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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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Riyana Patel for PullFlow

Aug 22 '25

Project of the Week: n8n

#discuss #opensource #github #programming

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#ai #webdev #programming #opensource

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Patrick

Jul 20 '25

How I Built a Database Debugging Tool for Rails and Why You Might Need It

#ruby #rails #devtools #opensource

2 min read

sai vamshi

Jul 19 '25

🚀 Introducing SyntaxRush: A Terminal-Based Code Typing Game for Developers

#go #opensource #cli #terminal

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Sharon

Jul 24 '25

Top 5 Open Source WAFs to Secure Your Web Apps in 2025

#opensource #waf #cybersecurity

3 min read

call518

Aug 22 '25

MCP-Server for PostgreSQL Operations

#postgres #tooling #monitoring #opensource

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Why Developer Advocacy Matters in India: A Guide for Aspiring Advocates

#devrel #community #opensource #developer

3 min read

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kobaltGIT

Jul 19 '25

I built a self-hosted Telegram AI assistant to keep my Gemini API key private. It's now open-source for everyone.

#showdev #python #opensource #telegram

3 min read

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Om Sharma

Jul 19 '25

🚀 My GSoC 2025 Journey - A Dream, A Twist & A Lesson for Life 💔

#socialmedia #opensource #flutter #storyblokchallenge

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Exploring the Concept of RUNE: A Dev Tool That’s Still Evolving

#news #webdev #opensource #php

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Tech With Tim: 6 Hours of JavaScript Projects - From Beginner to Advanced

#opensource #git #api

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What is a Webhook? A Simple Explanation of Webhook Meaning

#webhook #api #automation #opensource

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'Doglabbing' ngrok: Eyes-only photo sharing with immich and OIDC

#homelab #devops #opensource #programming

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#ai #webdev #programming #opensource

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#ai #webdev #programming #opensource

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