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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

An incoming strategy looks set to target support at European open source projects to scale into commercial alternatives to US ...

The other smart way to save money is to make a budget and stick with it. Unfortunately, a lot of budgeting software costs ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...