AI Mentions & Sources Report for Open Source Projects
This page provides details about dev.to (Blogs) which was ranked #91 out of 157 in the list of sources (5 citations (0.1% share)) in answers from AI models (Perplexity Sonar (with search) (latest),
Anthropic Claude Sonnet (latest)) when they were asked the following 1 question: "What does the Open Sources Projects industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry." on Dec 30, 2025 by AI Chat Watch. This source is referenced for brands: Kubernetes, Git.
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| /fmerian/the-state-of-open-source-2025-key-takeaways-253c | 5 | 37.4 |
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What does the Open Sources Projects industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.
[...] VSCode, Zen-browser (fastest-growing by contributors), Argo/Flux (GitOps), Crossplane (multi-cloud), Kubeflow (AI infrastructure).[Mid-Year 2025 CNCF Open Source Project Velocity](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/07/18/a-mid-year-2025-look-at-cncf-linux-foundation-and-the-top-30-open-source-projects/)[The State of Open Source 2025 - Key Takeaways - DEV Community](https://dev.to/fmerian/the-state-of-open-source-2025-key-takeaways-253c) Services emphasize cost reduction (53% adoption driver), no vendor lock-in, and productivity gains (86%).[Highlights from the 2025 State of Open Source Report | OpenLogic](https://www.openlogic.com/blog/state-of-open-source-report-key-insights) | Category | Top Projects | Key Strength | |-------- [...]
[...] 025-look-at-cncf-linux-foundation-and-the-top-30-open-source-projects/) | | Dev Experience | Backstage, VSCode | Contributor growth[Mid-Year 2025 CNCF Open Source Project Velocity](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/07/18/a-mid-year-2025-look-at-cncf-linux-foundation-and-the-top-30-open-source-projects/)[The State of Open Source 2025 - Key Takeaways - DEV Community](https://dev.to/fmerian/the-state-of-open-source-2025-key-takeaways-253c) | | GitOps/Security | Argo, Flux, FreeBSD tools | Supply chain fortification[Open Source Trends and Predictions 2025 From Industry Insiders](https://www.itprotoday.com/software-development/open-source-trends-and-predictions-2025-from-industry-insiders)[Mid-Year 2025 CNCF Open Source Project Veloci [...]
[...] 7/18/a-mid-year-2025-look-at-cncf-linux-foundation-and-the-top-30-open-source-projects/) - **OpenLogic** (adoption reports).[Highlights from the 2025 State of Open Source Report | OpenLogic](https://www.openlogic.com/blog/state-of-open-source-report-key-insights) - **DEV Community** (key takeaways).[The State of Open Source 2025 - Key Takeaways - DEV Community](https://dev.to/fmerian/the-state-of-open-source-2025-key-takeaways-253c) - **GitHub Blog** (influential projects).[This year's most influential open source projects - The GitHub Blog](https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/this-years-most-influential-open-source-projects/) # CITATIONS 1. [Top Regions for Open Source Contributions 2025 - daily.dev Ads](https://bu [...]
[...] F Open Source Project Velocity](https://www.cncf.io/blog/2025/07/18/a-mid-year-2025-look-at-cncf-linux-foundation-and-the-top-30-open-source-projects/) 6. [Highlights from the 2025 State of Open Source Report | OpenLogic](https://www.openlogic.com/blog/state-of-open-source-report-key-insights) 7. [The State of Open Source 2025 - Key Takeaways - DEV Community](https://dev.to/fmerian/the-state-of-open-source-2025-key-takeaways-253c) 8. [This year's most influential open source projects - The GitHub Blog](https://github.blog/open-source/maintainers/this-years-most-influential-open-source-projects/) [...]
What does the Open Sources Projects industry look like right now? Identify the dominant market leaders and brands, best products and services, key companies and providers, influential figures and thought leaders, emerging startups and trends, major conferences and events, active professional communities, and the top publications and media that cover this industry.
[...] 1. **[GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/features/discussions)** 2. **[Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/)** - 20M+ questions 3. **[Reddit Communities](https://www.reddit.com/)** - r/opensource - 250K+ members - r/linux - 1.3M+ members - r/programming - 6M+ members 4. **[Dev.to](https://dev.to/)** - 1.5M+ developers 5. **[Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/)** 6. **[Slack/Discord Communities](https://kubernetes.slack.com/)** - Most major projects have active channels ### Professional Organizations 1. **[TODO Group](https://todogroup.org/)** - Open Source Program Offices 2 [...]