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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 9 '25

PiGEF: A GPU-accelerated open-source Graphics Extension

#opensource #gamedev #lowendpc #graphicsengine

1 min read

Muhammad Zulqernain Zahid

Apr 28 '25

Leveling Up — Linux Commands You’ll Actually Use (30-Day RHCSA + Ansible Journey)

#cloudwhistler #linux #devops #opensource

2 min read

Laetitia Perraut

May 9 '25

Rarible’s Approach to Open Source Sustainability: A Deep Dive into Decentralized Innovation

#blockchain #opensource #decentralizedgovernance

8 min read

Apr 5 '25

How to Donate on Gitcoin: A Technical Dive into Open Source Funding and Its Future

#gitcoin #blockchain #opensource

9 min read

Apr 5 '25

Gitcoin Funding Rounds: Empowering the Open Source Ecosystem

#gitcoin #quadraticfunding #opensource

8 min read

Kuberns

Apr 5 '25

The Open-Source ERP alternative to your costly software

#webdev #tutorial #devops #opensource

4 min read

Apr 6 '25

Unlocking Open Source Funding Potential: Benefits, Challenges, and the Road Ahead

#opensource #developerpatronage #blockchain

9 min read

Jesse Williams for Jozu

Jun 5 '25

How to Generate an AI SBOM, and What Tools to Use

#programming #ai #opensource #security

5 min read

abdelrahman seada

Apr 8 '25

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

#react #typescript #zustand #opensource

2 min read

Riyana Patel for PullFlow

May 8 '25

From DORA to collab.dev: Evolving Development Metrics for the AI Age

#discuss #opensource #github #productivity

3 min read

Alex Enson

Apr 9 '25

Copying and pasting in Linux

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

2 min read

Apr 5 '25

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

#python #opensource #automation #tooling

2 min read

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May 9 '25

10 open-source cursor alternatives devs are loving in 2025

#webdev #programming #ai #opensource

56 min read

OLUWADAMILOLA ADETUGBOBO

May 9 '25

Built for Brains: Why AI Loves Linux

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #ai

5 min read

May 9 '25

Data fetching in '/apps/[appName]' route in open source ACI.dev platform.

#opensource #aci #mcp #nextjs

4 min read

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