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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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MandyTrl

Feb 19

Github - Comment protéger sa branche (les Branch Protection Rules)

#github #ruleset #opensource #bestpractices

3 min read

Mar 11

Unveiling the Apache License 2.0: A Deep Dive into Open Source Freedom

#apachelicense20 #opensource #licensing

4 min read

Code Forge Temple

Mar 11

ScribePal v1.2.0 - An Open Source Browser Extension for Private AI Chat Using Local Ollama Models

#opensource #ai #privacy #typescript

1 min read

Feb 5

Setting up Bee-Stack on MacOS Intel

#tutorial #ai #opensource #python

2 min read

Aadarsh Lalchandani

Feb 5

Introducing 'aasetpy'

#python #devops #opensource #productivity

2 min read

Mar 11

My First Software Launch As a 14-Year-Old

#webdev #beginners #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

Mar 11

GitHub Follow-Back Checker: Find Who Hasn't Followed You Back

#github #api #opensource #javascript

2 min read

Pratham naik for Teamcamp

Apr 2

10 Developer Productivity Tools That Will Transform Your Workflow in 2025

#webdev #devops #productivity #opensource

5 min read

Pratham naik for Teamcamp

Mar 10

Best Jira Alternatives for Agile Teams in 2025: Simplify Your Project Management

#webdev #beginners #devops #opensource

3 min read

Besworks

Mar 11

Parameter Type Safety in JavaScript

#webdev #programming #javascript #opensource

3 min read

Gorakhnath Yadav for Hyperswitch

Mar 11

Open-Source Payments: Modular, Flexible, and Built for You

#opensource #rust #community

1 min read

Mar 4

Indie Hackers and the Open-Source NFT Revolution

#indiehackers #opensource #nft

4 min read

Mar 11

Help Needed for Open-Source Project: Btech Babai – A Resource Hub for Engineering Students!

#webdev #javascript #beginners #opensource

2 min read

Mar 11

Exploring BitcoinLib: A Beacon of Open Source and Blockchain Innovation

#bitcoinlib #blockchain #opensource

3 min read

Mar 11

`createHighlightCanvas` function in react-scan source code.

#opensource #javascript #react #reactscan

3 min read

Mar 11

Exploring the Ocean Protocol Java SDK: A Game-Changer in Blockchain AI

#blockchain #ai #opensource

3 min read

Dat N. Le

Mar 10

From Beginner to Pro: The Ultimate Guide to Contributing to Open Source

#discuss #opensource #programming #career

14 min read

NeuralLang

Mar 10

Neural DSL v0.2.2 Release Notes

#ai #opensource #deeplearning #machinelearning

2 min read

Mar 10

DeepLearning4j Blockchain Integration: Merging AI and Blockchain for a Transparent Future

#deeplearning4j #blockchain #opensource

3 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Mar 10

Unlocking the Power of Blockchain Data with the Hedera Mirror Node Java Client

#blockchain #java #opensource

3 min read

Pratham naik for Teamcamp

Mar 21

Kanban vs. Scrum: Which One Actually Works Better for Dev Teams?

#devops #productivity #opensource #webdev

4 min read

Mar 10

My github

#github #opensource #programming #100daysofcode

1 min read

Jefferson Rodrigues for Lerian

Mar 10

Ledgers Open Source: Transformando Conceitos em Vantagem Competitiva

#midaz #opensource #braziliandevs

1 min read

Giovanna

Feb 4

Open-source tool to analyze uncertainty/entropy in LLM output (github.com/klara-research)

#opensource #explainability #llm #github

1 min read

Giovanna

Feb 4

Klarity – Open-source tool to analyze uncertainty/entropy in LLM output (github.com/klara-research)

#opensource #ai #deepseek #interpretability

1 min read

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