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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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Annoy Group Chat Application with WebSocket, React, and Node.js

#react #opensource #node #github

1 min read

Domenico Tenace for Playful Programming

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#csharp #dotnet #opensource #softwaredevelopment

5 min read

Wouter Bauweraerts

Jan 21 '25

Sociable Unit Test simplified

#opensource #java #springboot #quarkus

1 min read

Maksim

Feb 4 '25

🐳 How I Built in 2 Months a Code Playground Using Docker+gVisor

#development #programming #opensource #docker

3 min read

Joshua Hughes 🐎

Jan 21 '25

Building a Better Portfolio: My Open-Source Next.js Portfolio Builder

#webdev #opensource #nextjs #beginners

2 min read

binyam

Feb 24 '25

Talos Linux: The Kubernetes OS That’s Changing the Game (and Why You Should Care)

#programming #tutorial #devops #opensource

4 min read

Feb 24 '25

Contribute to the Ultimate JavaScript Project – 500+ Open Source Ideas!🚀

#javascript #beginners #opensource #100daysofcode

2 min read

Markus

Feb 24 '25

Your First Open Source Contribution: A Beginner's Guide

#opensource #contributorswanted #beginners #tutorial

3 min read

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API Versioning in .NET 8

#programming #opensource #api #github

2 min read

Judy

Feb 24 '25

Can you imagine such a short code solving the 24-point game?

#discuss #programming #devops #opensource

3 min read

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#apachenifi #apacheiceberg #genai #opensource

3 min read

Suraj Singh Bisht

Jan 21 '25

Join the SSB Community – Open Source Projects Await! 🚀

#opensource #contributorswanted #beginners #learning

1 min read

Feb 24 '25

Art Blocks and the Future of Open Source with Blockchain

#blockchain #generativeart #opensource

2 min read

abozanona

Feb 23 '25

Customize Your GitHub Profile with a Custom Pac-Man Contribution Graph

#githubprofile #opensource #pacman #webdev

4 min read

Isah Jacob

Feb 23 '25

Best Open Source CRM

#programming #opensource #crm #opensourcecrm

3 min read

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