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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.

submission guidelines

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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Arvind SundaraRajan

Oct 10 '25

Quantum Benchmarking: Future-Proofing Your Code in the Algorithm Age by Arvind Sundararajan

#quantumcomputing #benchmarking #architecture #opensource

2 min read

Mohammad Sarabi

Oct 8 '25

The Art of Chaos: Generating Stunning Fractals with JavaScript

#showdev #javascript #tutorial #opensource

7 min read

Hacktoberfest: Maintainer Spotlight

Daria Tsion for AI and QA Leaders

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When QA Meets AI 😅. Launching the AI & QA Leaders Community

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource #ai

1 min read

Software Developer

Oct 9 '25

🌱 Introduction: Why Open Source Is the Soil We Grow In

#opensource #programming #webdev #beginners

7 min read

ELABBASSI Hicham

Oct 3 '25

🏈⚽🏀 Hacktoberfest, from Side Project to Pro Sports: Contribute to a Library Used by NBA, NFL & Premier League Coaches

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource #reactnative

2 min read

Aditya Pidurkar

Oct 10 '25

Blackbird: The AI-Powered OSINT Account Enumeration Tool

#ai #cybersecurity #opensource #tooling

2 min read

Sep 11 '25

What is ESTree?

#estree #ripple #opensource #typescript

3 min read

Aoda Zhang

Oct 7 '25

💻 Doing Something Good with Code

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

2 min read

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Hacktoberfest 2025 t-shirt

#hacktoberfest #opensource #programming #github

1 min read

cat dog (running_in_the_storm)

Sep 20 '25

Tired of complicated compilation?Integrate AeroFFmpeg with one click to make Android audio and video development easier!

#android #opensource #ffmpeg

5 min read

Hacktoberfest: Open Source Reflections

DivyanshuLohani

Oct 8 '25

When Hacktoberfest Became README-fest - I did this

#discuss #hacktoberfest #opensource #beginners

5 min read

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Aubrey D

Oct 9 '25

My First Hacktoberfest Contribution Experience

#beginners #hacktoberfest #opensource #nextjs

3 min read

Hacktoberfest: Maintainer Spotlight

Jramone3

Oct 8 '25

MintBridgeXFCE: Modular Migration Toolkit for Legacy Systems and Community Resilience

#hacktoberfest #devchallenge #opensource #linux

2 min read

Oct 10 '25

Pipeline em Go - Compondo operações de forma elegante e simples

#go #opensource #cleancode #productivity

4 min read

nyaomaru

Oct 8 '25

My Favorite Frontend Setup Libraries (Project Foundation Edition)

#typescript #frontend #opensource #programming

4 min read

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