Open source (disambiguation) explained

Open source products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product.

Open source may also refer to:

Computing

Open-source license, a type of license for computer software and other products that allows the source code, blueprint or design to be used, modified and/or shared under defined terms and conditions
Open-source model, a decentralized software development model
Open-source software, a type of computer software in which source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute it
Free and open-source software, openly shared source code that is licensed without any restrictions on usage, modification, or distribution

Open-source hardware, or open hardware, computer hardware, such as microprocessors, that is designed in the same fashion as open source software
Open-source robotics, physical artifacts of the subject are offered by the open design movement
Open-source product development, collaborative product and process openness of open-source hardware for any interested participants

Open-source appropriate technology, is designed for environmental, ethical, cultural, social, political, economic, and community aspects
Open-source architecture, emerging procedures in imagination and formation of virtual and real spaces within an inclusive universal infrastructure
Open-source cola, cola soft drinks made to open-sourced recipes
Open Source Ecology, a network of farmers, engineers, architects and supporters striving to manufacture the Global Village Construction Set

Open-source film, open source movies
Open-source journalism, a spectrum on online publications, various publishing forms, and content voting
Open-source record label, open source music
"Open Source", a 1960s rock song performed by The Magic Mushrooms
Open Source (film), an American action thriller film
Open Source (radio show), a radio show using open content information gathering methods hosted by Christopher Lydon
"Open Source", a 2020 album released by Brazilian Heavy Metal guitarist Kiko Loureiro

Open-source intelligence, data collected from publicly available sources
Open-source curriculum, an online instructional resource that can be freely used, distributed and modified
Open-source governance, open source in government
Open Source Order of the Golden Dawn, an esoteric community
Open-source religion, in the creation of belief systems
Open-source unionism, a model for labor union organization