Skip to content

Forem

Open Source

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.

submission guidelines

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

👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.

Cover image for FHIR MCP Server: Use Cases for Healthcare Developers

Bartosz Michalak for Momentum

Nov 5

FHIR MCP Server: Use Cases for Healthcare Developers

#opensource #python #healthcare #mcp

4 min read

Cover image for GoGPU: A Pure Go Graphics Library for GPU Programming

Dec 5

GoGPU: A Pure Go Graphics Library for GPU Programming

#go #gamedev #graphics #opensource

3 min read

Cover image for I Got Tired of Writing Seed Scripts for Every Project, So I Built quick-seed (an ORM-Agnostic Seeding Tool)

Miit Daga

Oct 31

I Got Tired of Writing Seed Scripts for Every Project, So I Built quick-seed (an ORM-Agnostic Seeding Tool)

#node #opensource #javascript #webdev

4 min read

Cover image for I built a self-hosted Google Forms alternative and made it open source! 🎉

Nov 22

I built a self-hosted Google Forms alternative and made it open source! 🎉

#showdev #opensource #programming #javascript

11 min read

Cover image for Open-Source Docker Book for Hacktoberfest

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Mohammad-Ali A'RÂBI

Nov 1

Open-Source Docker Book for Hacktoberfest

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

1 min read

Cover image for When the Market Takes Weekends Off - Devlog Stocksimpy

Oct 31

When the Market Takes Weekends Off - Devlog Stocksimpy

#programming #opensource #performance #learning

3 min read

Kyle Homen

Nov 1

Hacktoberfest Week 4

#godot #godotengine #opensource

2 min read

Cover image for Excalidraw - Browser based app for hand drawn like diagrams

Kiran (AK) Adapa

Nov 1

Excalidraw - Browser based app for hand drawn like diagrams

#architecture #opensource #tooling

1 min read

Cover image for Keeping Linux Responsive - Taming the OOM Killer with EarlyOOM

Nov 1

Keeping Linux Responsive - Taming the OOM Killer with EarlyOOM

#linux #programming #opensource #beginners

4 min read

Oct 31

🧠 Building an Enterprise-Grade Grammar API with AI/ML Integration

#api #architecture #ai #opensource

10 min read

Cover image for My Hacktoberfest 2025

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Sunil Xtha

Nov 1

My Hacktoberfest 2025

#hacktoberfest #opensource #devchallenge

3 min read

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Nov 1

🚀 My Open Source Journey — From Beginner to Contributor

#opensource #hacktoberfest #github #developerjourney

1 min read

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Dharam Ghevariya

Oct 31

Tackling Bigger Challenges and Exploring New Repositories in Hacktoberfest

#hacktoberfest #learning #devjournal #opensource

4 min read

Oct 31

Circular dependency check in Python

#opensource #cli #python #release0dot2

2 min read

Oct 31

First Golang project I contributed

#opensource #websocket #release0dot2 #programming

1 min read

AskPaul

Oct 31

OSpark: Building Event-Driven Streaming Responses with MiroMind's MiroFlow Foundation

#agents #ai #opensource #architecture

4 min read

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Aubrey D

Oct 31

Hacktoberfest Contribution: Feature implement in make-it-oss

#showdev #ux #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

Cover image for From Unity to Godot: My Journey with No Escape?! and Open-Source Projects

Code Forge Temple

Oct 31

From Unity to Godot: My Journey with No Escape?! and Open-Source Projects

#ai #godot #androiddev #opensource

2 min read

Cover image for Contribution Chronicles: My Hacktoberfest 2025 Journey

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Oct 31

Contribution Chronicles: My Hacktoberfest 2025 Journey

#devchallenge #hacktoberfest #opensource

2 min read

Hacktoberfest: Contribution Chronicles

Akash

Oct 31

“One Journey Ends, Another Begins — My Hacktoberfest 2025 Story”

#hacktoberfest #mindsdb #opensource #ai

1 min read

Oct 31

Mastering Variables and Environments in Requestly: A Hands-On Guide

#opensource #beginners #api #hacktoberfest

3 min read

Cover image for I Built a JSON-to-Vue Form Generator Using Naive UI — Here’s How It Works

Jamal

Oct 31

I Built a JSON-to-Vue Form Generator Using Naive UI — Here’s How It Works

#vue #javascript #opensource #frontend

2 min read

Cover image for How I Built a Client-Side Audio Toolkit (No Server Uploads)

Dec 5

How I Built a Client-Side Audio Toolkit (No Server Uploads)

#webdev #javascript #opensource #music

3 min read

Cover image for I Built a 2KB React Alternative That Uses Zero Custom Syntax

Nov 29

I Built a 2KB React Alternative That Uses Zero Custom Syntax

#javascript #react #opensource #html

6 min read

Hacktoberfest: Open Source Reflections

Oni

Oct 31

Brutal Truths from 7 Years of Hacktoberfest – How to Make It Worth Your Time

#opensource #hacktoberfest #reflections #careeradvice

2 min read

loading...