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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.

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

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Prog. Kanishk Raj

Apr 29 '25

Kickstart Your Web Projects with ProXtyle: A Lightweight CSS Framework

#webdev #css #framework #opensource

1 min read

Cover image for My First Open Source Contribution

Jun 8 '25

My First Open Source Contribution

#webdev #programming #opensource #career

2 min read

Apr 18 '25

FastOpenAPI: A Reason to Believe in Open Source Community

#python #openapi #opensource #webdev

3 min read

Amna Anwar for PullFlow

Apr 29 '25

🤖 AI Agents in Open Source: Evolving the Contribution Model

#programming #ai #opensource #webdev

3 min read

xavki

Apr 29 '25

Kubernetes : what is PV, PVC & StorageClass ??

#kubernetes #devops #opensource #containers

2 min read

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Sana Muhammad Sadiq

Apr 29 '25

Changing Ownership in Linux: Mastering the chown Command

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

3 min read

Cover image for Introducing Nixopus - All in one Open Source VPS Management Solution

Raghav

Apr 29 '25

Introducing Nixopus - All in one Open Source VPS Management Solution

#webdev #opensource #cloud #go

7 min read

xavki

Apr 29 '25

Kubernetes : deployment strategies explained

#kubernetes #containers #opensource #devops

3 min read

Dinesh Arumugam

Apr 29 '25

Grasping the mkdir command

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

2 min read

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NocoBase

Apr 9 '25

[Tutorial] Building a Complete Project Management Platform

#opensource #management #tutorial #lowcode

2 min read

Cover image for Boosting Neural Networks with Automated Hyperparameter Optimization

NeuralLang

Mar 26 '25

Boosting Neural Networks with Automated Hyperparameter Optimization

#deeplearning #machinelearning #opensource #ai

5 min read

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Alex Enson

Apr 29 '25

Scripting Series – Part 1 of 8

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

3 min read

Mar 30 '25

🧠 The Mesh is Coming: How We’re Building the Future of AI from the Ground Up

#ai #opensource #machinelearning #neuralnetworks

3 min read

Cover image for RisingWave Turns Four: Our Journey Beyond Democratizing Stream Processing

RisingWave Labs

Apr 18 '25

RisingWave Turns Four: Our Journey Beyond Democratizing Stream Processing

#news #opensource #database #datascience

9 min read

Apr 29 '25

Blockchain for Open Source Funding: A New Paradigm

#blockchain #opensource #funding

7 min read

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