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From the creator of Homebrew, Tea raises $8.9M to build a protocol that helps open source developers get paid

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Tea , an open source unified package manager for software developers, today announced it has added another $8.9 million in seed funding to its coffer as it builds on recent momentum that has seen some 16,000 developers authenticate their software packages with Tea.

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InnerSource, a practice that brings open-source principles to internal software development within organizations

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InnerSource can be defined as the application of open-source software development principles within an organization’s internal software development processes. It draws on the valuable lessons learned from open-source projects and adapts them to the context of how companies create software internally.

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Bitwarden acquires Passwordless.dev to help companies authenticate users without passwords

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Open source password management platform Bitwarden has made its first known acquisition, snapping up a fledgling Sweden-based startup called Passwordless.dev , which specializes in helping developers integrate passwordless authentication technology into their software. Image Credits: Passwordless.dev.

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Supabase raises $6M for its open-source Firebase alternative

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Supabase , a YC-incubated startup that offers developers an open-source alternative to Google’s Firebase and similar platforms, today announced that it has raised a $6 million funding round led by Coatue, with participation from YC, Mozilla and a group of about 20 angel investors. Some of them we built ourselves.

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Supabase raises $80M Series B for its open source Firebase alternative

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Supabase , which bills itself as an open source alternative to services like Google’s Firebase , today announced that it has raised an $80 million Series B funding round led by Felicis Ventures. “It’s really focused on making it very easy for developers to get started and build on top of,” he said.

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Smallstep takes big step toward authenticating machine-to-machine communications

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The central issue is that when there are no humans involved, how do you authenticate the hand-off between machines to ensure it’s going to the right place? The company launched in 2016 and launched their first open source product a couple of years ago. “The open source piece is the core technology.

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Payload raises $4.7M for its developer-first headless CMS

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Payload , which develops a headless open-source content management system (CMS), today announced that it has raised a $4.7 Unlike most CMS tools, Michigan-based Payload puts its emphasis on developers. Unlike most CMS tools, Michigan-based Payload puts its emphasis on developers. Image Credits: Payload. “To