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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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Abdulaziz Abdujalilov

Jun 1

How I built a quantum-inspired route optimizer in pure Python (no quantum hardware)

#opensource #productivity #machinelearning #python

2 min read

Raphael

Jun 1

I built an open-source AWS SOC 2 readiness scanner because SOC 2 prep is still too manual

#aws #security #devops #opensource

3 min read

Nasrul Hazim Bin Mohamad

Jun 1

Laravel Billing: one package, every gateway, working on day one

#laravel #php #saas #opensource

7 min read

Olamilekan Lamidi

Jun 1

Laravel Google Sheets v1.1.0: Diff Previews, Sync Methods, Dry Runs, and Retry Backoff

#laravel #php #opensource #googlesheet

3 min read

Haji Rufai

Jun 1

I Implemented AES-128 from Scratch and Built a Secrets Vault in Python

#python #security #cryptography #opensource

5 min read

Jun 1

I built a free CLI that audits your Node.js + React project before you ship

#node #react #opensource #devtools

3 min read

SKUMart

Jun 1

How to Convert Supplier CSVs to Shopify/Amazon/WooCommerce Without Uploading to a Server

#webdev #javascript #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

Jovan Chan

Jun 1

The Open-Source AI Stack in 2026: What Works Together

#opensource #ai #selfhosted #linux

5 min read

Jun 1

I A/B tested an MCP server that cut my Claude Code token cost

#showdev #ai #claude #opensource

4 min read

xiun xiao

Jun 1

I built CronBox: a local-first menu bar scheduler for scripts and coding-agent tasks

#opensource #rust #tauri #productivity

2 min read

Arouna Mounchili

Jun 1

Treating Robots as Code: Why We Built a Programmable IR for ROS 2

#robotics #python #ros2 #opensource

3 min read

Plexescor (Abhijot Singh)

Jun 1

How I built a scriptable Lua extension engine inside my C++ activity tracker (and almost lost my mind to deadlocks)

#cpp #opensource #programming #extensions

3 min read

Nilanjan Kamila

Jun 1

How to Block Disposable Email Addresses in Laravel (Prevent Fake Registrations)

#laravel #php #webdev #opensource

3 min read

Mathias Conradt

Jun 1

Minimalistic, lightweight markdown knowledge base app for macOS and Linux. Open source Obsidian alternative.

#markdown #obsidian #opensource

1 min read

Gloria

Jun 1

How I Rebuilt My Entire User Feedback Workflow with FeedLog (And Why I Ditched Canny)

#indiehacker #buildinpublic #devtools #opensource

6 min read

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