How much of the Linux kernel is written by AI?
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HN · launched Apr 28, 2026 · 8 upvotes (top 52%) · 0 views
Niche: specialized ai analytics platforms · 121 launches, 15 in the last 7 days ▲ +7% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Analytics & BI
- Developer
- Not AI
- Hobby / open-source project
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More like this: all 121 launches in specialized ai analytics platforms →
Could you build this?
Yes This is an exploratory static data visualization / dashboard showing analytics on the Linux kernel codebase, which can easily be generated via git log scripts and front-end charts.
Discussion
5 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Clanker fuzzers
Concerns raised: Generated summary lacks mailing list context, AI-assisted commits represent small proportion of kernel development
Feature requests: Include mailing list context in summaries
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 1007 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #503 of 1008 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 178 days after the earliest competitor.
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- RealXV6 · hn · 2026-01-25 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.52
- HART OS · hn · 2026-07-26 · 18 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- RustyTux · github · 2026-09-20 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.50
- holodor · github · 2026-09-23 · 14 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- rocq-linux-process-semantics · github · 2026-10-19 · 23 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Vehla · hn · 2026-09-13 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.47
- Output.ai · hn · 2026-04-07 · 40 upvotes · similarity 0.47
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