What is open-source software? Understanding the non-proprietary software that allows you to modify its code

Open-source software allows anyone to modify, enhance, or view the source code behind it. It can encourage collaboration in ...

JetBrains launches new open source funding round for PHP projects

The company is strengthening the PHP community and supporting five open source projects in 2025 with a new, annually rotating sponsorship programme.

Your open-source custom ROM has a dirty secret, and Librephone wants to fix it

The Free Software Foundation's new Librephone project wants to reverse engineer the binary blobs our phones rely on.
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AI sidekick for scientists: Ai2 aims to spark big discoveries with Asta open-source agent platform

The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) pitches its new Asta project as a rigorous open-source agentic platform for science. (GeekWire File Photo / Todd Bishop) Yes, ChatGPT can draft a tricky email. But can ...
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The startup behind open source tool Polars raises $21M from Accel

Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the popular open source project of the same name, has raised €18 million (about $21 million) in a Series A round led by Accel, with participation from Bain ...