A live tree of systemd jobs on the boot console (bootvine)
Spotted 2026-11-12 22:06 (UTC+8) · original event 2026-11-12 · sources: Hacker News · spreading on 1 platformHeat score
Rank score: 6040% — where it sits on the charts
Discussion score: 9040% — how much people are talking about it
Cross-platform score: 3020% — how many platforms it spread to
Composite heat score:46.0rank × 0.4 + discussion × 0.4 + cross-platform × 0.2 — includes a -20-point cooling decay (peak passed, attention fading).
Why it matters
Boot logs scroll past unreadably; a live tree makes the boot process legible.The angle
Show the boot tree in action; why Linux boot UX still mattersSuggested format: Short video / demo · for Developers, Linux usersEvidence chain
• HN #4, 198 pts, 69 comments (2026-11-12)• source: codeberg.org/wvhulle/bootvine• 00:07 update: HN #10, 242 pts/97 cmt• 01:07 update: HN #14, 266 pts/105 cmt• 2026-11-13 02:07 update: HN #18, 291 pts/110 cmt• 2026-11-13 03:07 update: HN #21, 306 pts/116 cmt• 2026-11-13 04:07 update: HN #28, 317 pts/119 cmt• 2026-11-13 05:07 update: HN #29, 329 pts/129 cmt• 2026-11-13 06:07 update: HN #30, 338 pts/130 cmt• 2026-11-13 07:07 update: HN #28, 344 pts/135 cmt• 2026-11-13 08:07 update: HN #29, 355 pts/140 cmt• 2026-11-13 09:07 update: dropped out of HN top 30