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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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daniel.sakdinun

May 5

Introducing 4PACE: I built an open-source, YAML-driven power grid simulator in Python ⚡

#showdev #python #opensource #engineering

2 min read

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RedVase

May 6

Leveling Up Your Termux Experience: A Lightweight GUI/TUI Alternative Package Manager

#termux #android #top7 #opensource

1 min read

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May 5

I imagined a P2P network for sharing AI inference and made a prototype

#showdev #ai #opensource #discuss

5 min read

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Ali Malik

May 5

VS Code extension that compiles structured prompts — no AI calls, no API keys

#ai #vscode #promptengineering #opensource

2 min read

Vinu K

May 5

Stop triaging Go CVEs that don't affect you

#go #security #opensource #vulnerabilities

1 min read

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Matthias | StudioMeyer

May 9

I audited 25 of my open-source repos. Stars lied.

#opensource #mcp #github #buildinpublic

7 min read

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May 5

How NGB Platform Works: Documents, Posting, Registers, and Reporting

#dotnet #postgres #opensource #architecture

7 min read

Peter Nasarah Dashe

May 5

Permi v0.2.10: Making Security Scans Portable with JSON and Markdown

#python #security #opensource #devtools

1 min read

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May 5

LLM wiki for the historical research

#ai #opensource

6 min read

Chidari Sandeep

May 5

SearchWala: I Built a Blazing-Fast Meta-Search Engine in Rust That Queries 90+ Engines Simultaneously

#showdev #llm #opensource #rust

1 min read

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Sumant

May 5

Building an Async Rust Runtime on io_uring: 7.5ms vs Tokio's 14.9ms

#rust #linux #opensource #programming

7 min read

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May 5

Azokle Authenticator: The Privacy-First 2FA Alternative You've Been Waiting For

#opensource #security #authentication #devsecurity

5 min read

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Peter Nasarah Dashe

May 5

The Onslaught: Why Nigeria's Volume of Cyber Attacks Is Overwhelming Defences

#cybersecurity #nigeria #fintech #opensource

5 min read

Adeel Khan

May 5

I built a free browser-based tools site — JSON formatter, word counter, password gen — no signup, no tracking

#webdev #javascript #productivity #opensource

6 min read

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Wali Ullah

May 5

Introducing DevTool House: 30+ Free Tools for Developers, Freelancers, and Builders

#webdev #productivity #javascript #opensource

2 min read

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