The ActiveState catalog grew to 40 million components in mid 2025 when it introduced coverage for Java and R in addition to ...

Earlier this year, a Microsoft developer realized that someone had inserted a backdoor into the code of open source utility XZ Utils, which is used in virtually all Linux operating systems. The ...

There's at least one thing Republicans and Democrats can agree on in the US Senate: the importance of open-source software. Seriously. As US Senator Gary Peters (D-MI) said last week, "Open-source ...

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

In Part 1 of this article, I wrote about how Artificial intelligence (AI) can advance open-source software. But is the converse true as well? Can the open-source world advance the progress of AI?

IBM is putting its corporate heft behind a popular open-source Web development technology called PHP, in a move meant to reach out to a broader set of developers. On Friday, the tech giant announced a ...

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 ...

For the last year, I’ve been writing about open-source companies and a wave of developer-centric software companies that are upending the traditional enterprise software market—and will soon ...

Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...