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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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Feb 24 '25

esProc SPL & MongoDB: A Match Made in Data Heaven

#mongodb #database #opensource #esprocspl

3 min read

Mar 31 '25

FilePizza, a peer-to-peer file transfers in your browser.

#filepizza #opensource #webrtc #upload

2 min read

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Bap

Mar 26 '25

🚀 AI Native Dev Landscape Just Dropped (and it's open source)

#discuss #ai #productivity #opensource

2 min read

Bartolomeo Hart

Feb 26 '25

Wishlist: Transform Idea’s into Awesome Stuff

#opensource #community #awesome #ideas

3 min read

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Bruh Buh

Feb 24 '25

Discover the Future: Trending GitHub Projects Shaping Tech Innovation 🚀

#github #opensource #programming #python

14 min read

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Bruh Buh

Feb 24 '25

Discover the Future: Trending GitHub Projects Revolutionizing Tech 🌟

#github #opensource #programming #python

13 min read

Feb 24 '25

Beeple Genesis on Arbitrum: A New Chapter in the NFT Revolution

#opensource #beeple #arbitrum #nfts

2 min read

Mahas1234

Mar 30 '25

How to Contribute to Open-Source Projects as a Beginner

#opensource #github #softwaredevelopment #webdev

2 min read

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Yash Kumar Saini

Mar 29 '25

Automate Discord Messages

#automaton #discord #opensource #python

4 min read

SASHANKAR BHUYAN

Feb 25 '25

Request for building a basic website for my startup.

#help #opensource #startup #webdev

1 min read

Ekin İlter Varlı

Mar 30 '25

Retto Social: Social network for modern web

#socialmedia #opensource #web3 #webdev

1 min read

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Juraj for Cyclops UI

Mar 27 '25

How Platform Engineering Helps You Move Like a Startup Again

#platformengineering #kubernetes #devops #opensource

4 min read

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Marcus Kohlberg for Encore

Mar 18 '25

Build a Production-Ready SaaS Application in TypeScript

#webdev #javascript #opensource #node

5 min read

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Simplr

Mar 29 '25

Ollama vs. LM Studio: Your First Guide to Running LLMs Locally

#ai #machinelearning #beginners #opensource

4 min read

Abby Nduta

Mar 29 '25

How To Set Up a VM With VirtualBox

#virtualmachine #openstack #virtualbox #opensource

4 min read

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