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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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Olaide Emmanuel

Mar 17

Exploring Essential Promise Methods in JavaScript.

#webdev #programming #javascript #opensource

3 min read

NocoBase

Mar 28

[Tutorial] Chapter 5: Tabs & Dynamic blocks

#opensource #tutorial #lowcode #nocode

6 min read

Second Me

Mar 28

How Second Me Hit 6K+ Stars on GitHub in Just 1 Week (and Why You Should Join)

#programming #ai #opensource #python

2 min read

NocoBase

Mar 28

[Tutorial] Chapter 6: User & Permissions

#opensource #lowcode #nocode #tutorial

7 min read

Mar 28

downloadInBrowser function in Refine source code.

#react #javascript #opensource #download

2 min read

Gus

Mar 27

From Memoryless AI to Modular Presence: Rethinking Long-Term Systems

#ai #opensource #api

2 min read

Tib

Mar 27

My participation to the Perl Toolchain Summit 2025

#perl #cpan #opensource #hackathon

3 min read

Feb 21

Arbitrum and Regulatory Challenges: Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Decentralized Finance

#opensource #decentralizedfinance #regulatorychallenges #ethereum

2 min read

Mar 27

Why AI Refactoring Is a Rug Pull – The Hidden Risks of Automated Code Changes

#webdev #opensource #ai #githubcopilot

4 min read

Mar 27

Create PERT Charts Easily in React with react-pert

#pertchart #react #opensource

2 min read

Jani Giannoudis

Mar 27

Create a timesheet-based Payroll Application

#opensource #payroll #dotnet #automation

8 min read

Lightning Developer

Mar 27

Local Tunnels: The Simplest Way to Expose Your Local Services Securely

#webdev #tutorial #productivity #opensource

4 min read

Syed Mudasser Anayat

Mar 27

AI is More Dangerous Than We Think

#ai #opensource #futureofai #webdev

3 min read

Nathan Tarbert for CopilotKit

Mar 28

Build Full-Stack AI Agents with Custom React Components (CopilotKit + CrewAI)

#webdev #programming #opensource #ai

1 min read

Chen Debra

Mar 27

NetEase Mail's Migration Journey to DolphinScheduler: 10 Efficiency Improvement

#opensource #apachedolphinscheduler #netease #programming

10 min read

Mar 26

🚀I build JetScript — the focused, modern successor to JavaScript for MVPs, educators, and indie devs.

#startup #opensource #frontend #dsl

2 min read

Fede Bonel Tozzi for Puck

Mar 26

How to Build a React Page Builder: Puck and Tailwind v4.0

#opensource #frontend #react #webdev

15 min read

Bruh Buh

Feb 21

"🚀 Dive into Innovation: Top Trending GitHub Projects Shaping the Future of AI!"

#github #opensource #programming #python

15 min read

NIXX/DEV

Mar 27

React Simple Select: A Lightweight and Customizable Select Component for React

#react #webdev #javascript #opensource

2 min read

Aditi Bindal for NodeShift

Mar 27

A Step-by-Step Guide to Install DeepSeek-V3-0324 Locally

#ai #deepseek #nlp #opensource

9 min read

NocoBase

Mar 26

AppSheet Alternative: Build a Many-to-Many Task System No-Code

#opensource #appsheet #lowcode #powerplatform

5 min read

Peter

Mar 27

Dummy Data For Backstage

#backstage #opensource #webdev #programming

1 min read

Faith Ayoola Oni

Mar 26

Scaling Daytona: A Developer Relations Strategy

#daytona #webdev #opensource #ai

2 min read

Mar 27

Automate Your Git Commits with AI - Introducing `git-ai-commit

#git #opensource #automation #ai

2 min read

Feb 25

Introducing Font Fixture: Find Your Perfect Font Pair

#opensource #github #frontend #nextjs

3 min read

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