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Open source project Tea is brew2 for web3

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Open source code is integral to tech stacks at many large companies, but its authors rarely get recognized — let alone compensated — for their work. . Max Howell claims the package manager software he created, Homebrew, is the most contributed-to open source software program in the world. Image Credits: Tea.

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Open source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M

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Bitwarden , an open source password manager for enterprises and consumers, has raised $100 million in a round of funding led by PSG, with participation from Battery Ventures. ” Open source password manager Bitwarden raises $100M by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch.

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Openbase scores $3.6M seed to help developers find open source components

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In this case, it was finding the right open source components to build his software. It definitely opened doors for us,” he said. As developers build modern software, they often use open source components to help build the application, and Openbase helps them find the best one for their purposes.

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Meet Budibase, a low-code open-source web app builder with automations

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So despite the broader downturn , it seems that 2022 may have been relatively kind to startups operating in the no- and low-code sphere, something that fledgling Northern Irish startup Budibase is capitalizing on with the announcement of a fresh $7 million tranche of funding to further develop an open source web app builder.

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Summit invests $215M into Odoo, an open-source business management software developer, at a $2.3B+ valuation

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Open source has become a major force in the world of IT, and today a startup that has built a profitable operation by developing business management software on the principle is announcing a sizable secondary investment on the back of that growth. The firm made a similar investment of $90 million in 2019.

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How W4 plans to monetize the Godot game engine using Red Hat’s open-source playbook

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A new company from the creators of the Godot game engine is setting out to grab a piece of the $200 billion global video game market — and to do so, it’s taking a cue from commercial open source software giant Red Hat. ” The open source factor. . ” The open source factor.

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Tyk raises $35M for its open source, open-ended approach to enterprise API management

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Scottish Equity Partners led the round, with participation also from MMC Ventures — its sole previous investor from a round in 2019 after boostrapping for its first five years. It was built as an open source tool, and some engineers at other companies started to use it. It has raised just over $40 million to date.