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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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Alex Enson

Apr 28

Linux Boot Process

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

4 min read

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Oleksandr Dehtiarov

Apr 28

Telegram Mini Apps: Key Trends and Business Opportunities for 2025

#opensource #telegram #api

6 min read

Prog. Kanishk Raj

Apr 29

Introducing ProXtyle: A Professional & Modern CSS Framework

#webdev #opensource #css #proxtyle

1 min read

Jun 18

i just made an encryption algorithm for some reason:D

#python #c #opensource #security

1 min read

LaTerral Williams

May 21

🧙‍♂️Unlocking Advanced Permissions in Linux with ACLs

#cloudwhistler #cloud #linux #opensource

7 min read

Riyana Patel for PullFlow

May 30

Project of the Week: Ghost 👻

#discuss #opensource #github #programming

2 min read

Webb

Apr 28

The Fread Project is Now Open Source, Based on Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform

#programming #opensource #kotlin #android

2 min read

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May 2

🚀 upup – a drop-in React uploader for AWS S3, DigitalOcean, Backblaze, GCP & Azure w/ GDrive and OneDrive user integration!

#react #webdev #opensource #javascript

1 min read

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Jun 18

My Mini Programming Langauge

#showdev #python #programming #opensource

1 min read

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Giovanni Panasiti

Jun 18

Open Source as Your Resume: Why Your Projects Speak Louder than Your CV

#opensource #programming

2 min read

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May 11

I Integrated Local AI into Spacemacs — Here's How It Works

#spacemacs #ai #opensource #productivity

6 min read

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Abhishek Shakya

Jun 1

Balancing Work & Study: Strategies for Consistent Learning (9–5 Job)

#news #workplace #career #opensource

5 min read

NocoBase

Apr 28

How One Furniture Factory Built Its Own ERP—No Coding Needed

#opensource #erp #nocode #lowcode

8 min read

Apache SeaTunnel

May 21

Java Resource Management and Leak Prevention: Insights from SeaTunnel Source Code

#java #programming #seatunnel #opensource

3 min read

May 2

Understanding and Navigating the Risks of Forking Open-Source Projects: Strategies for Sustainable Development

#opensource #forking #riskmanagement

9 min read

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Daniel Sá

Jun 12

Introducing teltonika-go: A Go Package for Parsing and Communicating with Teltonika Devices

#go #opensource #gps #teltonika

3 min read

Chitransh Soral

May 31

DeadLock: Research Results & Tech Stack

#python #opensource #machinelearning #datascience

2 min read

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May 31

Building PDF Open Source Services with Angular & GCP - PDF to Podcast

#angular #pdf #gcp #opensource

4 min read

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Developer Harsh for Composio

May 30

Claude Code Vs. Open AI Codex, which one is best for pair programming? 🎯

#ai #opensource #webdev #programming

11 min read

Ricardo Sueiras for AWS

May 30

AWS open source newsletter, #210

#opensource #aws

30 min read

May 2

Elon Musk's Open Source Licensing Model: A Paradigm Shift in Innovation

#elonmusk #opensource #innovation

9 min read

Leif

Apr 27

Introducing lseditor – The Free, Local Alternative to Cursor AI, Windsurf and other

#programming #opensource #typescript #ai

2 min read

Kinser

Apr 27

User Management System Based on Spring Cloud Gateway + RBAC: Permission Authentication and Global Validation

#opensource #springsecurity #webdev

5 min read

Kinser

Apr 27

Building Intelligent Applications with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Spring AI

#ai #opensource #mcp

3 min read

Kinser

Apr 27

Building a Natural Language System Configuration Manager with Spring AI

#webdev #ai #spring #opensource

4 min read

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