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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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Jul 1 '25

Tried Deepsite v2 Yet?

#deepseek #deepsite #opensource

1 min read

Apache SeaTunnel

May 28 '25

A Simple Fix for SeaTunnel Excel Failing to Convert Numeric Types to Strings | With Source Code Packaging

#apacheseatunnel #dataengineering #opensource #programming

3 min read

Jun 20 '25

`wrapOpenAIClientError` function in libs/langchain-openai source code.

#opensource #langchain #openai #javascript

2 min read

Leeanna Marshall

May 28 '25

Struggling with UI Bugs After Every Release? Try Visual Regression Testing

#webdev #opensource #testing #devops

5 min read

Jul 1 '25

🔍 Navigating GitHub Branches: A Beginner-Friendly Guide

#github #git #programming #opensource

4 min read

Jul 1 '25

Snapdom: a modern and faster alternative to html2canvas

#webdev #programming #javascript #opensource

3 min read

Muhammed Shafin P

Jul 1 '25

Seeking Contributors for PoC Development of My Concepts

#opensource #ai #cybersecurity #developer

1 min read

Jayant Navrange

Jul 1 '25

Wallpy: A Wallpaper Changer for Linux Desktops 🌄

#linux #opensource #python #productivity

2 min read

Abubaker Siddique

Jun 1 '25

⚙️ 10 More Fast-Build AI Database Ideas to Dominate a Niche (and Monetize Like a Pro)

#startup #chatgpt #opensource #react

3 min read

Gabriel Coelho Soares

Jun 16 '25

🚀 De Estudante a Tech Lead: Como Liderei 9 Desenvolvedores em um Projeto Full-Stack Real

#java #opensource #devjournal #programming

3 min read

Jun 30 '25

MovieMonk: An AI-Powered Movie Recommendation App Using MindsDB Knowledge Base + Agent

#mindsdb #database #knowledgebase #opensource

2 min read

Alan Buenrostro

May 27 '25

Building a Smart Vue 3 Cart Manager Composable 🛒

#webdev #javascript #vue #opensource

4 min read

Sevaki Rajasekar

Jun 30 '25

VS Code vs VSCodium

#opensource #idk #programming

2 min read

Elanat Framework

Jun 30 '25

CodeBehind Turns Two Years Old

#news #webdev #csharp #opensource

7 min read

Zyntraxis

May 27 '25

🚀 Zyn v2.3.0 is out now!

#cpp #developer #opensource #zyn

1 min read

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