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dreamingsheep is now open source
Long time no sleep,
After much deliberation, dreamingsheep has officially taken the red pill¹ and gone open source! The code now lives at github.com/talpitoo/dreamingsheep for everyone to read, study, and contribute to.
Why? Because dreams are more fun when shared. Your actual dreams remain yours alone (see the Privacy Policy). This is a one-person passion project, 20+ years of hard procrastination and casual work (Backstory - the beginnings and Life purpose, milestone #1), which finally came alive online in 2023. Opening it up feels like the natural next step — already hinted at when we mused about dreamingsheep one day becoming a self-sustaining AI in the ‘astral’ cloud. Well, the cloud part is happening — minus the sentience (for now).
Here's what changes (and what doesn't):
- https://dreamingsheep.net stays exactly the same — same free service, same sheep, same cookies for the Cookie Monster
- The code is now public — bug reports, pull requests, and thoughtful suggestions are welcome
- You cannot deploy your own dreamingsheep — the license is "source available", not MIT. There's only one official flock, and it grazes here.
If you're a developer who likes dreams (or a dreamer who likes code), have a look at the open issues, or the ROADMAP.md for what's coming and where help is wanted.
A small disclaimer: the maintainer (@talpitoo) is primarily a frontend developer, so backend PRs may take a little longer to review. Be patient, document well, and we'll get there together.
Now go log a dream. Or fix a bug. Or both. Sweet dreams!
Meh!
1 - The Matrix (1999) — although in our case, the red pill is just a git push
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