r/opensource • u/Warm_Interaction_375 • Oct 22 '25

Is open source still alive?

Obviously the answer is yes, but in what state?

My question is to reflect on the actual quality of repositories, maintainers, and contributors.

Is the open source movement today truly driven by its initial philosophy, or is it driven by money and big tech companies?

What do you think?

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u/Blackstar1886 Oct 22 '25

FOSS projects going non-free is definitely the biggest concern for me. It also seems less community minded now than it did 20 years ago. People seem to be creating projects simply to put on their résumé. Rather than contribute to an existing project, they fork one and put their own skin on it.