--- title: Best Open Source posts — August 2022 | daily.dev description: The most upvoted Open Source posts from August 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. canonical: https://daily.dev/tags/open-source/best-of/2022/08 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:url: https://daily.dev/tags/open-source/best-of/2022/08 og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Best Open Source posts — August 2022 | daily.dev og:description: The most upvoted Open Source posts from August 2022, curated by the daily.dev community. og:image: https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--VAY5ToZt--/f_auto/v1724209435/public/daily.dev%20-%20open%20graph --- # Best of Open Source — August 2022 1. 1 [](/posts/how-to-perform-motion-detection-using-python-sccsvlmsi "How to Perform Motion Detection Using Python") Article KDnuggets · 4y How to Perform Motion Detection Using Python Python programming language is an open-source library-rich language that provides a plethora of applications to its user. Motion detection has many real-life implementations or usages where it can prove its worthiness, such as for invigilation of online exams or for security purposes in stores, stores, banks, etc. The language has a number of users. 211 12 2. 2 [](/posts/padloc-an-intuitive-open-source-password-manager-7ainivpli "Padloc: An Intuitive Open-Source Password Manager") Article It's Foss · 4y Padloc: An Intuitive Open-Source Password Manager Padloc is an open-source password manager with a pleasing user interface, available cross-platform. It aims to provide a clean and simple interface to work with. Free to start with, but offers paid subscriptions to unlock most features. As per your requirements, you can choose to upgrade with a paid subscription. 73 4 3. 3 [](/posts/release-radar-july-2022-edition-lpaftem-6 "Release Radar · July 2022 Edition") Article GitHub Blog · 4y Release Radar · July 2022 Edition Vite is the next generation in frontend tooling, providing lots of features, optimised builds, and universal plugins. The latest update includes updates to the Vite CLI, support for Node 14.18 and higher, faster reload times, and some experimental features. 65 4. 4 [](/posts/four-top-front-end-monitoring-tools-for-your-website-dab76cfxr "Four top Front End Monitoring Tools for your Website") Article asayer · 4y Four top Front End Monitoring Tools for your Website Front-end or front-end application monitoring includes the process and tools for tracking and managing an application's presentation layer. For example, NGINX Amplify, a SaaS-based monitoring tool, monitors performance, tracks infrastructure assets, and enhances configuration using static analysis. OpenReplay tracks critical slowdowns, crashes, CPU/memory usage, rendering times, etc. It can capture JavaScript errors and sync with recordings. You can upload your source maps to see the source code in the stack trace. 50 1 5. 5 [](/posts/coder---remote-development-for-any-use-case-4elkdotbf "Coder - Remote development for any use case") Article Product Hunt · 4y Coder - Remote development for any use case 45 1 6. 6 [](/posts/how-to-implement-redis-as-cache-in-node-js-pa0jybu0j "How to Implement Redis as Cache in Node.js") Article Community Picks · 4y How to Implement Redis as Cache in Node.js Redis is an open-source (BSD licensed) data structure store used as a database, cache, message broker, and streaming engine. Redis provides data structures such as strings, hashes, lists, sets, sorted sets with range queries, bitmaps, hyperloglogs, geospatial indexes, and streams. 41 1 7. 7 [](/posts/how-open-source-can-boost-your-career-as-a-developer--ksceayvka "How open source can boost your career as a developer?") Article Hashnode · 4y How open source can boost your career as a developer? Many junior or entry-level developers struggle to get opportunities because of little or no work experience. Becoming a contributor at that early stage has its advantages, like people getting to know you better, your contributions to the project can be easily felt. A lot of top projects with over 30,000+ stars we use and love today once started small and un-noticed. 40 1 8. 8 [](/posts/how-to-find-an-open-source-project-to-contribute-to-jqrnysxeg "How to find 🔎 an Open Source project to contribute to") Article This is Learning · 4y How to find 🔎 an Open Source project to contribute to The first step is looking at this cool resource called opensource.guide. Don’t expect to immediately become an expert, there are a lot of concepts to understand. The most used lables are good first issue, help wanted and up for grabs. 39 9. 9 [](/posts/crawlee---crawlee-helps-you-build-reliable-crawlers-fast-xopxg3l96 "Crawlee - Crawlee helps you build reliable crawlers, fast") Article Product Hunt · 4y Crawlee - Crawlee helps you build reliable crawlers, fast Crawlee is an intuitive, customizable open-source library for web scraping and browser automation. 37 10. 10 [](/posts/sidekick---like-chrome-devtools-for-your-backend-now-open-source--dcv1cq1x9 "Sidekick - Like Chrome DevTools for your backend → now open source!") Article Product Hunt · 4y Sidekick - Like Chrome DevTools for your backend → now open source! Free Sidekick lets you collect stacks and dynamic logs from your applications without redeploying. Sidekick Open Source is here to make live debugging more accessible. Built for everyone who needs extra information from their running applications. 34 1 11. 11 [](/posts/how-we-created-an-in-browser-kubernetes-experience-wchynqeyl "How we Created an in-Browser Kubernetes Experience") Article Changelog · 4y How we Created an in-Browser Kubernetes Experience Plural is an open-source DevOps platform that allows users to deploy and manage software on Kubernetes. The API creates both a reference to the shell pod in our database and creates the pod in a k8s. 30 1 12. 12 [](/posts/mariadb-vs-mysql-iufefpzra "MariaDB vs. MySQL") Article SingleStore · 4y MariaDB vs. MySQL MariaDB is an open-source Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) MariaDB is gaining popularity due to its flexibility and availability. MariaDB has made significant progress in the areas of scalability and reliability, and has emerged as a competitor to MySQL. 