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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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Jan 9

I built a runtime execution kernel for AI agents — not another framework

#python #ai #architecture #opensource

3 min read

Dr. E

Jan 11

Flutter ECS: Mastering Async Operations and Complex Workflows

#flutter #dart #programming #opensource

2 min read

Jan 18

When DEV.to Stats Aren't Enough: Building My Own Memory

#devto #analytics #python #opensource

12 min read

Pat

Feb 15

LaunchFast vs ShipFast: Honest Comparison for 2026

#nextjs #saas #webdev #opensource

7 min read

Jan 12

Building a React Dashboard in 2026: What Actually Matters (From a Dev Perspective)

#webdev #react #opensource #frontend

2 min read

ph2ncyn

Jan 11

What should 2.0.10 have been in PWin11 Tweaker?

#programming #microsoft #opensource #github

10 min read

KazKN

Feb 15

What Is MCP? The Model Context Protocol Explained for Developers

#ai #javascript #tutorial #opensource

12 min read

Evan Lin

Jan 11

[Golang] Issues When Enabling Go Modules in Old Open Source Projects

#learning #tooling #go #opensource

5 min read

Evan Lin

Jan 11

[Learning Notes] [Golang] Migrating Disqus Comments to Github Issues by Writing disqus-importor-go

#tooling #github #go #opensource

4 min read

Evan Lin

Jan 11

Sharing: "How to Build Your Own Open Source Project"

#beginners #opensource #tutorial

11 min read

Evan Lin

Jan 11

Sharing a Talk: "How to Build Your Own Open Source Project"

#beginners #opensource #softwaredevelopment

7 min read

Jan 11

I Built a Tool That Made Claude 122% Better at Understanding My Codebase

#ai #devtools #opensource #productivity

2 min read

Evan Lin

Jan 11

Setting up your own n8n service for better information flow (IFTTT alternative)

#automation #productivity #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

yalelet dessalegn

Feb 12

Why I Built nevr-env — And Why process.env Deserves Better

#typescript #opensource #webdev #devchallenge

4 min read

Guilherme Costa

Feb 14

Code Telescope: bringing Telescope's power to VS Code

#vscode #neovim #productivity #opensource

4 min read

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