The 10 coolest open-source software tools in 2025 (so far) include software for developing AI agentic applications, querying ...

Code commonly flows downstream, from an open-source project into an organization’s own products. Upstreaming is the process of reversing that flow—contributing code back to an open-source ...

Development using open source code takes place in all kind of environments, from universities to big corporations, and often follows the same patterns as any other kind of software development.

Open source projects generally involve collaborative development processes, where companies and individuals work together out of mutual interest to create and improve a product. This joint effort ...

Though the process of designing a chip using open-source tools may seem daunting at first, it’s an invaluable learning ...

Peer code review is a common practice in OSS community development. For better transparency and security, the platform hosting the OSS should have visibility into peer reviews and contribution ...

Yet the term was coined over twenty years ago. Tim O'Reilly wrote in December 2000 about the relationship of OpenGL to open source: "Collab's [CollabNet was a company co-founded by O'Reilly ...

Open-source software tools continue to increase in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership ...

The good news is that open-source software is used in the vast majority, 78 percent, of businesses. The bad news is that far less do even a half-way decent job of managing it. Lou Shipley, Black ...

Open-source software rules the world, and if you're an open-source developer anywhere around the globe -- even in countries not on good terms with the US -- you have a home at GitHub.