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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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Anthony Max for HMPL.js

Apr 21

📢 HMPL v3.0: New big update!

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

4 min read

Marcus Kohlberg for Encore

Apr 22

Migrating from Rails to Go: Making the Switch with Confidence

#rails #go #opensource #webdev

8 min read

Pratham naik for Teamcamp

Apr 22

How Knowledge Sharing and Communication: Building a Collaborative Dev Culture

#webdev #devops #productivity #opensource

8 min read

Apr 22

Feeling Lost but Still Learning: My Web Dev Journey So Far

#webdev #beginners #opensource #productivity

1 min read

Apr 22

Feeling Lost but Still Learning: My Web Dev Journey So Far

#webdev #beginners #opensource #productivity

1 min read

Apr 22

Finding Your Circle: How Teamup Circle Makes Open Source Contribution Accessible

#webdev #opensource #github #community

3 min read

Apr 21

How I save $$$ by self-hosting these 5 open source tools

#opensource #cloud #devops #webdev

4 min read

Apr 22

Are Google Ads Still Worth It in 2025? A Practical Guide for Beginners

#beginners #googleads #opensource

3 min read

Apr 22

Ultimate Logging Guide for Node.js, Bun, and Next.js SSR in 2025

#node #nextjs #bunjs #opensource

5 min read

Apr 22

patchedDependencies in Docmost, an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

#opensource #notion #wiki #docmost

3 min read

Second Me

Apr 22

Second Me Now Supports MCP Protocol —— Your AI Identity Can Now Be Called Anywhere

#opensource #ai #mcp #webdev

2 min read

Pratik242

Apr 21

🔐 I Built a JavaScript Web Vulnerability Scanner Devs Can Actually Use (CLI, Web UI, and AI-Powered Fixes)

#javascript #security #webdev #opensource

2 min read

Saahen Sriyan Mishra

Apr 21

ShowCase CLI

#webdev #opensource #javascript #contributorswanted

3 min read

Apr 21

From Scripts to Cloud: My Hands-On Guide to ML + DevOps

#ai #devops #opensource #aws

4 min read

Apr 21

My Tech Stack in 2025

#development #programming #opensource #learning

4 min read

Apr 21

ITSM (IT Service Management) – Streamline, Standardize, Succeed

#opensource #servicemanagement #digitalefficiency #security

1 min read

Alex Enson

Apr 21

10 Daily Linux Questions and Answers Series (part 10)

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

2 min read

Sean van Zuidam for Fylgja

Apr 21

Fylgja 2.0 is Live

#css #fylgja #csslibrary #opensource

4 min read

Apr 21

Docmost, an open-source alternative to Confluence and Notion.

#opensource #wiki #docmost #notion

2 min read

Chielo Chiamaka

Apr 21

A Simple Guide to ACLs in Linux

#cloudwhistler #linux #opensource #devops

3 min read

Tim Green

Apr 20

Rebalancing the Open Source Economy

#opensource #sustainability #ethicallicensing #humanintheloop

4 min read

Sana Muhammad Sadiq

Apr 21

Mastering the mv Command in Linux

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

3 min read

Sana Muhammad Sadiq

Apr 20

Mastering the cp Command in Linux

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

3 min read

Alex Enson

Apr 20

10 Daily Linux Questions and Answers Series (part 9)

#cloudwhistler #opensource #devops #linux

2 min read

Muhammad Aqib Bin Azam

Apr 20

Building a Simple and Efficient Language Translator for Your Projects

#opensource

4 min read

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