29 1 13. 13 [](/posts/keyviz---visualize-your-keystrokes-in-real-time--nwjihkv-6 "Keyviz - Visualize your keystrokes in real-time!") Article Product Hunt · 4y Keyviz - Visualize your keystrokes in real-time! Keyviz is a free and open-source software to visualize your keystrokes in real time. 28 3 14. 14 [](/posts/what-is-the-difference-between-macos-and-linux--g0gwjc9ue "What is the Difference Between macOS and Linux?") Article It's Foss · 4y What is the Difference Between macOS and Linux? Linux is not an operating system but needs different components like desktop environments. There are plenty of differences between the two UNIX-like operating systems. Both give access to Unix commands, bash/zsh, and other shells. If you want to personalize, take control of the operating system’s nuts and bolts, Linux should be the perfect pick. The out-of-the-box experience with Linux is inconsistent. 27 2 15. 15 [](/posts/heroku-to-stop-offering-free-plans-nisfnwprk "Heroku to stop offering free plans") Article SD Times · 4y Heroku to stop offering free plans Heroku plans to shut down free dynos and data services on November 28th. Accounts that have been inactive for over a year and their associated storage will be deleted starting on October 26th. Heroku also announced the launch of its interactive product roadmap for Heroku on GitHub. 26 6 16. 16 [](/posts/5-approaches-to-improve-as-a-software-engineer-cb8oigxby "5 Approaches To Improve As A Software Engineer") Article Hashnode · 4y 5 Approaches To Improve As A Software Engineer If you have meaningful ideas that you can work on, build them as a side project. If you don’t have any idea but want to improve your skills, build any fun project. Sharing knowledge improves soft skills, such as technical writing, communication, and confidence. Building an audience, or at least sharing content online, can bring you new opportunities. 22 17. 17 [](/posts/explain-in-5-levels-of-difficulty-linux-ily2bepri "Explain in 5 Levels of Difficulty: Linux") Article Hashnode · 4y Explain in 5 Levels of Difficulty: Linux The Linux kernel was first released to the public in 1991 by Finnish computer science student Linus Torvalds. The kernel is the core of a Linux operating system and provides basic services such as memory management, process management, device drivers, and system call handling. 22 4 18. 18 [](/posts/time-till-open-source-alternative-ezfsomhdm "Time Till Open Source Alternative") Article Hacker News · 4y Time Till Open Source Alternative The average TTOSA for the cases I measured is 7 years, and that seems like plenty of time for a business to be profitable with proprietary software. For instance, take BitKeeper (proprietary) versus Git (open source) Anyone who is a developer today knows what Git is, whileBitKeeper is just a small anecdote in Git's history. 21 1 19. 19 [](/posts/26-awesome-open-datasets-for-your-data-science-ml-projects-j7iuvkvrn "26 Awesome Open Datasets for Your Data Science/ML Projects") Article Geekflare · 4y 26 Awesome Open Datasets for Your Data Science/ML Projects Since data is the equivalent of crude oil in the digital universe, datasets are becoming commercial and scarce. Open Source Datasets for Data Science Projects can be the fuel to power your passion for the right datasets. 20 2 20. 20 [](/posts/an-open-source-project-that-aims-to-provide-an-indistinguishably-accurate-experience-of-android-on-w-7zvsber4q "An open-source project that aims to provide an indistinguishably accurate experience of Android on web") Article React Native Example · 4y An open-source project that aims to provide an indistinguishably accurate experience of Android on web An open-source project that aims to provide an indistinguishably accurate experience of Android on web. The project leverages different JavaScript Web APIs to imitates the Android functionalities and CSS animations to bring life into it. 19 3 21. 21 [](/posts/a-fan-is-making-counter-strike-on-the-source-2-engine-fk6t-r2-w "A Fan Is Making Counter-Strike on the Source 2 Engine") Article 80 LEVEL · 4y A Fan Is Making Counter-Strike on the Source 2 Engine Source 2 is a community-driven, open-source project that uses S&box – a game development toolkit and spiritual successor of Garry’s Mod – as a base. The games made on Source 2 include Dota 2 and Half-Life: Alyx. 19 22. 22 [](/posts/dreamworks-animation-to-release-moonray-as-open-source-kut0eewgj "DreamWorks Animation to Release MoonRay as Open Source") Article Hacker News · 4y DreamWorks Animation to Release MoonRay as Open Source MoonRay is DreamWorks' state-of-the-art MCRT renderer, which has been used on feature films such as How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. 16 23. 23 [](/posts/keeping-your-skillset-fresh-as-a-developer-yj60etqqb "Keeping your skillset fresh as a developer") Article GitHub Blog · 4y Keeping your skillset fresh as a developer The ReadME Project's senior editor Klint Finley gathered a panel of three tech professionals at different stages of their careers. Karthik Iyer is a software engineer at JPMorgan Chase and Monica Powell is a GitHub Star. 15 24. 24 [](/posts/fauxpilot-like-github-copilot-without-microsoft-telemetry-xaf6jsqoh "FauxPilot: Like GitHub Copilot without Microsoft telemetry") Article The Register · 4y FauxPilot: Like GitHub Copilot without Microsoft telemetry GitHub Copilot is a tool for generating programming code suggestions with the help of AI models. It relies on OpenAI Codex, a natural language-to-code system based on GPT-3 that was trained on "billions of lines of public code" in GitHub repositories. Microsoft is a Linux and open source company these days. 14 1 25. 25 [](/posts/stable-diffusion-goes-public-and-the-internet-freaks-out-or6gpybc3 "Stable Diffusion Goes Public — and the Internet Freaks Out") Article DevOps.com · 4y Stable Diffusion Goes Public — and the Internet Freaks Out Stable Diffusion is the new open source machine learning model for creating images from text and even other images. It's similar to DALL-E and Midjourney, you give it a textual ‘prompt’ and it generates amazing images. 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