highlighting, multi-language translation, and smart retrieval for Q&A. Inspired by Mozilla's discontinued Orbit project, it improves on it by being fully local and private.

• Show HN: git-dupe – Version private files alongside a public Git repo · score 7.0

  git-dupe runs a second, private Git repository layered over the same working tree as a public project, letting users version their own notes, agent instructions, and scratch files without polluting the upstream repo's status, log, or pushes. It reuses Git's own commands (status, add, log, push, etc.) under `git dupe …` and hides its data inside .git/dupe, which is a clever overlay design.

• Show HN: Donut Browser, the most private anti-detect browser · score 7.0

  Donut Browser is an open-source anti-detect browser built in Rust that creates unlimited isolated browser profiles with unique fingerprints powered by the Wayfern Chromium fork. It offers per-profile proxy/VPN, DNS adblocking, REST API and MCP automation, with a focus on privacy through local-first data and optional end-to-end encrypted sync.

• Show HN: Renor – private memory for coding agents, shared across tools over MCP · score 6.3

  Renor is a self-hosted, local-first memory layer for coding agents like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, storing notes as Markdown files and exposing them over MCP for cross-tool recall. It combines plain-file ownership, SQLite indexing, and optional embedding-based semantic search to solve the recurring 'every session starts from zero' problem.

Recent titles

1. Show HN: PixelShrink, a private image compressor in the browser
   2026-11-01 · compress-image.uk · HN discussion
2. A/SIDE – Private photo sharing and encrypted messages
   2026-10-31 · a-side.social · HN discussion
3. OpenAI Private Intelligence
   2026-10-30 · openai.com · HN discussion
4. Cloudflare Private Origins now generally available
   2026-10-30 · blog.cloudflare.com · HN discussion
5. BC looks into role of OpenAI private info in mass shooting. OpenAI asks to quash
   2026-10-30 · cbc.ca · HN discussion
6. A local-first, private search engine for your Markdown knowledge base
   2026-10-30 · benjaminetienne.com · HN discussion
7. Binance lost $6.3B without leaking a single private key
   2026-10-30 · syncroma.com · HN discussion
8. Accused Impostor in Private Tracker Lawsuit Faces Contempt for Hiding Passport
   2026-10-29 · torrentfreak.com · HN discussion
9. 3pm – A private desktop calendar for people living with a mental disorder
   2026-10-29 · 3pm.ninja · HN discussion
10. ETFs use 'perps' to offer bets on private companies such as Anthropic and OpenAI
    2026-10-28 · ft.com · HN discussion
11. AI financing driving private credit growth as refinancing risks rise – Moodys
    2026-10-28 · reuters.com · HN discussion
12. As Business Owners Are Retiring in Droves, Private Equity Is Waiting
    2026-10-28 · nytimes.com · HN discussion
13. Show HN: Curate. free, no ADS, with AI, private photo cleaner for iPhone
    2026-10-28 · apps.apple.com · HN discussion
14. LiteLLM Private Registry
    2026-10-27 · docs.litellm.ai · HN discussion
15. Private plane carrying Bolsonaro detained in Argentina after runoff loss
    2026-10-27 · local10.com · HN discussion
16. A private Kubernetes cluster for a personal website
    2026-10-27 · kalinowski.io · HN discussion
17. A public address for a private AI assistant, with verified senders
    2026-10-27 · quackle.io · HN discussion
18. Show HN: iResolve – Private AI rooms for hard talks and 3 anonymous mode
    2026-10-27 · iresolve.io · HN discussion
19. AI Enabled Private Equity
    2026-10-27 · nivawealth.com · HN discussion
20. Guide: Choosing an Indoor Private 5G Architecture [pdf]
    2026-10-26 · framerusercontent.com · HN discussion
21. Private Tests, Public Code: Protecting Stalwart from AI Clones
    2026-10-26 · stalw.art · HN discussion
22. Show HN: git-dupe – Version private files alongside a public Git repo
    2026-10-26 · github.com · HN discussion
23. Apinator – A free Pusher alternative (presence, private channels, webhooks)
    2026-10-24 · apinator.io · HN discussion
24. Expose only share links of a private service with caddy
    2026-10-23 · dataswamp.org · HN discussion
25. Show HN: Free, unlimited, private AI text detector
    2026-10-23 · kouh.me · HN discussion
26. Attackers claim control of dread onion address after private key leak
    2026-10-23 · torwire.com · HN discussion
27. Private LLM Inference with Homomorphic Encryption [pdf]
    2026-10-23 · vldb.org · HN discussion
28. Local AI Is Not as Private as You Think [video]
    2026-10-23 · youtube.com · HN discussion
29. Disgraced eMudhra drops out of TLS business after using cert private key of 4
    2026-10-23 · arstechnica.com · HN discussion
30. The Private Key Was Four
    2026-10-22 · unmitigatedrisk.com · HN discussion

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