Transparency
Why is this code public?
This repository is public so you can:
- See exactly what the site does and how it works
- Verify privacy claims - the site uses Simple Analytics, no personal data collected
- Learn from the implementation and contribute improvements
- Trust that there are no hidden trackers, data harvesting, or shady behavior
Why not fully open source?
This is not open source in the OSI sense. The source is visible and contributions are welcome, but the license (Elastic License 2.0) prohibits hosting this as a competing service or managed product.
Years of work went into the curation, content pipeline, community, and SEO that make this site useful. Making the code public is about transparency and collaboration - not about making it easy for competitors to build a business on top of that work.
What can you do with the code?
- Read it, learn from it, fork it for personal use
- Contribute bug fixes, features, and improvements via pull requests
- Run it locally for development or experimentation
What can you not do?
- Host a public-facing version of this site as a competing service
- Offer it as a hosted or managed product to others
If you have a use case that doesn't fit neatly into these categories, reach out.