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 ...

The combination of open-source software with artificial intelligence is opening up new possibilities for custom software ...

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 ...

13 open source development projects making waves in the enterprise If the open source model has a sweet spot, it’s in programming tools. Linus Torvalds’s fabled “world domination” on the ...

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 ...

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

Apple introduced a brand new programming language last year that’s meant to make coding an app for iOS or OS X easy to do, and today that language is taking a major step: it’s going open source.

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 ...

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 ...

Much has been made of Microsoft’s reinvention as an open-source company, and it will continue to live up to that billing Monday at Microsoft Build as the world prepares for quantum computing ...

If the open source model has a sweet spot, it’s in programming tools. Linus Torvalds’s fabled “world domination” on the desktops of clerks or CEOs may never arrive, but it’s already here ...

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, ...