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May The Source Be With You! Articles about Open Source and Free Software as a philosophy, and its application to software development and project management.

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UPDATED APRIL 8, 2020

To keep this tag clean and meaningful, please ensure your post fits into at least one of the following categories:

Organizing, managing, running, or working in an Open Source project.
Open Source philosophy, licensing, and/or practical and legal topics thereof.
Advocacy and adoption of Open Source philosophy.

DO NOT use this tag if you are simply using technologies which happen to be open source.

You should NOT use this tag for any of the following:

Promoting open source projects, such as feature lists or announcements. (Use #news or Listings.)
Contributor requests. (Use #contributorswanted or Listings.)
Tutorials/articles that happen to use an open source tool. (Use appropriate technology tags.)
Showing off something you've built that happens to be open source. (Use the #showdev tag.)
Sharing lists of open source projects. (Use #githunt or the appropriate technology tags.)

Projects must comply with the Open Source Definition (see below) to legally use the term "open source".

As all "Free Software" officially complies with the standards of Open Source anyway, this tag covers both (collectively, FOSS).

about #opensource

Open Source is so much more than "you can read the code". It is formally defined by the Open Source Initiative.

"Open Source" should not be confused with the similar Free Software, which is defined by the Free Software Foundation. Generally, all Free Software is also Open Source, and the two camps often cooperate; however, the concepts are distinct! (The tags are merged here on DEV.to for simplicity, however.)

Open Source Hardware is defined and overseen by the Open Source Hardware Assocation

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May 30 '25

🤯Top 5 Open-Source Tools You Should Be Using🫵

#opensource #javascript #programming #productivity

7 min read

Jun 2 '25

I built a side project with a friend — and it’s way better than working alone.

#showdev #webdev #opensource #startup

5 min read

douvy

Jun 1 '25

Open Source Recipe Site with Nextjs + MDX

#nextjs #opensource #webdev #markdown

1 min read

LaTerral Williams

May 12 '25

🦸‍♂️Mastering `grep` in Linux - Search Like a Superhero

#linux #cloudwhistler #cloud #opensource

4 min read

Elanat Framework

Jun 1 '25

30 Facts About WebForms Core Technology - Part Two: The Front Nightmare is Over

#backend #frontend #opensource #webformscore

11 min read

Mohammad Anzawi

Jun 1 '25

Meridian Workflow – Build Type-Safe, Fluent Workflows in .NET +8 Without the Bloat

#opensource #dotnet #csharp #devtools

2 min read

Muhammad Zulqernain Zahid

May 11 '25

Linux Challenge #2: Real-World Log Cleanup with Command Line Automation

#cloudwhistler #linux #devops #opensource

2 min read

Jun 1 '25

Key Management Service in Kubernetes — Part 2

#kubernetes #programming #cloud #opensource

5 min read

Prog. Kanishk Raj

Apr 29 '25

Introducing ProXtyle: A Professional & Modern CSS Framework

#webdev #opensource #css #proxtyle

1 min read

LaTerral Williams

May 21 '25

🧙‍♂️Unlocking Advanced Permissions in Linux with ACLs

#cloudwhistler #cloud #linux #opensource

7 min read

Riyana Patel for PullFlow

May 30 '25

Project of the Week: Ghost 👻

#discuss #opensource #github #programming

2 min read

May 2 '25

🚀 upup – a drop-in React uploader for AWS S3, DigitalOcean, Backblaze, GCP & Azure w/ GDrive and OneDrive user integration!

#react #webdev #opensource #javascript

1 min read

Apache SeaTunnel

May 21 '25

Java Resource Management and Leak Prevention: Insights from SeaTunnel Source Code

#java #programming #seatunnel #opensource

3 min read

Developer Harsh for Composio

May 30 '25

Claude Code Vs. Open AI Codex, which one is best for pair programming? 🎯

#ai #opensource #webdev #programming

11 min read

Chitransh Soral

May 31 '25

DeadLock: Research Results & Tech Stack

#python #opensource #machinelearning #datascience

2 min read

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