Posted Jul 15, 2026 at 3:07 PM UTCRElon Musk says X’s codebase will be made open source.Along with his usual morning tweets in support of right-wing politics, against certain immigrants to the US, and boosting data centers, the sometimes-trillionaire writes, “Once we have completed our review for security vulnerabilities, we will make the entire codebase of 𝕏 open source, with no exceptions.” (He didn’t mention how Grok Build had apparently made exposing your code a little too easy.)He also tweeted separately about its mysteriously busted algorithm, saying that it “…barraging you with similar content due to a few likes” is another problem.Screenshot: X.com (@elonmusk)Follow topics and authors from this story to see more like this in your personalized homepage feed and to receive email updates.Richard Lawler
Elon Musk says X’s codebase will be made open source.
Along with his usual morning tweets in support of right-wing politics, against certain immigrants to the US, and boosting data centers, the sometimes-trillionaire writes, “Once we have completed our review for security vulnerabilities, we will make the entire codebase of 𝕏 open source, with no exceptions.” (He didn’t mention how Grok Build had apparently made exposing your code a little too easy.) He also tweeted separately about its mysteriously busted algorithm, saying that it “…barraging you with similar content due to a few likes” is another problem. [Image: https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/Clipboard_07-15-2026_01.jpg?quality=90&strip=all]
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