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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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Cover image for PostgreSQL vs. Specialized Solutions: Evaluating Your Open-Source Database Options

Team Tiger Data for Tiger Data (Creators of TimescaleDB)

Jan 7 '25

PostgreSQL vs. Specialized Solutions: Evaluating Your Open-Source Database Options

#devops #database #opensource #performance

17 min read

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charles Maddock

Jan 7 '25

How to Build AI Agents That Can Use Any Website

#ai #webdev #python #opensource

4 min read

Jan 7 '25

Leveling Up in Git and GitHub: A Guide to Remotes, Pull Requests, and Beyond

#git #github #beginners #opensource

7 min read

Simplr

Jan 7 '25

PSA: Add the following to your Vercel project's firewall

#vercel #opensource #security #webdev

1 min read

Jan 7 '25

“Jiti” usage in Docusaurus source code.

#opensource #node #docusaurus

4 min read

Cover image for Code Editor Wars: The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Developers

karan der

Jan 7 '25

Code Editor Wars: The Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Developers

#ai #webdev #vscode #opensource

3 min read

Cover image for Top 10 Open-Source Projects Every Startup & Mid-Size Company Must Know

Jan 7 '25

Top 10 Open-Source Projects Every Startup & Mid-Size Company Must Know

#startup #opensource #software #cloud

4 min read

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Jan 6 '25

What is Semantic API?

#api #devtool #opensource

3 min read

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Sebastian Christopher

Jan 27 '25

Streaming an AI Project starting 2025

#news #ai #opensource #api

1 min read

Jan 6 '25

.gitkeep file in Shadcn/ui source code

#nextjs #opensource #gitkeep #shadcn

3 min read

Jan 6 '25

Building an AI-Driven Penetration Testing Tool.

#python #opensource #cybersecurity #ai

1 min read

Cover image for ShadowStrike: A Modern DDoS Testing Tool for Website Security

Jan 6 '25

ShadowStrike: A Modern DDoS Testing Tool for Website Security

#security #cybersecurity #python #opensource

2 min read

Cover image for Don't fall in love with your code

Dec 7 '24

Don't fall in love with your code

#architecture #webdev #programming #opensource

5 min read

Cover image for A Collection of Modern Gradients 🌀

Baraa

Jan 6 '25

A Collection of Modern Gradients 🌀

#javascript #web #typescript #opensource

1 min read

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Trix Cyrus

Jan 6 '25

Introducing DorkHub: A Comprehensive Collection of Google Dorks for Security Researchers

#cybersecurity #opensource #github #security

2 min read

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