AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier ...

Today, open-source software is everywhere but many peple still think of it as being relatively new. It's not. Open-source software actually goes back decades. Before beginning our journey in the ...

Open-source risk is often simplistically reduced to security headlines about the latest vulnerability or bug count. Security matters, of course, but it is only one dimension of a broader risk surface ...

Nearly every modern software development project relies heavily on open-source software. This is particularly true of any web client or node.js software, where a typical app relies on dozens of ...

In the face of growing risks from open-source software dependencies, Google Cloud is releasing its Assured Open Source Software (Assured OSS) service for Java and Python ecosystems at no cost. Image: ...

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 ...

InfoWorld’s 2023 Bossie Awards recognize the year’s leading open source tools for software development, data management, analytics, AI, and machine learning. When the leaves fall, the sky turns gray, ...

Much of the software that powers the world's largest companies, protects our personal data, or encrypts national security information is open to the public. Anyone can download the source code behind ...

Commentary - Sometimes you have to move slowly to get ahead in the long run. As more software companies use open source software (OSS) to create proprietary software products, the risk of OSS ...