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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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Apr 5

How to Enable Google Analytics Tracking in Your Greening-Deployed Site

#python #opensource #automation #tooling

2 min read

Apr 5

Bolstering Open Source with GitHub Sponsors: The Impact of Matching Funds

#githubsponsors #opensource #matchingfunds

8 min read

opnepineaplehub

Apr 5

Lern Javascript With Pineaple

#javascript #tutorial #opensource #openpineaple

1 min read

Apr 5

Exploring Gitcoin Kudos: Strengthening the Open Source Community

#gitcoinkudos #nfts #opensource

8 min read

abdelrahman seada

Apr 8

# 🗃️ Dolab — A Lightweight Data-Fetching Hook with Zustand Superpowers ⚡

#react #typescript #zustand #opensource

2 min read

Apr 5

Accelerating Open Source with Gitcoin Bounties: A Deep Dive into Sustainable Development

#gitcoinbounties #blockchain #opensource

7 min read

Apr 5

License-Token: A New Paradigm for OSS Sustainability

#opensource #blockchain #sustainability

8 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Apr 5

Is GitHub Sponsors Safe? A Comprehensive Guide to Secure Open Source Funding

#githubsponsors #opensource #security

7 min read

Beebea

Apr 4

Simplifying Cross-chain transfers with Anyalt Widget

#opensource #api #web3

4 min read

Apr 4

PowerShell: new features, same old bugs

#csharp #opensource #github

8 min read

Apr 4

What is tmpfs mounts?

#devops #docker #cloud #opensource

3 min read

Apr 5

The Philosophy Behind Greening: Developer Momentum

#python #opensource #automation #tooling

2 min read

Apr 4

Fair Code: A Balanced Approach to Open Source and Beyond

#faircode #opensource #sustainability

8 min read

Apr 4

Preventing Pointer Misuse in C++ via Compile-Time Sandboxing (Inspired by Gene Logic)

#cpp #security #architecture #opensource

1 min read

Efe Gerek

Apr 4

Interest Calculator

#python #programming #beginners #opensource

1 min read

Ashish S

Apr 5

🔧 Top Open Source Projects Built with Rust (And Why They Matter in 2025)

#rust #opensource #webdev #gamedev

1 min read

Pavan Belagatti

Apr 8

Learn How to Build Robust RAG Applications Using Llama 4!

#ai #tutorial #opensource #database

5 min read

Apr 3

The Power of Donations in the Open Source Ecosystem

#opensource #donations #sustainability

6 min read

Pulumipus for Pulumi

Apr 3

Kubernetes Best Practices I Wish I Had Known Before

#kubernetes #devops #development #opensource

2 min read

pilothobs

Apr 3

Introducing SCM: The Sentient Computational Manifold

#ai #opensource #programming #machinelearning

2 min read

Apr 3

DATA TYPES IN JAVA

#programming #beginners #java #opensource

3 min read

Apr 7

Nice open-source UI Tool to interact with kubernetes clusters

#cluster #kubernetes #k8s #opensource

4 min read

Ameema

Apr 3

Top 7 Resources & Websites to learn Coding

#webdev #beginners #opensource #coding

5 min read

Dwayne McDaniel for GitGuardian

Apr 3

SnowFROC 2025: A Chilly Reminder That OWASP Matters and Exploring Secure Coding Practices with AI Coding Bots

#cybersecurity #security #opensource #owasp

7 min read

Ezo Saleh

Apr 7

Self-hosting LLMs for Production Systems: Solving the Model Quality Challenge

#llm #aiagent #opensource #go

6 min read

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