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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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Gittech

Dec 31 '24

🎆 Dec 31, 2024: 25+ New GitHub Repositories to End the Year with Inspiration

#productivity #github #opensource #learning

7 min read

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#webdev #devops #aws #opensource

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#programming #productivity #opensource #webdev

4 min read

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#apacheflink #opensource #llm #rag

5 min read

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AKSHAY N

Jan 1 '25

🚀 Introducing React AI: Open Source React Components Builder

#opensource #ai #website #javascript

2 min read

wick3dr0se

Dec 31 '24

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#programming #tutorial #beginners #opensource

4 min read

pavani Upadhyay

Dec 31 '24

I'm looking to get into Open Source, but I'm not really sure where to start. Any tips?

#opensource #webdev #programming #beginners

1 min read

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Sivakumar Mahalingam

Dec 31 '24

Introducing FastMRZ – Effortless MRZ Extraction Made Simple

#python #machinelearning #opensource #softwaredevelopment

3 min read

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Sohanuzzaman Soad

Dec 31 '24

What’s New in Flutter 3.27.1: In-Depth Look with Code Examples

#flutter #webdev #programming #opensource

3 min read

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Github Gems: Top Repositories to level up in 2025 😎

#webdev #github #opensource #ai

5 min read

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nop33.eth

Dec 20 '24

Looking for (React) open-source contributors to reward

#react #typescript #opensource #frontend

1 min read

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Dec 31 '24

Ghostty for Ubuntu

#ubuntu #linux #opensource #programming

1 min read

Dec 31 '24

Custom schema specific Supabase Client Component clients in Grida Form workspace

#opensource #nextjs #supabase #grida

3 min read

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✨Open-Source Hidden Gems v2🤯

#webdev #productivity #opensource #programming

6 min read

Cleo Buenaventura

Nov 27 '24

A Final Challenge: The Planning Phase

#opensource #github #programming #typescript

3 min read

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