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Darklang: From Funding Drought to Open Source Rebirth

2025-06-16

Dark Inc, the company behind the statically-typed functional programming language Darklang, has run out of money and officially shut down. However, Darklang lives on. Its assets – the language, blog, hosted service, etc. – have been acquired by Darklang Inc, a new company founded by former Dark Inc employees. The new company plans to open-source Darklang, enabling it to run anywhere. Dark Inc's failure stemmed from early aggressive growth, rapid cash burn, and a failure to adapt to the rise of code-generating tools in the age of ChatGPT. However, Darklang's core strength – immutability – has become even more crucial in the LLM era, making code easier to understand and safer to run. The founder is now focused on Tech for Palestine, an organization addressing issues related to Palestine.

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Darklang Goes Open Source: A Journey from Closed Source to Community Embrace

2025-06-16

Darklang, a programming language initially launched as a closed-source, hosted-only platform, has announced that it's open-sourcing all its repositories. This shift stems from product maturity, user feedback, and a change in technical direction. Initially, Darklang's closed-source approach aimed to ensure sustainability and deliver unique features like safe code migration and unified deployment. However, with product maturity, user requests for more openness, and the emergence of local-first development and new business models (e.g., paid team collaboration and AI tools), Darklang chose to embrace open source to foster community growth and the platform's long-term evolution. While some technical challenges remain, such as licensing implications in package management, the open-sourced Darklang will be more transparent and accessible.

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