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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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Apr 18

I Built a Python Library That Classifies 3000+ Number Types — At 15

#python #opensource #mathematics #beginners

2 min read

Edu Calvo

Apr 18

I've been building an animation library for years — here's SmoothUI

#react #animation #tailwindcss #opensource

4 min read

shivvvvv

Apr 19

Stop Losing Python Progress After Crashes (Simple Solution)

#showdev #opensource #productivity #python

1 min read

Bhabishya Bhatt

Apr 18

I built a CLI that roasts HTTP status codes instead of just logging them

#node #typescript #cli #opensource

5 min read

Ayman Seif

Apr 19

TEOS Sentinel Shield: Blocking Unsafe AI Code Before Execution

#ai #security #node #opensource

2 min read

Apr 18

HyperShell: an open-source SSH + serial terminal with integrated SFTP for Windows, macOS, and Linux

#showdev #linux #opensource #tooling

2 min read

kt

Apr 18

Why I Built awesome-authorization: Mapping the World of Auth Engines onto a Single Page

#showdev #authorization #security #opensource

6 min read

Apr 18

I Built a Free Vehicle Specs API Because Every Other Option Sucked

#api #opensource #webdev #javascript

1 min read

Apr 18

Nakshora - css framework user guide

#css #opensource #webdev #programming

28 min read

Apr 18

How to use Nakshora css framework that devoleped Rizwan Rahim Chowdhury

#css #webdev #programming #opensource

28 min read

Alan West

Apr 18

HTML PPT Skill: AI-Powered Presentations Without PowerPoint

#ai #webdev #productivity #opensource

4 min read

Apr 18

How I built an open source visual QA tool after every AI agent I tried failed

#ollama #qualityassurance #playwright #opensource

4 min read

KevinTen

Apr 19

Three Months of AI-Powered Freelancing with ClawX: The Raw Truth

#ai #opensource

6 min read

phlx0

Apr 18

Cloud sync is a feature you’re paying for with your privacy

#opensource #privacy #local #sync

5 min read

kiwi_tech

Apr 19

Kiwi-chan's Resilience: Logs, Boredom, and Birch Trees!

#ai #minecraft #web3 #opensource

2 min read

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