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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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Lulu

Jul 19 '24

SafeLine Community Edition releases dynamic protection capabilities.

#javascript #html #cybersecurity #opensource

3 min read

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Jul 30 '24

Comparison of file and component structures among Shadcn-ui, Plane.so and Gitroom.

#opensource #gitroom #planeso #shadcnui

4 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Jul 18 '24

YOLO Coding: The Good, the Bad, and the Risky

#opensource #github

4 min read

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Jul 19 '24

Ultimate Guide to Mastering JavaScript Array Methods

#javascript #beginners #tutorial #opensource

6 min read

Jul 19 '24

What is React Native?

#opensource #devops #python #react

1 min read

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Jul 18 '24

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: How does shadcn-ui CLI work? — Part 3.0

#javascript #opensource #nextjs #shadcnui

4 min read

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Domenico Tenace for Playful Programming

Jul 14 '24

7 Open Source Projects You Should Know - Java Edition ✔️

#opensource #github #softwaredevelopment #java

2 min read

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Brijesh Dobariya for CodedThemes

Jul 18 '24

Top 23+ Free Vue Templates & Themes

#vue #opensource #vuetifyjs

9 min read

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Jake Page for Distr

Jul 15 '24

Simplify Kubernetes Monitoring: Kube-prometheus-stack Made Easy with Glasskube

#tutorial #opensource #kubernetes #monitoring

7 min read

Alesia S.

Jul 18 '24

What are low-code open-source tools? – Guideline

#webdev #lowcode #opensource #programming

11 min read

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Ricardo Sueiras for AWS

Jul 18 '24

Getting started with Valkey and Finch

#opensource

3 min read

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Celeste van der Watt for Upsun

Jul 18 '24

Chmodcast 105: Just in the Nix of time with Pol Dellaiera

#webdev #programming #opensource #learning

1 min read

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Jul 18 '24

Step-by-Step Instructions to Create an Expense Tracker

#javascript #beginners #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

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Celeste van der Watt for Upsun

Jul 18 '24

Chmodcast 101: WTFM : Write that funky manual with Ryan Weaver

#webdev #programming #opensource #learning

1 min read

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Jul 18 '24

INTRODUCING ZEMPOSTS

#webdev #opensource #astro #react

2 min read

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