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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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Dec 9 '24

AI and All Data Weekly for 09 Dec 2024

#opensource #genai #llm #rag

5 min read

Dec 9 '24

Your coding year in review

#javascript #github #opensource #react

1 min read

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Dec 9 '24

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#webdev #opensource #beginners #github

3 min read

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Nov 5 '24

How to tackle your first Hacktober Fest

#opensource #webdev #beginners #react

3 min read

Dariel Vila for KaibanJS

Dec 9 '24

KaibanJS v0.11.0: Empowering Developers with Advanced RAG Tools

#news #javascript #ai #opensource

2 min read

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Dec 9 '24

Automating Workflows with AI: Smarter Integrations with Low-Code Platforms GUIDE

#lowcode #beginners #ai #opensource

3 min read

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Anmol Baranwal for Requestly

Dec 2 '24

The Best Open Source API Mocking Tool for developers (With examples)

#programming #api #beginners #opensource

10 min read

Dec 9 '24

Dynamic form in LobeChat source code.

#ui #opensource #lobechat #antdesign

3 min read

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Dec 9 '24

🌐 100+ Free APIs for Developers in 2024 🚀

#discuss #api #productivity #opensource

5 min read

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Avesh

Dec 8 '24

Practicing Docker Commands with Online Docker Playgrounds part 2

#docker #devops #a11y #opensource

3 min read

Nov 4 '24

Offering Free Help with Software Projects

#help #beginners #opensource #webdev

1 min read

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Dec 7 '24

Celebrating Open Source in 2024: Top Projects and Milestones

#opensource #programming #coding #kubernetes

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TheArchitect123

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KmpEssentials Available for All Kotlin Developers

#opensource #kotlin #android #javascript

1 min read

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Dec 6 '24

React v19 is out!

#webdev #javascript #opensource #react

3 min read

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Sathnindu Kottage

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ChatsAPI — The World’s Fastest AI Agent Framework

#python #ai #programming #opensource

5 min read

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