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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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Siddarth

Jun 3

My Linux Kernel Mentorship experience

#linux #kernel #opensource

2 min read

Code Area

Jun 3

💰 The Best Way to Earn Money Online as a Developer in 2025

#ai #beginners #devops #opensource

2 min read

Juan Manuel Barea Martínez

Jun 3

Llama-Stack: The Developer Framework for LLM Workflows

#ai #development #softwaredevelopment #opensource

1 min read

Jun 3

A Quiz to Explore AI Safety and Trust-Based Access to Advanced Systems

#ai #opensource #chatgpt #security

1 min read

Jun 3

Getting Started with Chart.js – Make Beautiful Charts with Just a Few Lines of Code

#webdev #javascript #opensource #learning

2 min read

Jun 2

Day 5 of #30DaysRHCSAChallenge — The Sticky Bit Strikes Back

#challenge #linux #opensource #beginners

3 min read

Jun 2

GSoC 2025 – Community Bonding with CircuitVerse

#gsoc2025 #circuitverse #opensource #communitybonding

2 min read

Chitransh Soral

Jun 2

DeadLock - Update

#opensource #python #datascience #machinelearning

1 min read

@codingsh

Jun 2

Building the Future of Polkadot Development: Why PAPI Simulator's Community Templates Are Revolutionary

#polkadot #web3 #programming #opensource

6 min read

Jun 2

How Political Symbolism Becomes Structure: A Quiet Erosion of Identity

#discuss #opensource #leadership #community

1 min read

GitHubOpenSource

Jun 2

Supercharge Your Workflow: Cursor Free VIP – The Developer's Secret Weapon

#automation #web #crossplatform #opensource

3 min read

turtal

Jun 2

We’re Not Just Building an IDE — We’re Building a Home for Open Source Coders

#opensource #startup #webdev #ai

2 min read

Jun 2

Get Real-Time Security Alerts: Integrating Fail2Ban with Microsoft Teams 🛡️

#opensource

3 min read

Jun 2

From ZIP File to Folder Tree in Seconds – Introducing ZipTree

#webdev #javascript #opensource #productivity

2 min read

Jun 2

✨ Pure CSS Sorcery: 7 Ways to Conquer JavaScript Dependency

#ai #programming #productivity #opensource

2 min read

tomoikey

Jun 2

Rust builder pattern library - what do you think?

#rust #programming #opensource #webdev

2 min read

Jun 1

Day 4 of #30DaysRHCSAChallenge – Who Knew File Permissions Had More Drama Than a Reality Show?

#challenge #linux #beginners #opensource

2 min read

Ivanildo Barauna

Jun 1

Ter um site pessoal é o melhor projeto de engenharia que você pode fazer por você mesmo.

#career #opensource #programming #devops

2 min read

Chen Debra

Jun 3

In-Depth Look at the Apache DolphinScheduler Storage System

#apachedolphinscheduler #ai #googlecloud #opensource

4 min read

Jun 2

Open Source Is Waiting for You: How to Stop Being Afraid and Start Contributing

#opensource #webdev #beginners #career

5 min read

Chitransh Soral

Jun 1

DeadLock - First Commit

#opensource #python #datascience #machinelearning

2 min read

Pratham naik for Teamcamp

Jun 23

Deep Work vs Daily Standups: The Productivity Battle Every Dev Team Faces

#webdev #devops #productivity #opensource

7 min read

GitHubOpenSource

Jun 1

Chatwoot: The Open-Source Customer Support Revolution You Need to See!

#customer #opensource #omnichannel #ai

3 min read

Jun 1

Key Management Service in Kubernetes — Part 2

#kubernetes #programming #cloud #opensource

5 min read

Khan

Jun 1

My Honest Review on SLM - Small Language Model

#ai #nlp #productivity #opensource

1 min read

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