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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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Apr 7 '25

Incremental processing to keep low latency sync for your ETL

#showdev #ai #datascience #opensource

2 min read

Mar 4 '25

Elon Musk and Open Source: Redefining Innovation Through Collaboration

#elonmusk #opensource #innovation

3 min read

Apr 7 '25

Elastic License: A Comprehensive Exploration of Fair Code Licensing and Open Source Sustainability

#elasticlicense #opensource #faircodelicensing

8 min read

Mar 4 '25

Donald Trump and Open Source: A Thought-Provoking Intersection of Politics and Technology

#donaldtrump #opensource #politicalpolicy

4 min read

Zhang Wei

Mar 5 '25

Enhanced NFT Security: Embracing Open Source for a Safer Digital Future

#nftsecurity #opensource #cybersecurity

4 min read

Mar 4 '25

Exploring the Metaverse: Decentraland’s Smart Contracts and Open Source Revolution

#decentraland #smartcontracts #opensource

3 min read

Apr 7 '25

Boost Your Productivity with SkelPro: The Ultimate Tool for Fast Project Setup

#boilerplate #tooling #cli #opensource

2 min read

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Aditi Bindal for NodeShift

Apr 7 '25

A Step-By-Step Guide to Install Llama-4 Maverick 17B 128E Instruct

#ai #opensource #tutorial #programming

7 min read

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Apr 7 '25

🚀 Biome Has Entered the Chat: A New Tool to Replace ESLint and Prettier

#programming #webdev #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

Mar 4 '25

Navigating the Crossroads: Cyberwarfare Meets Open Source License Compliance

#cyberwarfare #opensource #licensecompliance

4 min read

Carrie

Mar 4 '25

SafeLine: A Top-Tier WAF Affordable for SMBs Worldwide!

#cybersecurity #opensource #webdev #smb

3 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Apr 7 '25

The Receiver Benefits Model: Unlocking the Value in Open Source Contributions

#opensource #receiverbenefitsmodel #innovation

8 min read

OB

Apr 7 '25

OmniDictate: Free, Local, Real-Time AI Dictation for Windows

#whisper #opensource #ai #python

5 min read

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Sergey Nikolaev

Mar 4 '25

Manticore Search 7.4.6: Kibana Integration, Performance Optimizations, and Critical Fixes

#opensource #cpp #search

4 min read

Apr 7 '25

Break the limits of Web with Nue.Js, a standards first web framework.

#react #opensource #framework #nuejs

2 min read

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