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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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Laetitia Perraut

May 8 '25

Siemens Open Source Governance: Balancing Innovation and Compliance

#opensource #governance #blockchain

8 min read

itsmeakhil

Jun 11 '25

We Built an Open-Source, Zero-Knowledge Password Manager — Here's Why (and How)

#opensource #programming #python #nextjs

3 min read

Zhang Wei

May 8 '25

Exploring Open Source Project Sponsorship Opportunities: Enhancing Innovation with Blockchain and NFTs

#opensource #blockchain #nfts

9 min read

May 8 '25

Elon Musk’s Influence on Open-Source Innovation: Fueling the Future of Collaborative Technology

#elonmusk #opensource #innovation

9 min read

Jun 17 '25

Level Up Your Dev Journey: My Keploy Fellowship Journey

#github #opensource #api #developer

3 min read

Carrie

Jun 17 '25

How I Replaced Cloudflare WAF with an Open Source Self-Hosted Alternative

#cloudflare #waf #selfhosted #opensource

3 min read

Nakadra

Jun 17 '25

We Built a Docker Alternative in Rust on Our Phones in Kenya. Here's Why.

#showdev #rust #opensource #programming

3 min read

Jun 17 '25

deno.json file in langchainjs source code.

#opensource #javascript #json #langchain

4 min read

May 8 '25

Open Source Project Revenue Strategies: Sustainable Funding for Free Software

#opensource #revenuestrategies #monetization

9 min read

Timon Vonk

May 8 '25

Swiftide 0.26 - Streaming agents

#ai #opensource #rust

4 min read

Chielo Chiamaka

May 8 '25

Linux Backup Strategies

#cloudwhistler #devops #linux #opensource

3 min read

May 8 '25

🚀 create-node-spark v2.1.0 Released: MongoDB Support + Smarter Config! 🎉

#opensource #programming #node #javascript

1 min read

Laetitia Perraut

May 8 '25

Open Source Revenue Generation: Balancing Community and Commerce – A Comprehensive Guide

#opensource #revenuegeneration #fundingmodels

10 min read

May 8 '25

Innovative Strategies for Open Source Project Funding: A Comprehensive Guide

#opensource #fundingstrategies #crowdfunding

9 min read

Zhang Wei

May 8 '25

Open Source Funding Platforms: Empowering Innovation and Collaboration

#opensource #fundingplatforms #blockchain

9 min read

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