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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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DevForge

Oct 18 '25

🎲 Game 21 — Cheburashka & Gena

#python #tkinter #gamedev #opensource

1 min read

Carrie

Oct 20 '25

Top 5 Open-Source Anti-Bot Tools in 2025

#bot #opensource #top5 #security

3 min read

midlaj cybrosys

Sep 17 '25

Managing Users and Access Rights in Odoo (for New Admins)

#odoo #odoopartner #odooerp #opensource

4 min read

Sep 30 '25

Building a Robust Data Observability Framework to Ensure Data Quality and Integrity

#dataengineering #opensource #datascience #data

7 min read

marcosomma

Oct 17 '25

🧠OrKa docs grew up: a YAML-first reference for Agents, Nodes, and Tools

#ai #llm #rag #opensource

4 min read

Hacktoberfest: Open Source Reflections

Oct 21 '25

Hacktoberfest 2025: My Open Source Story as an AI Developer

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

Oct 18 '25

Taming Folder Chaos: Building a Simple Python CLI for Auto File Organization

#opensource #python #cli #productivity

2 min read

Oct 19 '25

Harmonic Logos: Building Meaning Through Resonant AI

#showdev #science #opensource #ai

2 min read

Oct 19 '25

Unleashing Native‑Speed Crypto in PHP: Introducing php‑secp256k1 & php‑keccak256

#webdev #programming #blockchain #opensource

4 min read

Jay

Oct 18 '25

Jay, V, and the Curse of the PyCache: A Devlog of Madness and Machine Voices

#opensource #microsoft #ai #programming

4 min read

xuxiaofeng

Sep 17 '25

Bill Split Calculator

#showdev #webdev #javascript #opensource

1 min read

Mithu_kr

Oct 20 '25

"Debugging 102:"Stack Trace (JavaScript) — How to Read It Like a Pro

#webdev #programming #javascript #opensource

1 min read

Timon Vonk

Sep 16 '25

Announcing Swiftide 0.31

#programming #ai #rust #opensource

1 min read

Oct 19 '25

How to Install Ubuntu on Your Laptop or Desktop: A Step-by-Step Guide

#ubuntu #linux #beginners #opensource

4 min read

PikaPods

Sep 16 '25

Introducing PikaPods: Your Open-Source Hosting Platform

#opensource #pikapods #webdev #beginners

1 min read

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