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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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MUHAMMAD USMAN AWAN

Jan 1 '25

2025 Tech Trends: What's In, What's Out, and What You Need to Know

#programming #productivity #opensource #webdev

4 min read

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#apacheflink #opensource #llm #rag

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AKSHAY N

Jan 1 '25

🚀 Introducing React AI: Open Source React Components Builder

#opensource #ai #website #javascript

2 min read

wick3dr0se

Dec 31 '24

Writing a Matrix Digital Rain

#programming #tutorial #beginners #opensource

4 min read

pavani Upadhyay

Dec 31 '24

I'm looking to get into Open Source, but I'm not really sure where to start. Any tips?

#opensource #webdev #programming #beginners

1 min read

Sivakumar Mahalingam

Dec 31 '24

Introducing FastMRZ – Effortless MRZ Extraction Made Simple

#python #machinelearning #opensource #softwaredevelopment

3 min read

Sohanuzzaman Soad

Dec 31 '24

What’s New in Flutter 3.27.1: In-Depth Look with Code Examples

#flutter #webdev #programming #opensource

3 min read

Dec 31 '24

Github Gems: Top Repositories to level up in 2025 😎

#webdev #github #opensource #ai

5 min read

nop33.eth

Dec 20 '24

Looking for (React) open-source contributors to reward

#react #typescript #opensource #frontend

1 min read

Dec 31 '24

Ghostty for Ubuntu

#ubuntu #linux #opensource #programming

1 min read

Dec 31 '24

Custom schema specific Supabase Client Component clients in Grida Form workspace

#opensource #nextjs #supabase #grida

3 min read

Dec 28 '24

✨Open-Source Hidden Gems v2🤯

#webdev #productivity #opensource #programming

6 min read

Cleo Buenaventura

Nov 27 '24

A Final Challenge: The Planning Phase

#opensource #github #programming #typescript

3 min read

Akash Jana

Dec 27 '24

Conquering the Setup Loop with Daytona

#daytona #nextjs #opensource #productivity

5 min read

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Dec 13 '24

How These Free Open Source Projects Can Jumpstart Your Career (No Experience? No Problem!)

#opensource #beginners #webdev #ai

5 min read

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