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.

Gorakhnath Yadav for Hyperswitch

Oct 9 '24

🚀 Hyperswitch Plugin Development Hackathon: Build, Compete, and Win Big! 🚀

#opensource #hackathon #fintech

1 min read

Sep 5 '24

My Computer Science Website

#beginners #tutorial #computerscience #opensource

1 min read

Atsushi

Sep 5 '24

Introduction to the GROWI calendar display plug-in

#growi #opensource #plugin #calendar

3 min read

Atsushi

Sep 5 '24

Introduction of the GROWI plugin to embed and display the site.

#growi #opensource #typescript

3 min read

Programming with Shahan

Oct 2 '24

5 open-source tools every developer should know

#webdev #beginners #opensource #javascript

3 min read

Sep 5 '24

Introduction for OSD600

#opensource #osd600 #seneca

2 min read

skllzrmy

Oct 6 '24

I Built a Shadcn Slot Machine for Hacktoberfest—and I’m Just Getting Started

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

Oct 7 '24

Top open-source repos/projects to contribute (Hacktoberfest Edition 🎃)

#opensource #hacktoberfest #programming #github

6 min read

Oct 1 '24

5 DevOps Hacktoberfest Projects to Contribute to!

#hacktoberfest #devops #webdev #opensource

4 min read

Sébastien Conejo

Oct 8 '24

How to create a newsletter signup form in just 20 minutes with shadcn/UI and Manifest

#webdev #tutorial #opensource #javascript

7 min read

Ishita

Oct 8 '24

Introducing GroupTrack: Simplified Location-Based Services for Flutter

#flutter #dart #opensource #location

4 min read

Anmol Baranwal for Opire

Oct 7 '24

🎯 Case Study: How AutoKey is Exploring Opire to Attract Python Developers

#opensource #programming #python #javascript

8 min read

Fady Mondy

Oct 8 '24

Why You Should Pay for Open Source

#laravel #php #opensource #contributorswanted

2 min read

Astrodevil

Oct 3 '24

Exciting Open Source Events, Useful Tips and Great Projects to Contribute - Hacktoberfest 2024🎁⚡🎉

#hacktoberfest #opensource #programming #webdev

7 min read

Shivaraj M

Oct 6 '24

A Contributor’s Journey :HACKTOBERFEST 2024

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

3 min read

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