Key Takeaways Open source refers to a project, often a software or IT development project, with freely available code and permission to make edits, bug fixes, alterations, and enhancements.

Front-end web development platform startup Netlify Inc. said today it has acquired a rival company called Gatsby Inc., the creator of the open-source GatsbyJS framework, for an undisclosed fee.

Discover how open source plays a critical role in computer science and software development and its impact on innovation and accessibility in the tech industry.

Reflex has built an open source framework to make it easy to turn Python code into a we app. Today it announced a $5M seed investment.

Microsoft has now launched a website – of course built on open-source technologies – to showcase how it's embracing open source to "bring choice, technology and community to our customers".

Open-source software is increasingly popular, but some modules rely on just a single developer. What happens when they die?