Look no further than the recent forkings of Redis and Terraform to see where the true power lies in the land of open source. A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, a deceptively simple idea ...

Here’s why I’d recommend it as an open-source alternative to Photoshop over Affinity. Pixelitor is a free, open-source, cross ...

Let the OSS Enterprise newsletter guide your open source journey! Sign up here. This article was written by Martin Traverso, creator of Presto and Trino, CTO of Starburst. Open source software ...

I trialed this open-source navigation app that's taking on Google Maps with a community-driven approach, and the results were interesting.

An open source tool for mapping out attack paths through Microsoft Active Directory systems and Azure AD services got a complete rewrite this week, almost exactly seven years after its initial launch.

Open source enters 2026 as core enterprise infrastructure, with growing pressure around sustainability, governance, funding, ...

Key Takeaways Open source communities can provide “lift by a thousand breezes” The Pants open source community is supportive and collaborative Fostering a “pay it forward” ethos helps bring people ...

In February, the White House published a beta version of its new environmental justice screening tool, a pivotal step toward achieving the administration’s climate and equity goals. The interactive ...

The problems facing developers and engineers when designing software for MCU deployment. How open-source solutions are transforming MCU development. The collaboration behind NXP MCUXpresso and the ...

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Bill Mann is the CEO of Styra, Inc., the founders of Open Policy Agent (OPA) and leaders in cloud-native authorization. Securing investors is always a challenge for startups. But for open-source ...

In the beginning, most software was proprietary — that is, it was developed privately, its intellectual property often owned solely by a corporation or its developers, and its source code was as ...