I want to set up for local news feeds similar to ycombinator. does anyone knows if we can get the source code available or any similar clones? Please advise.
I think it doesn't matter what you use.
Could literally be anything.<p>From simple server using something like Python/Ruby/Go/...
To using JS front-end with simple API.<p>You probably need a database.
If you aiming for community discussions and link sharing, first things that come to mind is <a href="https://www.discourse.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.discourse.org/</a>
The closest clone I can think of is Lobsters[1,2]<p>[1] <a href="https://lobste.rs/" rel="nofollow">https://lobste.rs/</a><p>[2] <a href="https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/lobsters/lobsters</a>
<a href="https://lobste.rs/" rel="nofollow">https://lobste.rs/</a> looks great + open-source. I particularly like their invite-only system.