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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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Jan 2 '25

The Ultimate Guide for Beginners: Navigating Git and GitHub in the World of Tech

#github #git #opensource #beginners

5 min read

Dec 31 '24

My 2024 Unwrap (of course, it's not a must-read)

#programming #learning #opensource #github

5 min read

Arindam Majumder

Dec 9 '24

Top 5 Open Source Projects You Must Explore Before 2025

#opensource #javascript #webdev #programming

8 min read

Victor Isaac Oshimua

Jan 2 '25

Lists of open-source frameworks for building RAG applications

#ai #rag #opensource #programming

4 min read

Bruno

Jan 16 '25

I Built an Open-Source Code Snippet Collection

#webdev #typescript #opensource #productivity

2 min read

Gittech

Jan 1 '25

🚀 Jan 1, 2025: Start the Year Right with These Top 25+ GitHub Repositories

#github #devdiscuss #opensource

5 min read

fmerian

Dec 31 '24

</2024>

#devjournal #opensource #career

1 min read

Dec 31 '24

❄️Happy New Year Dev.to! My results for 2024 ❄️

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

4 min read

Gittech

Dec 31 '24

🎆 Dec 31, 2024: 25+ New GitHub Repositories to End the Year with Inspiration

#productivity #github #opensource #learning

7 min read

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

Dec 2 '24

AI and All Data Weekly - 02 December 2024

#apacheflink #opensource #llm #rag

5 min read

wick3dr0se

Dec 31 '24

Writing a Matrix Digital Rain

#programming #tutorial #beginners #opensource

4 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

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