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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 Created a new python package

Apr 27

Created a new python package

#showdev #python #opensource #discuss

1 min read

May 1

Day 10/ 30 Days of Linux Mastery: Managing Software Packages (DNF)

#cloudwhistler #redhat #devops #opensource

3 min read

Zyntraxis

May 10

Why I Built a New C++ Build System

#programming #systems #opensource #cpp

2 min read

May 31

Exploring Open Source Software: A Journey Through Collaboration and Innovation

#opensource #technology

2 min read

Magic.rb

May 31

AI-Powered Virtual Try-On App

#webdev #opensource #programming #beginners

2 min read

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John Liter

May 31

Garuda Mokka: The New Distro for Developers Who Want Power and Polish

#garudalinux #linuxfordevelopers #archlinux #opensource

3 min read

MousePotatoDoesStuff

May 31

Vim: BackSpace - because VIM Adventures isn't worth the license cost

#vim #linux #gamedev #opensource

2 min read

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The Ecstatic Engineer

May 10

Run Novu on a Local Machine

#novu #opensource #docker #notifications

6 min read

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May 23

10 VS Code Extensions To Become The Ultimate Developer🔥

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

6 min read

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Giorgio Boa for This is Learning

May 30

Contributing to Open Source is Easier Than You Think: My Journey with Firebase Genkit

#opensource #ai #firebase #programming

4 min read

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Kachi

May 1

Book Recommendation Web App: A Cloud-Powered Solution for Personalized Book Discovery

#webdev #programming #opensource #api

3 min read

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Juraj for Cyclops UI

May 22

MCP Servers for Agentic Dev Platforms

#kubernetes #ai #devops #opensource

6 min read

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May 30

How AI Helped Create a Video Surveillance System on Android

#ai #vibecoding #android #opensource

5 min read

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Alex Enson

Apr 26

Basic, ACL & Special Permssions in Linux

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

3 min read

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Jun 17

How to create an MCP server with Symfony

#mcp #php #symfony #opensource

4 min read

Jun 16

SNAPSHOTS SAVED MY LIFE (LINUX) , TIMESHIFT

#linux #opensource #backup #devops

1 min read

Apr 27

Catalyzing Innovation: A Deep Dive into Arbitrum's Project Grants Program

#arbitrum #layer2scaling #opensource

8 min read

May 1

handleExportPdf() in Suna, an open source generalist AI agent.

#pdf #opensource #nextjs #downloadpdf

3 min read

Apr 26

Predictive Textarea with OpenAI Integration

#react #webdev #ai #opensource

1 min read

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Dejan S. Višekruna

May 30

Restoring the Freedom of Choice: Why I Decided to Bring Back the “Disable Visual Editor” Option in WordPress

#wordpress #opensource

2 min read

perber

May 30

LeafWiki v0.2.0 - Now with a New Markdown Editor and Toolbar

#showdev #opensource #markdown #webdev

1 min read

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Jun 17

KT6368A: A Simple Bluetooth Chip Solution for TikTok Remote Controls and Selfie Devices

#selfiecontrollers #design #opensource #development

2 min read

Tim-Smans

Apr 27

Built a Node.js CLI to clone a specific directory from any GitHub repo – looking for feedback

#node #cli #github #opensource

1 min read

May 30

AIaaS : The Real Boss of Today

#programming #ai #productivity #opensource

3 min read

May 30

✅ Laravel Cookie Consent – Plug & play GDPR/DSGVO modal

#laravel #php #opensource #plugin

1 min read

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