The 10 coolest open-source software tools in 2025 include software for developing AI agentic applications, managing streams ...

Aktivisda is the top open-source alternative to Canva, offering basic design features. It lacks advanced features and UX/UI compared to Canva, but is still usable. Other open-source tools may provide ...

It's hard to believe that GIMP is already three decades old as I write this. It's always been the first choice for those who ...

The configurable, adaptable nature of FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), as well system-on-chip architectures that employ them, make the technology invaluable in a multitude of applications, from ...

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at CU Boulder, has created a design ...

It was just five years ago that there was an ample dose of skepticism from investors about the viability of open source as a business model. The common thesis was that Red Hat was a snowflake and that ...

When someone buys a new smartphone, often they're preoccupied with the camera specs or the size of the screen or its storage capabilities. It's easy to overlook one of the most foundational aspects of ...

Money may not grow on trees, but it does grow in GitHub repos. Open source projects produce the most valuable and sophisticated software on the planet, free for the taking, dramatically lowering the ...

John Ellis is the President and Head of Product for Codethink, a world-class provider of critical, high-performance software projects. Open-source software is publicly available software developed and ...

A cadre of hardware developers is trying to bring concepts from the open-source software world to the hardware business. Engineers around the world, connected via the Internet, are seeking to develop ...

Open-source software tools are increasing in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...