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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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May 12 '25

What is Sawtooth Python SDK? The Open Source Business Model, Funding, and Community

#sawtoothpythonsdk #opensource #blockchain

8 min read

Sharon

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Your Firewall Is Lying to You — Try This Open-Source WAF Instead

#cybersecurity #webdev #opensource #safeline

2 min read

Sujith S for Zackriya Solutions

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Meetily: The Enterprise-Ready, Self-Hosted AI Meeting Assistant for Private & Secure Transcription

#opensource #ai #productivity #programming

3 min read

Vetheon

May 12 '25

Introducing FileZap: A Decentralized, Secure File Sharing and Storage Solution

#opensource #go #cryptocurrency #blockchain

2 min read

Benoît Garçon for La Formule Nuagique

May 11 '25

Introduction à OpenTofu pour les utilisateurs Terraform

#opensource #terraform #devops

4 min read

Xiao Yijun for Logto

May 12 '25

Logto reaches 10,000 GitHub stars and 1 million identities: The open foundation for identity in the AI era

#opensource #auth #milesone

3 min read

Aditi Bindal for NodeShift

May 12 '25

How to Install Falcon Mamba 7B: Abu Dhabi’s Breakthrough State Space Model

#news #ai #opensource #machinelearning

6 min read

Apr 8 '25

Understanding Log Levels: A Guide to Effective Logging.

#programming #opensource #learning #microservices

4 min read

HexShift

May 12 '25

Building a Simple Rust CLI Tool to Parse JSON Files

#rust #cli #json #opensource

3 min read

HexShift

May 12 '25

Build Your First Rust CLI Tool: A Beginner-Friendly Walkthrough

#rust #cli #productivity #opensource

2 min read

HexShift

May 12 '25

Building a Rust CLI Tool for Logging System Errors

#rust #cli #programming #opensource

3 min read

Apr 21 '25

From Scripts to Cloud: My Hands-On Guide to ML + DevOps

#ai #devops #opensource #aws

4 min read

NocoBase

Jun 4 '25

NocoBase v1.7.0 Officially Released

#news #opensource #lowcode #nocode

4 min read

HexShift

May 12 '25

Building a Simple Rust CLI Tool for File Operations

#rust #cli #opensource #automation

3 min read

HexShift

May 12 '25

Building a Rust CLI Tool for Batch Renaming Files

#rust #cli #opensource #programming

3 min read

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