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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.

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

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Tim Gabrikowski

Nov 4 '23

Simple Youtube Downloader in under 50 Javascript lines

#javascript #node #tutorial #opensource

4 min read

Rahul Roy

Nov 4 '23

Hacktoberfest 2023: A Commitment to Open Source

#hacktoberfest23 #opensource

2 min read

Matt for Sentry

Nov 15 '23

Performance Monitoring for Every Developer: Web Vitals & Function Regression Issues

#webdev #javascript #opensource #frontend

7 min read

Amar Parab

Nov 4 '23

Hacktoberfest Contributor

#hack23contributor #opensource

1 min read

OpenSource for Webcrumbs

Nov 3 '23

What is WebCrumbs?

#react #webdev #community #opensource

2 min read

Yeom suyun

Nov 4 '23

Introduction to eslint-plugin-lube

#webdev #javascript #opensource #eslint

3 min read

Nov 4 '23

Milvus Adventures Nov 3, 2023

#opensource #openai #tutorial #ai

3 min read

Mandy Meindersma

Nov 3 '23

My third year as a Hacktoberfest Maintainer

#hack23maintainer #webdev #opensource #github

1 min read

Nov 3 '23

How I use "AI" to entertain my cat

#showdev #opensource #ai

5 min read

Nov 2 '23

Create Your Project’s GitHub Readme With 4 Simple Questions

#github #opensource

2 min read

Bap

Nov 1 '23

🏆 The top 3 repos from hacktoberfest you CANNOT ignore🚀

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

4 min read

Nov 2 '23

How to Contribute to Open Source: The Ultimate Guide to Collaborative Software Development

#opensource #beginners #programming #learning

15 min read

Alex for OpenSign

Nov 2 '23

The Top 5 Document Signing Solutions to look for in 2024: Why OpenSign™ Stands Out

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

2 min read

Oct 30 '23

What's New In Docker 2023?

#docker #development #opensource #devops

2 min read

Nov 2 '23

Let's Learn Redux (Complete Tutorial)

#javascript #programming #react #opensource

5 min read

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