Tangleflow: Converts GitHub Actions workflows to tangled workflows and back

https://github.com/43081j/tangleflow

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tajdJul 24, 2026, 12:29 PM
I have never heard of tangle before - are many people using it? What are peoples opinions of it?
MerrimanIndJul 24, 2026, 3:41 PM
I'm playing around with it. I self-hosted the Tranquil PDS (personal data server, part of AT Proto), a knot (git repositories), and a spindle (CI runner) on my home server. It was all relatively easy to set up but even in the week that I was bringing it up I found bugs and then saw those bugs get fixed so they're earning the "alpha" badge on their website. I'm not using it for anything load bearing yet but I like the idea at a high-level, though it remains to be seen how well code hosting fits into the AT Proto model.

https://tangled.org/tranquil.farm/tranquil-pds

https://docs.tangled.org/knot-self-hosting-guide

https://docs.tangled.org/spindles#self-hosting-guide

edit: TIL HN doesn't support markdown, why does this surprise me every time.

crimsoneerJul 24, 2026, 12:46 PM
It's quite a cool technical concept, and I really like their design sensibility, but don't know anybody using it "in prod".
satvikpendemJul 24, 2026, 3:31 PM
It's also VC backed so you know it'll turn bad sometime in the future.
LelouBilJul 24, 2026, 5:32 PM
It's also fully open source and you can self-host your data while interacting with everyone else like it's GitHub
satvikpendemJul 25, 2026, 7:06 AM
Until they rugpull, like many VC backed OSS projects over the years, I imagine.
nerdypepperJul 24, 2026, 1:25 PM
you can visit https://tangled.org/timeline to view activity without logging in
e12eJul 24, 2026, 3:08 PM
Aww, I thought this might be a literate programming wrapper around grotesque yaml action programming...
sausagefestJul 24, 2026, 5:08 PM
It’s an attempt to shove AT Proto - which no one wants - into everything
themgtJul 24, 2026, 12:50 PM
Pro-tip if you're a Tangled newbie: migrating knots and spindle on your Tangled PDS before building Bobbin?

Remember that Bobbin "is only a glorified edge index, in the graph theory sense. Additionally it has a record cache, re-filled on demand. All other data that Bobbin serves comes live from PDSes & knots."

You want to first nixery bao proxy spindle with AppRole credentials, then xrpc your punchcard via ATProto. The docs explain all of this clearly, so be sure to read them thoroughly.

https://docs.tangled.org/bobbin#building-bobbin

nerdypepperJul 24, 2026, 1:22 PM
the blogpost about bobbin is an engineering deep dive. you don't need to know any of this to use tangled.
officialchickenJul 24, 2026, 1:07 PM
Knots? Spindle? Bobbin?

And they say skeuomorphism is dead.

pksunkaraJul 24, 2026, 1:03 PM
FWIW, I really like what Tangled is doing and I agree that we need a federation of forges. Which is why, I am planning to use ATproto too for public repositories in the code forge I am building, https://juju.bi