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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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Damien J. Burks

Apr 29 '24

A Beginner's Guide to Contributing to Open Source Projects

#development #opensource #community #beginners

4 min read

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Fernando

Apr 22 '24

Selfhost Timetagger on a Raspberry Pi

#raspberrypi #webdev #tutorial #opensource

5 min read

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Bap

Apr 26 '24

🌱 8 seed stage OS projects you should pay attention to 👀

#discuss #opensource #programming #productivity

4 min read

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Celeste van der Watt for Platform.sh

Apr 29 '24

Simplified observability: Turn complex data into clear, actionable insights with Blackfire 🔥

#devops #webdev #productivity #opensource

1 min read

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NocoBase

Apr 29 '24

Major Update! Open-Source No-Code/Low-Code Platform NocoBase v1.0 Officially Released!

#lowcode #nocode #opensource #github

10 min read

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vincanger for Wasp

Apr 10 '24

Top 5 fastest growing JavaScript repos

#opensource #javascript #github #webdev

5 min read

Apr 29 '24

Building LinkedIn Elevator Pitch Generator with Lyzr SDK

#ai #opensource #pitch #linkedin

3 min read

Apr 28 '24

Building a Workout Planner App with Lyzr SDK

#ai #opensource #lyzr #workout

4 min read

jy95

Apr 28 '24

Turn FHIR Dosage into human readable text in your wanted language and much more with fhir-dosage-utils

#fhir #opensource #javascript #typescript

1 min read

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Ayu Adiati for OpenSauced

Apr 23 '24

The Secret Recipe to Getting Your Pull Requests Reviewed (and Merged) Faster

#opensource #codenewbie #beginners

6 min read

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Apr 27 '24

What Is Digital Transformation?

#tutorial #opensource #beginners

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Apr 27 '24

Impact of Generative AI on Smart Manufacturing

#ai #opensource #beginners

6 min read

Apr 28 '24

Welcome to Celebration Website 🌍 Earth Day !

#webdev #javascript #css #opensource

2 min read

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Apr 27 '24

The Real Future of Open Source Technology

#opensource #tutorial #beginners

8 min read

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Apr 22 '24

5 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day as a Developer 🌎🌏🌍

#webdev #opensource #datascience #developer

4 min read

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