This week on the channel +8.3M views this week

Seven Adobe app rewrites give Fireship plenty to test

Jeff Delaney's three-upload week includes free Rust alternatives and a new chapter in the Node.js-Deno story.

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Fireship Story of October 17, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The channel's weekly summary: what went up this week, what is drawing views now, and where the channel stands among similar channels.

Every app on Earth is now open source... whether it likes it or not

What would free, open-source alternatives to Adobe's apps actually look like? Fireship's biggest upload of the week takes up that practical question, testing what its description presents as seven apps rewritten in Rust by a developer.

"Every app on Earth is now open source... whether it likes it or not" has passed five million views and already sits among the channel's most-watched regular videos. The title casts a much wider net than the test itself, but the appeal is concrete: familiar software, rebuilt outside the company that sells it.

The comments take that premise in several directions. Viewers imagine printers accepting third-party ink, joke about reversing the process of turning a cow into a hamburger, and offer a programmer's rejoinder: assembly code was always there to read. These are wish lists and jokes, not demonstrated features, but they give the discussion a distinctly tinkering-minded flavor.

Jeff Delaney posted three videos altogether. Alongside the OpenAI-focused upload, "The runtime wars are over... and Node won" examines Cloudflare's acquisition of Deno and the relationship between two JavaScript runtimes. The Adobe-alternatives test remains the main source of daily viewing, with the runtime discussion next among the channel's currently busiest videos.

Fireship added about 20,000 subscribers over the week, while daily views are running close to three times their usual level. Nearby in the software world, Low Level and Dave's Garage are also drawing above-usual daily audiences. For Fireship, the standout development is how quickly a hands-on software test has earned a place beside catalog staples such as "God-Tier Developer Roadmap."

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What viewers say

I never thought id live to see the day where we can turn the hamburger back into the cow.
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We can finally make HP printers accept 3rd party ink
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"Everything is open source if you can read assembly"
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Can't wait to reverse claude with a claude
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2011: All software will be cloud based
2026: all software will be claude based
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Cant wait for Rust GTA 6
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