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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 17 '25

Exploring Career Opportunities in Open Source & Data Science

#opensource #webdev #programming #javascript

3 min read

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#llm #ai #opensource #python

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#nextjs #typescript #react #opensource

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Alexander Galea

Mar 19 '25

The Awesome Power of an LLM in Your Terminal

#programming #devtools #linux #opensource

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Gittech

Mar 18 '25

🌍 50 New GitHub Projects You Can’t Ignore!

#programming #webdev #github #opensource

15 min read

Feb 13 '25

Navigating the Dynamics of Software Project Forking in Open Source

#opensource #softwaredevelopment #forking

2 min read

Feb 13 '25

I built an open-source library to generate specialised machine learning models from natural language

#llm #ai #machinelearning #opensource

1 min read

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Jonatan Jansson

Mar 18 '25

News on Fedora Linux 42 Beta

#fedora #linux #opensource

1 min read

Mar 19 '25

Running Gemma 3 Locally: A Step-by-Step Guide

#ai #productivity #opensource #google

3 min read

Feb 13 '25

Monetizing Open Source Projects: A Comprehensive Guide

#blockchain #opensource #monetization #softwaredevelopment

2 min read

Feb 13 '25

Financial Transparency in Open Source Projects: A Key to Sustainable Development

#projectfunding #opensource #financialtransparency #accountability

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25+ Best Open Source Icon Library Options (2025 Edition)

#iconslibrary #opensource #development #ui

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RV Mayeth Artesano

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OpenxAI Is Hiring 30 Developers

#webdev #ai #opensource #machinelearning

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#webdev #programming #opensource #startup

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Runix

Mar 18 '25

The Top 10 Open-Source Chatbot Frameworks of 2025

#opensource #python #programming #developers

3 min read

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