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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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Mar 27 '25

Automate Your Git Commits with AI - Introducing `git-ai-commit

#git #opensource #automation #ai

2 min read

Feb 25 '25

Introducing Font Fixture: Find Your Perfect Font Pair

#opensource #github #frontend #nextjs

3 min read

Mar 27 '25

GUI Weather App using python

#python #api #programming #opensource

1 min read

Wanda

Feb 25 '25

✨Deepseek Open Source Week Day 2: Unpacking DeepEP👍

#deepseek #opensource #api #deepep

5 min read

Mar 27 '25

flattenObjectKeys() function in Refine source code.

#react #javascript #opensource

2 min read

Trần Viết Chính (Cael Stratos)

Mar 27 '25

Why Learn PHP?

#webdev #php #tutorial #opensource

2 min read

Yedan Li

Mar 27 '25

Open Source - Let Ai to tell the Ai's Trend?

#opensource #ai #machinelearning #python

2 min read

Mar 26 '25

Developing a WebRTC SFU library in Rust

#webrtc #sfu #rust #opensource

7 min read

Sam

Mar 26 '25

Best Open Source Service Mesh Tools

#servicemesh #tools #opensource

5 min read

Xiao Yijun for Logto

Mar 26 '25

Top 5 Open Source Identity and Access Management (IAM) providers 2025

#opensource #iam #ssoproviders

10 min read

Feb 20 '25

Unlocking Potential: The Benefits of Open Source Developer Patronage

#opensource #developerpatronage #collaborativeinnovation

2 min read

Feb 20 '25

Understanding Open Source Developer Support Networks

#opensource #oss #communitybuilding #developersupportnetworks

2 min read

Feb 20 '25

Navigating the World of Open Source Licenses

#opensource #opensourcelicenses #mitlicense #gnugeneralpubliclicense

2 min read

Mar 26 '25

Command line calculator in GO

#programming #tutorial #opensource #go

1 min read

Sayan Mondal for LitmusChaos

Mar 26 '25

LitmusChaos is Heading to KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025 – Join the Chaos!

#litmuschaos #opensource #cloud #devops

4 min read

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