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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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Apr 5 '25

Fragment Telegram: Bridging Secure Messaging, Open Source, and Blockchain Innovation

#securemessaging #blockchain #opensource

9 min read

UTCLI Solutions

Apr 5 '25

Alibaba’s Qwen-32B: The Open-Source AI That Rivals DeepSeek-R1 with Just a Fraction of the Size

#ai #chatgpt #opensource

2 min read

May 9 '25

"Building a Lightweight Blockchain in Go from Scratch"

#go #blockchain #opensource #distributedsystems

1 min read

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Code Area

May 9 '25

4 Best Frontend Frameworks in 2025: Which One Should You Choose?

#ai #beginners #devops #opensource

2 min read

GitHubOpenSource

May 9 '25

Freelens: Your New Best Friend for Kubernetes Management

#kubernetes #gui #opensource #devops

3 min read

Gustavo A. Gutkoski

May 9 '25

Criando um assistente com IA para documentação técnica – Parte 1: Por que e como comecei esse projeto?

#python #fastapi #ai #opensource

3 min read

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Jun 6 '25

Help Improve Open Source Onboarding: 3-Minute Survey for Contributors

#opensource #survey #mentorship #firstcontributions

1 min read

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Daniel Davis for TrustGraph

Apr 28 '25

Part 3: How TrustGraph's Knowledge Cores End the Memento Nightmare

#ai #aiops #opensource #rag

3 min read

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Apr 5 '25

Securing Kubernetes Using Honeypots to Detect and Prevent Lateral Movement Attacks

#kubernetes #cybersecurity #opensource #llm

3 min read

May 9 '25

PiGEF: A GPU-accelerated open-source Graphics Extension

#opensource #gamedev #lowendpc #graphicsengine

1 min read

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Muhammad Zulqernain Zahid

Apr 28 '25

Leveling Up — Linux Commands You’ll Actually Use (30-Day RHCSA + Ansible Journey)

#cloudwhistler #linux #devops #opensource

2 min read

Laetitia Perraut

May 9 '25

Rarible’s Approach to Open Source Sustainability: A Deep Dive into Decentralized Innovation

#blockchain #opensource #decentralizedgovernance

8 min read

Apr 5 '25

How to Donate on Gitcoin: A Technical Dive into Open Source Funding and Its Future

#gitcoin #blockchain #opensource

9 min read

Apr 5 '25

Gitcoin Funding Rounds: Empowering the Open Source Ecosystem

#gitcoin #quadraticfunding #opensource

8 min read

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Kuberns

Apr 5 '25

The Open-Source ERP alternative to your costly software

#webdev #tutorial #devops #opensource

4 min read

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