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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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Aniket Raj

Aug 19

Introducing SCAN - A Must Have Plugin

#showdev #kotlin #devops #opensource

2 min read

Aug 19

ZardUI Beta: Bringing shadcn/ui's Philosophy to Angular - Where You Own Every Line of Code

#webdev #angular #shadcn #opensource

4 min read

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Aug 19

10 Best Kiosk Software Solutions for Kiosk Computers

#security #software #kiosk #opensource

3 min read

Nazwa Shabrina Zain

Aug 19

Earl Sebagai Bahasa Menyusahkan Orang

#programming #opensource #earl #indonesia

1 min read

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Web Developer Hyper

Aug 31

🧐How to AI code review for free (PR-Agent)🧠

#ai #webdev #github #opensource

4 min read

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Maxim

Aug 18

Open-source project management app

#webdev #nextjs #productivity #opensource

1 min read

Aug 18

Why did I build a transparent, account-free, open-source URL shortener?

#opensource #programming #webdev #api

8 min read

Ali Arshad

Aug 18

The Hidden Cost of Security Tool Sprawl: Why Free Alternatives Matter

#cybersecurity #opensource

2 min read

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Edward Hernandez

Aug 18

Wallinter-Hybrid: A New Protocol for Human-AI Collaboration

#ai #opensource #research #projectmanagement

2 min read

Shared Account for Tigris Data

Aug 26

gpt-oss is not for developers. It’s for agents.

#ai #agents #opensource

15 min read

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Andrii Poluosmak

Aug 19

Stop AI from Writing Random Code That Doesn't Fit Your Codebase 🤖

#vibecoding #claudecode #opensource #coding

4 min read

Cover image for Metabase 56: Dashboard filters in more relevant places, time grouping for native queries, a new way to embed, and more

Ramiro for Metabase

Aug 18

Metabase 56: Dashboard filters in more relevant places, time grouping for native queries, a new way to embed, and more

#opensource #analytics #dataviz #metabase

5 min read

toms

Aug 19

IntelHub — local-first OSINT toolkit for your browser (open source)

#osint #security #opensource #privacy

1 min read

DCT Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Aug 18

How AI is Changing Milestone Tracking in Project Management

#opensource #webdev #programming #ai

2 min read

Aug 18

Crie CLIs de forma simples e rápida com o Devpilot-core!

#node #opensource #javascript #cli

1 min read

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Aug 22

What is a Webhook? A Simple Explanation of Webhook Meaning

#webhook #api #automation #opensource

7 min read

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Aug 18

Open Source Delivery Management Software: Your Complete Guide

#opensource #delivery #deliverysoftware

6 min read

Nazwa Shabrina Zain

Aug 18

Earl: Bahasa Pemrograman Masa Depan, Mudah, dan Powerful

#programming #beginners #productivity #opensource

2 min read

Agustin V. Startari

Aug 19

Why ChatGPT Prioritizes Engagement Over Truth

#discuss #ai #react #opensource

5 min read

Vincent Schmitt

Aug 17

UCP: AI Reasoning Enhancement Through Bias Elimination - Open Source Release

#ai #opensource #python #machinelearning

4 min read

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Ayush kumar for NodeShift

Aug 22

How to Install & Run Gemma-3-270m, GGUF & Instruct Locally?

#google #gemma3 #opensource #ai

14 min read

Aug 22

Open Source Software Foundations

#opensource #programming

1 min read

Aug 31

Java Projects are hidden Gems

#java #go #opensource

2 min read

Aug 17

Building India's First Real-Time Multilingual AI Companion: A Developer's Journey

#ai #javascript #opensource #realtime

4 min read

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Aug 17

MemU: Memory that works everywhere

#ai #opensource #database

5 min read

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