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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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May 18

Unveiling GNU Free Documentation License 1.2: A Holistic Deep Dive into Open Source Documentation

#gnufreedocumentationlicense #opensource #documentationlicensing

6 min read

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Prasenjit Dasgupta

Apr 24

The End of an Era: styled-components, React.js, and the Future of Frontend Styling

#react #frontend #opensource #javascript

1 min read

Jun 15

FletX: Bring Reactive Power to Your Python UI with GetX-Like Simplicity

#python #webdev #programming #opensource

1 min read

Zhang Wei

Apr 24

Open Source Developer Patronage: Support and Sustain Open Source

#opensource #developerpatronage #crowdfunding

8 min read

Apr 24

Crowdfunding Open Source: Empowering Innovation Through Community Funding

#crowdfunding #opensource #communityfunding

6 min read

Apr 24

Understanding Contributor License Agreements (CLAs): Bridging Legal Protection and Open Source Innovation

#contributorlicenseagreements #opensource #legalprotection

8 min read

Apr 24

Community Engagement Strategies in Open Source Projects: A Comprehensive Guide

#communityengagement #opensource #contributionprocesses

8 min read

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May 28

Hackathon: HydePHP is Joining ODHack #14

#hydephp #hackathon #opensource #php

3 min read

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Aditi Bindal for NodeShift

May 28

How to Install BAGEL by ByteDance: The Vision Language Model That Can Do It All

#computervision #ai #opensource #tutorial

8 min read

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May 26

🚀 I Built an Offline J.A.R.V.I.S. in Python (No Internet Needed!) DEMO VIDEO INSIDE!

#python #opensource #automation #openai

2 min read

Apr 24

Site do meu casamento (Alguém me ajuda?)

#help #webdev #opensource #github

1 min read

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May 28

CyberVault: A Fully Local, Open-Source Password Manager Built with C#

#csharp #dotnet #opensource #security

1 min read

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@SleepySlothCoin

Jun 15

"I Built a Free [Format] Converter Tool - Here's Wh

#showdev #webdev #opensource #tooling

1 min read

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Alex Enson

Apr 24

Group Management

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

7 min read

David Chamling Rai

May 28

Building a Complete Blog API with Laravel API CRUD Generator

#laravel #api #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

Apr 24

Elevate Your Software: The Importance of Coding Best Practices

#codingbestpractices #softwaredevelopment #opensource

7 min read

Apr 24

Best Open Source Licenses: A Comprehensive Guide for Developers and Innovators

#opensource #licensing #softwaredevelopment

8 min read

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Aurelio Buarque

May 27

Optimizing Struct Layout and Padding in Practice

#go #programming #devops #opensource

6 min read

Clay

May 28

Top 5 AI Tools You Can Host on Your Own Server (and Why You Should)

#ai #server #opensource

4 min read

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Wolfgang Rathgeb

May 27

Self-Host Your Own URL Shortener with Zero Database Setup

#svelte #docker #sqlite #opensource

2 min read

Ahmed Ibrahim Ahmed

Jun 11

Locusthub Platform

#machinelearning #opensource

1 min read

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Mayowa Obisesan

May 28

Microsoft "Edit" vs Vim: Is Vim dethroned?

#microsoft #rust #opensource

5 min read

May 7

Empowering Financial Literacy through Open Source Innovation

#opensource #financialliteracy #financialinclusion

8 min read

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May 28

Top Chrome Extensions Every Developer Needs in 2025

#programming #javascript #ai #opensource

1 min read

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Subhojit

Apr 24

🚀 Introducing Voca HTTP: A Lightweight Fetch-Based HTTP Client

#webdev #opensource #programming #javascript

2 min read

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