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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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Cover image for Building a Simple and Efficient Language Translator for Your Projects

Muhammad Aqib Bin Azam

Apr 20 '25

Building a Simple and Efficient Language Translator for Your Projects

#opensource

4 min read

Cover image for Scaling Kubernetes Applications: HPA, VPA, KEDA, and Beyond

Apr 19 '25

Scaling Kubernetes Applications: HPA, VPA, KEDA, and Beyond

#kubernetes #devops #devto #opensource

6 min read

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CueMeet

Mar 21 '25

The CueMeet Mission

#discuss #opensource #ai #webdev

10 min read

Mar 17 '25

Unveiling SISSL 1.1: A New Era in Open Source Fairness

#sissl11 #opensource #duallicensing

3 min read

Laetitia Perraut

Mar 17 '25

Exploring the Cryptix General License: A Journey into Fairness and Open Source Sustainability

#cryptixgenerallicense #opensource #faircompensation

3 min read

Mar 17 '25

Unveiling Fair License: A New Era in Open Source Fairness

#opensource #fairlicensing #ethicalsoftwaredevelopment

3 min read

Cover image for Mastering the mkdir Command in Linux (Made Simple & Practical)

Sana Muhammad Sadiq

Apr 19 '25

Mastering the mkdir Command in Linux (Made Simple & Practical)

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

2 min read

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Apr 20 '25

When Gandhi met Satoshi

#blockchain #bitcoin #opensource

2 min read

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Runix

Mar 17 '25

I Built an Open-Source AI Chatbot That You Can Fully Own – No Vendor Lock-In! 🚀

#opensource #ai #productivity #python

1 min read

Cover image for Showcasing My A–Z Ethereum Wallet Project: Features & Insights

Apr 19 '25

Showcasing My A–Z Ethereum Wallet Project: Features & Insights

#wallet #ethereum #web3 #opensource

2 min read

Jialu

Apr 20 '25

Open Source MCP Playground - TRMX.Ai

#mcp #agents #opensource #webdev

1 min read

Cover image for 🧠 JSON AI Inspector: Analyzing JSON with AI (Open Source Tool)

Jaime Hernández

Apr 20 '25

🧠 JSON AI Inspector: Analyzing JSON with AI (Open Source Tool)

#python #ai #json #opensource

2 min read

Apr 19 '25

Day 5/30 Days of Linux Mastery: User Account Management Like a Pro

#cloudwhistler #linux #devops #opensource

5 min read

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Guergana Tzatchkova

Apr 17 '25

Working on the Open Data Editor at the Open Knowledge Foundation

#opensource #react #opendata #electron

2 min read

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NoAngel

Mar 16 '25

BEAR OS: The best kernel.

#programming #opensource #linux #c

1 min read

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