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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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Oct 20 '23

OSS: A Guide to Its Benefits and How to Get Started

#beginners #opensource #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest23

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alisdairbr for Koyeb

Oct 10 '23

Deploy Cal.com on Koyeb to Manage Scheduling with Google Calendar

#opensource #coding #productivity #tutorial

16 min read

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The 6 Open Source Repositories for Web Developers - ⭐ Most rated by community

#webdev #programming #opensource #productivity

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Nevo David for Gitroom

Oct 16 '23

✨ 8 components to become a React master 🧙‍♂️ 🪄

#react #webdev #javascript #opensource

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Oct 20 '23

Hacktoberfest PR 3

#hacktoberfest23 #javascript #webdev #opensource

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Hacktoberfest Machine Learning Projects for JS/TS Developers 🎃

#javascript #machinelearning #webdev #opensource

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My Hacktoberfest Pledge: A Journey into Open Source

#hack23contributor #beginners #opensource

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Yousef

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Hacking Away in Week 3 of Hacktoberfest

#hacktoberfest #opensource #csharp #cli

3 min read

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Eszter Vezden for axem

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Calling All Python Enthusiasts: Join Us in Contributing to Our Open-Source Project!

#opensource #python #community #hacktoberfest

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Geri Máté for dyrector.io

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Easily accessible docker logs & inspect with darklens

#docker #opensource #containers

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Hana Wang

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Engineering Practice for Real-time Feature Store in Decision-Making Machine Learning

#datascience #opensource #machinelearning #featurestore

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𝚂𝚊𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚑 𝚁𝚊𝚒 for SWIRL

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Contribute to Swirl this Hacktoberfest. Win Swags up to $100

#webdev #beginners #hacktoberfest #opensource

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2 Open-Source Projects Walk Into a Bar - DevHunt Digest #5

#opensource #devhunt #monitoring #typescript

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My Journey into Hacktoberfest 2023 - Pledge

#hacktoberfest23 #opensource #hack23contributor #hacktoberfest

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BekahHW for OpenSauced

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Open Source ABCs: Zsh

#discuss #opensource #100daysofoss

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