You've probably never heard of the late Jim Weirich or his software. But you've almost certainly used apps built on his work. Weirich helped create several key tools for Ruby, the popular programming ...

Many of today’s hottest new enterprise technologies are centered around free, “open-source” technology. As a result, many big companies — from financial giants to retailers to services firms — are ...

Plenty of people have put together systems to collect, judge, and evaluate open-source projects, including information about a project's popularity, reliability, and activity. But they all have flaws.

There’s an open source insurgence happening in the networking industry. Increasing demands on the network to scale to unprecedented levels and at the same time become more customized to specific use ...

It intersects with just about every piece of software, from systems architecture to APIs, and enterprises are adopting it more than ever. Open source software, judging by just about every estimation ...

Open source companies leading the $1 trillion enterprise software wave. How did these companies grow from free projects into billion-dollar companies? They implemented successful business models that ...

For something intended to mimic good old pencil and paper, drawing tablets and the tech behind them are surprisingly complicated. If you fancy a crash course in how they work and want to build your ...

Apple has launched a new website focused on its open-source projects and collaborations — including Swift and WebKit — and says it plans to release its projects on GitHub. The new Open Source at Apple ...

The amount of money you can make from open source code depends on several factors. First of all, the popularity of your open source project plays a significant role that determines your possible ...

One of OpenShot’s strongest technical advantages is its format support, thanks to its use of the FFmpeg library. You can ...

Developers love open source. In truth, many people outside of the professional software engineering cognoscenti are very fond of open source too, often optionally using a degree of open applications ...