Today we will talk about Google’s contribution to the open-source software ecosystem. We strongly believe that, if it was not open source, the current world of information technology would not have been what it looks like in its current shape. We have already talked about Open Source Software in another article.
Google’s Contribution to Open Source
Yes, Google’s contribution to the open-source ecosystem has always been at a large scale. In fact, it has been the top open-source contributor to CNCF projects. Check out this link to know more about Google’s open-source projects –
https://opensource.google/projects/explore/featured
You can apply filters based on the specific language of your choice in the grid layout and you will see a plethora of open-source projects. Some of the projects which will really gain your attention are –
Top Famous & Featured Open Source Projects
| Android | An operating system for a wide range of devices |
| Kubernetes | Automated container deployment, scaling, and management |
| Dart | Dart is a language designed to be productive, stable, and free of surprises |
| Angular | A web application framework for mobile, desktop, and web |
| Firebase SDK | Firebase is an app development platform with tools to develop high-quality apps, grow your user base, and earn more money |
| TensorFlow | TensorFlow is an end-to-end open source platform for machine learning |
| ZXing | A barcode image processing library |
| Chromium | A safer, faster, and more stable web browser |
| JanusGraph | A highly scalable graph database |
| Stackdriver | Monitoring, logging, and diagnostics for cloud applications |
There are many more. I am listing the main topics here. Feel free to Check out the various open-source projects by Google under these topics.
Open Source Categories
Check out https://opensource.google/projects It has lots of interesting categories to list. example: Apps, Cloud, Containers, Databases, Data processing, Developer tools, Enterprise, IoT , Machine learning, MobileNetworking, Operating systems, Programming, Security, Serverless, Web
In all of the above-mentioned topics, you can apply language filters of your choice and view open-source software projects.
There are over 2,000 Projects and Counting which is a whopping count of Google’s contribution to open source. A big shout-out to all the open-source developers out there who are working amazingly to make this world a better place!
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