There used to be a list of sites run on Scoop software (the CMS that k5 is built on, a counterpart to 'Slashcode' running Slashdot). It used to be hosted at scoop.kuro5hin.org, but rusty let that subdomain fail about a couple months ago and hasn't fixed it.
DailyKos is the most prominent site using Scoop to manage frontpage content and diaries. They made a host of extensions, fixes, features, and changes, but apparently didn't share anything back with the main Scoop codebase.
It's not clear anymore where one can download the Scoop sourcecode, although I think some k5 users have upped a copy somewhere.
As far as I know, k5's still one-of-a-kind. The closest copy is a site called hulver.com ("HuSi" short for "Hulver's Site"). HuSi was created by a disaffected member of the k5 community, hulver, who got fed up with the trolls. It is much more focused on diary content rather than frontpage-quality long form content. Basically, the entire British portion of k5 fled to HuSi, and they have pretty active admins there who ban the occasional visitor from k5 trying to troll. Still, it remains very small, and doesn't produce the same caliber of content that k5 once did.
DailyKos is the most prominent site using Scoop to manage frontpage content and diaries. They made a host of extensions, fixes, features, and changes, but apparently didn't share anything back with the main Scoop codebase.
It's not clear anymore where one can download the Scoop sourcecode, although I think some k5 users have upped a copy somewhere.
As far as I know, k5's still one-of-a-kind. The closest copy is a site called hulver.com ("HuSi" short for "Hulver's Site"). HuSi was created by a disaffected member of the k5 community, hulver, who got fed up with the trolls. It is much more focused on diary content rather than frontpage-quality long form content. Basically, the entire British portion of k5 fled to HuSi, and they have pretty active admins there who ban the occasional visitor from k5 trying to troll. Still, it remains very small, and doesn't produce the same caliber of content that k5 once did.