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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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Anmol Baranwal for Latitude

Jul 17

21 Open Source LLM Projects to Become 10x AI Developer

#programming #opensource #ai #webdev

27 min read

keploy

Jul 18

Continuous Integration Testing: Streamlining Software Development and Ensuring Quality

#testing #ai #opensource #api

5 min read

Jul 18

Apache Doris Job Scheduler for Task Automation

#database #dataengineering #programming #opensource

6 min read

Jul 17

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: How does shadcn-ui CLI work? — Part 2.15

#javascript #nextjs #shadcnui #opensource

4 min read

Lina Lam

Jul 17

Open Stats for LLM Usage

#rag #llm #opensource #ai

1 min read

Jul 17

VerifyVault v0.4.1 has been RELEASED! 🚀

#opensource #security #cybersecurity #github

1 min read

lotyp

Jul 17

Laravel Config Problem: Is It Time for a Revolution?

#laravel #php #dx #opensource

20 min read

José I. Gutiérrez B.

Jul 17

Boost Your Android Development with Fast & Easy Form Builder

#mobile #kotlin #opensource #androiddev

3 min read

Mudunuri bhaskara karthikeya varma

Jul 17

Introducing Eldora UI

#webdev #opensource #programming #react

1 min read

Jul 17

Digital Pioneer.

#ai #opensource #machinelearning #career

1 min read

Jul 16

Decrypting the Future: The Evolution of Ransomware and How to Safeguard Against It

#cybersecurity #security #ransomware #opensource

2 min read

Jul 16

Build a Sleek, Fast, and SEO-Optimized Developer Portfolio with Astro and Tailwind CSS

#astro #opensource #portfolio #tailwindcss

2 min read

Jul 16

Linux 101: A Beginner's Guide to the Open-Source Powerhouse (and Why It's Different from Windows)

#linux #beginners #opensource #cli

8 min read

Eduardo Messuti for StatusPal

Jul 17

Top 5 BetterStack Alternatives For Status Page In 2024

#opensource #devops #monitoring #sre

4 min read

Jul 17

DevLog 00001 - Command Line Updates

#programming #opensource #cli #haskell

5 min read

Tony-Rome

Jul 16

Tips for popularising an open source project?

#discuss #opensource #sideprojects

1 min read

Jul 15

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: How does shadcn-ui CLI work? — Part 2.13

#opensource #nextjs #javascript #shadcnui

5 min read

Jul 16

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: How does shadcn-ui CLI work? — Part 2.14

#javascript #shadcnui #nextjs #opensource

2 min read

Jul 15

Prescription for Cybersecurity: Safeguarding Healthcare Data in the Digital Age

#opensource #cybersecurity #security #github

2 min read

Jul 15

Join Apache Answer at CommunityOverCode Asia 2024

#opensource #apache #community #eventsinyourcity

3 min read

Chiemezuo

Jul 15

GSoC Midterm Evaluation

#gsoc #googlesummerofcode #wagtail #opensource

4 min read

Antonio | CEO at Litlyx.com for Litlyx

Jul 17

My first blog post. Build in public.

#discuss #opensource #buildinpublic

3 min read