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AVER: A versioned knowledge tracking system

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3Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
8GitHub stars
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AVER: A versioned knowledge tracking system

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by hour3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2026-03-02 01:22:46 UTC to 2026-03-02 13:08:10 UTC.

0122026-03-02 01:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 02:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 commentsMar 2, 01:002026-03-02 02:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 03:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 03:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 04:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 04:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 05:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 05:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 06:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 06:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 07:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 07:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 08:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsMar 2, 07:002026-03-02 08:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 09:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 10:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 11:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 11:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 12:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 12:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 13:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-03-02 13:00:00 UTC to 2026-03-02 14:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsMar 2, 13:00

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Mar 2, 01:002026-03-02 01:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 02:00:00 UTC211
Mar 2, 02:002026-03-02 02:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 03:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 03:002026-03-02 03:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 04:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 04:002026-03-02 04:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 05:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 05:002026-03-02 05:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 06:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 06:002026-03-02 06:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 07:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 07:002026-03-02 07:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 08:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 08:002026-03-02 08:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 09:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 09:002026-03-02 09:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 10:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 10:002026-03-02 10:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 11:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 11:002026-03-02 11:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 12:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 12:002026-03-02 12:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 13:00:00 UTC000
Mar 2, 13:002026-03-02 13:00:00 UTC2026-03-02 14:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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I’ve been building tracking systems since the mid-80s -- from church giving records on early micros to C-based ticket systems in the 90s ISP "Wild West." Over those decades, I’ve watched countless "platforms" vanish, taking their data with them. I built Aver (pronounced "AH-ver") because I believe important knowledge should be an indestructible artifact. It shouldn't live in a SaaS silo or a complex SQL schema; it should live in your Git repo, alongside your code, as plain text. ## The "Markdown-as-Truth" Architecture: *The Authority is the File*: Records are stored as {id}.md files with YAML frontmatter. Aver treats your filesystem as the database. *Disposable Indexing*: We use SQLite strictly as a performance layer (a "Lens"). If the DB is lost, aver admin reindex rebuilds it from the source files in seconds. *Solving Merge Conflicts*:
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To make a Git-based tracker work for teams, Aver uses a Record/Note model. Instead of appending to one file, every update is a unique, separate file. This allows multiple devs to update the same record in different branches and merge cleanly. ## Why this matters: *Digital Stewardship*: As a pastor and a dev, I value the "decades-long view." Aver is designed so your data is readable in 20 years with nothing more than a text editor. *Zero-Dependency*: No servers, no daemons, no background processes. It’s a single-script engine that operates only when you tell it to. *JSON I/O*: It includes a persistent JSON bridge so you can use it as a "storage engine" for automated workflows or custom front-ends without reimplementing the validation logic. ## Adaptability: Aver isn't just a bug tracker. Because the structure is defined in your ``config.toml``, it’s a "chameleon." It’s currently being used for everything from technical logs to editorial workflows and research logs. I'm interested in the community's thoughts on "Subsidiarity of Data"—the idea that the source of truth should reside at the lowest competent level: with the user, in their own repository. Repo: https://github.com/dentm42/aver Manual: https://github.com/dentm42/aver/docs/MANUAL.md
In Show HN: Aver - Git-native CLI knowledge management tool (keep issues with code)

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