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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 6 '25

Navigating the Future: Funding Solutions for Blockchain Infrastructure & Open Source Projects

#blockchain #opensource #funding

8 min read

Eth3rnit3

May 10 '25

C4 Modelizer – draw your C4 architecture in minutes!

#architecture #webdev #javascript #opensource

2 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Apr 8 '25

Open Source Q1 2025: Thriving Ecosystem or Facing New Challenges?

#opensource #linuxkernel68 #blockchainfunding

8 min read

Apr 7 '25

Navigating Financial Sustainability in Open Source Projects: A Comprehensive Guide

#opensource #financialsustainability #blockchainintegration

9 min read

Jun 7 '25

A Script for Simpler Kubernetes Cluster Management for Lean Teams

#kubernetes #opensource #devops #cloudnative

6 min read

May 10 '25

From chaos to consistency: how we centralized secrets with AWS SSM and a simple CLI

#aws #devops #cli #opensource

2 min read

Apr 6 '25

Financial Viability & Metrics in Open Source Projects: A Deep Dive into Economic Sustainability and Innovation

#opensource #financialsustainability #blockchain

8 min read

Apr 6 '25

AI-Powered Debugger

#opensource #sugarlabs #ai #debugger

2 min read

Apr 6 '25

Financial Planning and Sustainability for Open Source Developers: Navigating Financial Independence

#financialplanning #opensource #sustainability

9 min read

May 10 '25

Monotone Triangulation. Practical Advice.

#algorithms #rust #webassembly #opensource

6 min read

Code Area

May 10 '25

What Is Vibe Coding and How Will It Change the Developer's Role?

#ai #beginners #devops #opensource

2 min read

cdilorenzo

Jun 7 '25

Stop parsing “last 3 business days” by hand — I built a fluent date range parser for .NET

#dotnet #csharp #opensource

1 min read

Anmol Baranwal for Composio

Apr 22 '25

The guide to MCP I never had.

#programming #tutorial #mcp #opensource

22 min read

Joyce Lin

Apr 10 '25

When Code Meets Reality: Lessons from Building in the Physical World

#robotics #iot #opensource #webdev

5 min read

Apr 6 '25

Open Source Developer Revenue Streams and Income Strategies: Harnessing Blockchain, NFTs, and Open Source for Sustainable Growth

#opensource #blockchain #nftmonetization

8 min read

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