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Registry for Ant and Everyone Else

Registry for Ant and Everyone Else

by theMackabu·Jun 17, 2026·1 point·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidShip It

Yet another npm clone, but this one's for Ant.

Strengths
  • •Clean UI with keyboard shortcuts (⌘K search) and dark mode support.
  • •Simple publish flow with featured/recently updated package sections.
Weaknesses
  • •Author admits it's just an npm clone with no technical differentiation.
  • •Package registry needs network effects; niche language limits adoption potential.
Target Audience

Ant programming language users

Similar To

npm · PyPI · crates.io

Post Description

Hey again HN!

After getting Ant to a (mostly) stable state, it came to me that I should make it a registry, so born is ants.land. Not the most special just a npm clone but I think the user experience is pretty nice

Take a look and try it out maybe, the more bugs found the better.

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