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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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David

Mar 2

Rio: Build Stunning GUIs and Full-Stack Web Apps in Pure Python — No HTML, CSS, or JS Needed!

#webdev #python #opensource #frontend

4 min read

Mar 2

StackSync: The Open-Source Tech Stack Explorer

#webdev #opensource #javascript #programming

3 min read

miinhho

Mar 1

Why Real-World Performance is Different from Benchmark Numbers

#performance #opensource #javascript #node

2 min read

Abijith B

Mar 1

Adobe’s Monopoly on PDFs: The Innovation Bottleneck and the Need for Open-Source Alternatives

#opensource #pdf #linux #adobe

7 min read

OritseWeyinmi Samuel Tuoyo

Mar 1

🚀I Built Dokugen – A Tool That Automates README Docs!

#opensource #webdev #github #productivity

1 min read

Bruh Buh

Mar 2

13 Github Projects that Will Supercharge Your Development Journey in 2025 🚀

#github #opensource #programming #python

11 min read

Nuanced

Mar 1

I built RIVAL: An open-source tool to visually compare AI models

#ai #opensource #nextjs #programming

1 min read

Prajwol Adhikari

Mar 1

Dive into AI Fun: Running DeepSeek-R1 on Docker Container on Ubuntu

#deepseek #docker #opensource #ai

2 min read

AG2 Blogger for AG2

Feb 28

Get Communicating with Discord, Slack, and Telegram

#opensource #discord #agents #telegram

9 min read

Code Forge Temple

Feb 28

ScribePal - An Open Source Browser Extension for Private AI Chat Using Local Ollama Models

#opensource #ai #javascript #privacy

2 min read

Rupesh Mangalam

Mar 1

My Machine Learning Journey: From Beginner to Open-Source Contributor

#machinelearning #opensource #hackathon #learning

2 min read

Feb 28

State management in react-scan codebase.

#statemanagement #opensource #reactscan #signal

3 min read

Judy

Feb 28

Farewell to Window Functions, Embrace esProc SPL

#sql #programming #devops #opensource

5 min read

Wanda

Feb 28

DeepSeek Open Source Week Day 5: 3FS

#deepseek #ai #devops #opensource

5 min read

Sahil Rana

Feb 28

🚀 The Power of Consistency in Achieving Success 🚀

#webdev #programming #opensource #career

1 min read

Vuong Le

Feb 28

Install OpenProject with SSL and Enterprice token enabled

#tutorial #opensource

2 min read

Sujith S for Zackriya Solutions

Feb 28

The Future of AI in Meeting Management

#productivity #opensource #contributorswanted #rust

3 min read

Ijeoma M. Jahsway

Feb 27

Building an Interactive Badge Scanner System with Python Text-to-Speech

#programming #tutorial #python #opensource

3 min read

Feb 27

Unlocking Data Integration with Formata: 3 Game-Changing Benefits

#data #ai #security #opensource

1 min read

Feb 27

The Campus Coders: A Journey of Learning, Failure, and Growth

#career #hiring #opensource #beginners

4 min read

Imam Ali Mustofa

Feb 27

From Fun to Frustration: A Lone Wolf in the Open Source World

#opensource #programming #devjournal #productivity

2 min read

Johnny Santamaria

Feb 27

Enhancing Asset Visualization in Dagster: A UI Filtering Implementation

#opensource #ui #git #typescript

16 min read

Riccardo Gregori

Feb 27

PACX ⁓ Work with views

#powerapps #powerplatform #opensource #productivity

2 min read

NocoBase

Feb 28

Why Do Developers Struggle with Low-Code? (6 Tools That Actually Help)

#nocode #lowcode #opensource #developer

7 min read

Bartolomeo Hart

Feb 27

Get Started with Wishlists on Github

#opensource #community #development #ai

2 min read

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