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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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Luke Hinds

Aug 30 '25

🤖 Build Your First Fully Autonomous AI Agent - Free Workshop! 🚀

#ai #agentaichallenge #aiops #opensource

1 min read

Aug 10 '25

My open‑source portfolio with blog, projects showcase, and other features (React 19 + TanStack Start)

#react #javascript #opensource

1 min read

Jul 27 '25

🚀 Conecte-se e Explore Meu Mundo Dev no GitHub!

#webdev #opensource #github #programming

2 min read

Aug 29 '25

I Built a Frameless YouTube Alternative That Actually Doesn't Suck 🎬

#webdev #electron #productivity #opensource

2 min read

Ricardo Sueiras for AWS

Aug 30 '25

AWS open source newsletter, #213

#opensource #aws

24 min read

Aug 29 '25

10 Open Source Tools Every Developer Should Know 🔥

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

5 min read

Henry Lim

Aug 29 '25

Turn Any Bluetooth Speaker into an AirPlay Speaker with Shairport Sync

#raspberrypi #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

Jul 31 '25

🚀 Hey Developers & Tech Enthusiasts!

#github #python #django #opensource

1 min read

Aug 29 '25

Building a High-Performance Lock-Free Ring Buffer in C++ for Ultra-Low Latency Messaging

#showdev #cpp #performance #opensource

1 min read

Patty

Aug 29 '25

[2025] The best barcode scanners for your app

#opensource #sdk #barcode #mobile

9 min read

Tom

Aug 29 '25

How I stopped worrying and loved Makefiles

#linux #bash #devops #opensource

8 min read

Johnathan

Aug 29 '25

I Built a 6-Headed AI Intelligence System (No Subscriptions Required!)

#python #opensource #webdev #automation

1 min read

Pavel

Jul 31 '25

My LLM Was a Terrible Co-Pilot, So I Built It a Better Cockpit: Introducing AxleLLM

#ai #opensource #node #javascript

4 min read

ByteKnight

Aug 29 '25

Open Source is one person

#opensource #software #developers

1 min read

ByteKnight

Aug 29 '25

🔄 Syncthing: The Open‑Source Way to Keep Your Files in Sync

#opensource #backup #android #linux

1 min read

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