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# [Open Source 101: A Beginner's Guide to the World of Collaborative Software](https://ainasanghi.com/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What is Open Source? Open source refers to the philosophy and practice of granting users the freedom to access, modify, and distribute software's underlying source code. Unlike proprietary software, which restricts access and ownership, open source f...

Jul 16, 2023 · 9 min read · ainasanghi.com  
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## Written by

[Aina Sanghi](https://hashnode.com/@Sanjanasanghi)

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@Google Women Techmaker Member || Information technology Undergrad || Aspiring DevOps Engineer documenting my journey

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## Responses 5

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[Kavir Kaycee](https://hashnode.com/@kavir)

[Jul 18, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b6d46cca810cbd6257de61)

Very well written first blog on Hashnode! Keep it up

[Sachin Sharma](https://hashnode.com/@sachin09)

[Jul 16, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b3d70f0470cd817f0e0521)

Great read Sanjana. Just one thing, table of content can be generated automatically. It is present below the option where you add tags in the publish section.

[Aina Sanghi](https://hashnode.com/@Sanjanasanghi)

[Jul 16, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b3d70f0470cd817f0e0521#reply-64b40f1b0470cd817f0e0b97)

I didn't knew that, as this is my first blog 🥺. Although edited it now. Thanks for letting me know Sachin. Hope you liked the blog.

[Aina Sanghi](https://hashnode.com/@Sanjanasanghi)

[Jul 16, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b3cf700470cd817f0e0419)

Did you read the blog? Liked it? Drop more ideas in the comment section to help me write more blogs in the future.

[Sagar Singh](https://hashnode.com/@SagarSingh2003)

[Jul 16, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b3cbe40470cd817f0e0383)

Great blog !! It's very well researched and informative , I learnt a lot of new things .

A suggestion from my side : You can enable the audio from the advanced tab of your blog dashboard and also add a thubmnail it looks better , you can also add some pictures in your blog which will make it more captivating .

[Aina Sanghi](https://hashnode.com/@Sanjanasanghi)

[Jul 16, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b3cbe40470cd817f0e0383#reply-64b40eaf31fb2b9d9bc462df)

Couldn't find the advance tab. Also added the thumbnail, and about the point to add pictures in the blog. Will keep that in mind while writing next blog. Thank you 🤝

[Aditya Tiwari](https://hashnode.com/@Aaditwari)

[Jul 18, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b3cbe40470cd817f0e0383#reply-64b6fdf5f9bd04bf678000f2)

Yesss she have started creating blogs when she will start posting it everyday then she will come to know the features of it but yaa you should add some pictures which will make it more presentable just a advice but got so much Information from this you..

[NITESH KUMAR OJHA](https://hashnode.com/@coderNitesh)

[Jul 16, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b3c6ba31fb2b9d9bc45a0f)

Very well-written and comprehensive blog post!

[Aina Sanghi](https://hashnode.com/@Sanjanasanghi)

[Jul 16, 2023](https://hashnode.com/posts/open-source-101-a-beginners-guide-to-the-world-of-collaborative-software/64b3bf304ef661998cfb6622/comment/64b3c6ba31fb2b9d9bc45a0f#reply-64b40f2d31fb2b9d9bc462f2)

Thank you, Nitesh. Hope you like it.