Beloved by Linux users since its original release in 1996, GIMP is one of the most famous and best-maintained open source software tools out there. This software is about as close to image editing ...

Every company in the world now uses open-source software. Microsoft, once its greatest enemy, is now an enthusiastic open supporter. Even Windows is now built using open-source techniques. And if ...

The entire realm of open-source software could get a performance boost if all goes well with a plan to overhaul a crucial programming tool called GCC. Almost all open-source software is built with ...

Open source programming tool on the rise: Emacs LISP Every so often, I come back to emacs and recognize just how wonderful it is, 20-odd years after it first took hold.

At Open Source Summit Europe 2025, the Linux Foundation unveiled projects and research spanning AI, sovereignty and developer ...

The open-source software community continues to go from strength to strength, yet persistent challenges around skills, security and integration are hampering progress.

A $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation will expand a program that enables students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities to gain coding experience and receive intensive ...

SourceXchange, an attempt to capitalize on the enthusiasm of the open-source programming movement, closes its doors.

Let us also acknowledge that JavaScript/ECMAScript is the de facto standard language for programming Web clients. While alternatives are beginning to emerge, JavaScript is still the primary ...

In a move that represents a significant shift for Apple—and for the tech industry as a whole—the world's most valuable company has open sourced its Swift programming language, freely sharing ...

GitHub has released its annual State of the Octoverse — its regular report on the most popular programming languages and open source projects on its ubiquitous code-sharing service for ...

Swift, Apple's programming language aimed at OS X and iOS developers, has gone open source under the Apache License. This means all of the source code, ...