Open source, {re}explained. How it works, how to contribute, how to run your own project. Free guide, articles and showcase by @JulienDeramond.

Open {re}Source has a new look: its own mark and palette, on the same design system as the other products and tools I publish. How I did the whole rebrand in eight days 👇
I rebranded everything I publish in eight days, on spare time, with Claude and a private repo. Not a designer: Claude did the visuals, I was a human colour picker. Then DTCG tokens, 4 npm packages, ~80 PRs. Now, back to Bootstrap v6. deramond.dev/blog/rebranding…
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GitHub trick: to sort an issue search by 👍, add sort:reactions-+1-desc On VS Code, the top one is a 2015 request to change the workbench font: 3,783 👍. Works across GitHub, with any reaction. So react with 👍 instead of commenting "+1": only reactions count.
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Open {re}Source has a new look: its own mark and palette, on the same design system as the other products and tools I publish. How I did the whole rebrand in eight days 👇
I rebranded everything I publish in eight days, on spare time, with Claude and a private repo. Not a designer: Claude did the visuals, I was a human colour picker. Then DTCG tokens, 4 npm packages, ~80 PRs. Now, back to Bootstrap v6. deramond.dev/blog/rebranding…
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Also new in the guide today: chapters open with "In short" and end with "Do this now", a checklist you can tick and copy as Markdown. Shorter URLs (old links still work), alt text on 20 images. openresource.dev/guide/promo…
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Nice seeing an open source project just say “we’re recharging” instead of acting like everything runs on infinite energy. npmx is pausing maintainer activity on GitHub and closing Discord for a week. Feels rare. Maintainers are humans too 💙 npmx.dev/recharging
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Open {re}Source retweeted
🤖 An AI agent created a GitHub account 2 weeks ago. It’s already landed PRs in major #OSS projects & is cold-emailing maintainers to offer services. Maintainers don’t seem to know it’s an agent & the code is getting merged. We’re in new territory! 🤠 socket.dev/blog/ai-agent-lan…
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No fresh Advent of Open Source this year... but the Winter Open Source Village is still waiting for you! ❄️🏘️ Enjoy last year’s challenges with 3 difficulty levels and a cozy little lore: adventofopensource.com/adven…
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🧵A thread of November 2025 events related to Open Source (excluding those dedicated to specific stacks or frameworks), including dates, locations, URLs, and social media links!
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OpenForum Academy Symposium 2025 🗓️ November 18-19, 2025 📍 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil symposium.openforumeurope.or…
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