Skip to content

DEV Community

Open Source

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.

submission guidelines

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

👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.

Dec 20 '24

How to Fork Private GitHub Repositories and Contribute Back

#github #opensource

2 min read

Rym for Taipy

Dec 3 '24

🤓 Top 12 Open Source Repositories to Watch in 2025 to Become the Ultimate Developer

#opensource #programming #llm #beginners

6 min read

Dariel Vila for KaibanJS

Dec 20 '24

Revolutionize GitHub Issue Management with KaibanJS

#javascript #ai #opensource #github

3 min read

DASWU

Dec 20 '24

Conda + JuiceFS: Enhancing AI Development Environment Sharing

#opensource

8 min read

Dec 20 '24

LobeChat uses Namespace for action labels in DevTools configuration

#nextjs #opensource #devtools #zustand

4 min read

Dec 12 '24

This API Client is More Secure and Better Than Postman

#api #opensource #programming #testing

7 min read

Dec 19 '24

I built a Sass template. You can just copy me!

#webdev #productivity #opensource

5 min read

fmerian for launchweek.dev

Dec 19 '24

Initial commit

#showdev #opensource #devjournal #startup

3 min read

Matija Sosic for Wasp

Dec 11 '24

Should You Use an Open-source SaaS Boilerplate Starter or a $300+ Paid One?

#webdev #javascript #beginners #opensource

8 min read

Dec 19 '24

Decoding Open Source: Vocabulary I've Learned on My Outreachy Journey

#opensource #javascript #programming #outreachy

3 min read

Axlfc

Dec 19 '24

🚀 Introducing RuneScript v0.99: An Open Source Editor to Simplify Developer Workflows

#opensource #web3 #ai #coding

2 min read

Dec 18 '24

🌷Creating a Gallery App in JavaScript with HMPL

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

9 min read

𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 for SWIRL

Nov 26 '24

From Zero to Hero: Learning Through 📖 Open Source AI Projects 💻

#programming #beginners #ai #opensource

5 min read

Adrian Machado for Zuplo

Dec 19 '24

RateMyOpenAPI: now with AI suggestions for your OpenAPI!

#opensource

1 min read

Dec 19 '24

Top 10 Free Resources to Learn Web Development in 2024

#beginners #productivity #opensource #learning

3 min read

👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.