Hackernews posts about Mac OS 9

Mac OS 9 is an outdated operating system developed by Apple, originally released in 1998 and widely used on older Mac computers until it was eventually replaced by newer versions of macOS.

1. Kestrel – I built a 900 KB macOS browser because Chrome ate my 8 GB Mac (github.com)
   2 points by bisho_silwal 29 days ago | 1 comments
2. Show HN: Cactus Needle 3: 8-29MB automation models can match DeepSeek V4 Flash (cactuscompute.com)
   231 points by HenryNdubuaku 3 days ago | 91 comments
3. Show HN: Weedout – Safari extension that hides YouTube AI-labeled videos (masteranza.github.io)
   185 points by masteranza 19 days ago | 84 comments
4. macOS Tahoe silently sabotaged the login keychain (lapcatsoftware.com)
   4 points by frizlab 11 days ago | discuss
5. macOS 27 is a lifesaver for killing leftover AI Agent processes (9to5mac.com)
   3 points by pierreneter 3 days ago | 2 comments
6. macOS 27 Golden Gate now available (9to5mac.com)
   2 points by mfiguiere 7 days ago | discuss
7. Show HN: Mousetrapped: Cursor Recovery Utility for macOS- Open Source (github.com)
   2 points by uncSoft 19 days ago | discuss
8. Show HN: Sol, a fast, powerful music player for macOS, with Subsonic support (sol.fulltimefeline.com)
   2 points by fulltimefeline 19 days ago | discuss
9. Show HN: Attar – Compile React apps to native machine code (attar.dev)
   7 points by ifdotpy 3 days ago | discuss
10. Show HN: A 3D Mac window switcher with browser tab support and search (betterwindowswitcher.com)
    2 points by julien_dev about 18 hours ago | discuss
11. Show HN: Pingularity – scheduled Ookla/iperf3 speedtest dashboard, outage alerts (pingularity.dev)
    1 points by cansofgrease 4 days ago | discuss
12. Show HN: Deiko – point at your screen, talk, and hand the brief to your agent (deiko.app)
    1 points by maddy30445r 5 days ago | discuss
13. Show HN: Qumra – Screen recorder that uploads while you record (qumra.io)
    1 points by trafargarlaw 14 days ago | discuss
14. Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9 (mac-classic.com)
    304 points by freediver about 2 months ago | 161 comments
15. SDL2 for macOS 9 “rough draft” (macintoshgarden.org)
    135 points by helfire over 1 year ago | 60 comments
16. Macsurf, "modern" web browser for macOS 9 (github.com)
    130 points by gattilorenz 4 months ago | 41 comments
17. A retro website framework in the theme of Mac OS 9 (os9.ca)
    29 points by novoreorx almost 2 years ago | 1 comments
18. MacSurf 2.0 – Netsurf for Mac OS 9 Released (github.com)
    15 points by mplsllc 2 months ago | 1 comments
19. Show HN: MacSurf, a web browser port of Netsurf for Mac OS 9 with native TLS (github.com)
    3 points by mplsllc 4 months ago | 5 comments
20. MacinAI Local: Building a Model-Agnostic LLM Inference Engine for Mac OS 9 (oldapplestuff.com)
    3 points by felixding 6 months ago | discuss
21. One frozen Gopher API, native clients from Mac OS 9 to Android (debene.dev)
    2 points by fdebene 2 months ago | discuss
22. Streaming Taylor Swift on Mac OS 9 via Gopher (debene.dev)
    2 points by fdebene 2 months ago | discuss
23. MacinAI Local: Building a Model-Agnostic LLM Inference Engine for Mac OS 9 (oldapplestuff.com)
    1 points by lampiaio 6 months ago | discuss
24. Mac OS 9 (en.wikipedia.org)
    1 points by tosh over 1 year ago | discuss
25. Show HN: MacMind – A transformer neural network in HyperCard on a 1989 Macintosh (github.com)
    159 points by hammer32 5 months ago | 42 comments
26. SolveSpace (open source 2D/3D CAD) working on Windows 2000 (2025) (github.com)
    40 points by ruevs 6 months ago | 6 comments
27. Tell HN: I found a typo in Sequoia 15.6.1
    2 points by keepamovin about 1 year ago | 1 comments
28. Show HN: oosh – Annotation-driven CLI framework for Bash (github.com)
    2 points by brunodequeiroz 7 months ago | discuss
29. System 7 natively boots on the Mac mini G4 (macos9lives.com)
    333 points by ibobev 10 months ago | 113 comments
30. Classic Hotline tracker network revived (macos9lives.com)
    3 points by DASD 11 months ago | 1 comments
31. Show HN: Seren Desktop – AI IDE with Publisher Store and X402 Micropayments
    2 points by taariqlewis 8 months ago | discuss
32. Unspoken – Offline voice-to-text for macOS that never leaves your machine
    1 points by fcap 8 months ago | 1 comments
33. Build App Settings in SwiftUI Like System's (medium.com)
    1 points by learningcn almost 2 years ago | discuss
34. Tell HN: I Downgraded from macOS Tahoe to Sequoia
    10 points by inatreecrown2 8 months ago | 6 comments
35. Show HN: Resonant – Local-only speech-to-text for macOS (no cloud) (www.onresonant.com)
    2 points by sourcetms 7 months ago | discuss
36. Show HN: Minesweeper-XP – The classic game (with XP/98 GUI) on macOS and more (github.com)
    2 points by akshaykalose almost 2 years ago | discuss
37. Show HN: Trace – Offline Mac meeting transcripts you can flag mid-call (traceapp.info)
    205 points by AG342 3 months ago | 84 comments
38. Show HN: Wisp – open-source private desktop AI overlay with MCP support (github.com)
    3 points by WispAIOverlay 2 months ago | discuss
39. Show HN: Devly – 50 native macOS developer utilities in your menu bar (apps.apple.com)
    2 points by aarush-prakash 7 months ago | discuss
40. Show HN: Markdown Buddy – Native macOS Markdown Editor with Quick Look and Xcode (markdownbuddy.inawa.app)
    3 points by JanParis about 1 month ago | 1 comments
41. Apple announces macOS 27 Golden Gate (www.theverge.com)
    21 points by grassfedgeek 3 months ago | 5 comments
42. Use AppleShare 3.9.2 even on Mac OS 7.6 (techhub.social)
    5 points by geerlingguy over 1 year ago | discuss
43. The Open Source macOS Window Manager app, MacsyZones 1.9 is released (macsyzones.com)
    2 points by rohanrhu 12 months ago | 3 comments