61. Project prerequisites¶

In this section we cover any tools that need to be on your system so that you can have a local development environment.

61.1 Understanding Open Source¶

The term open-source refers to any computer program in which the source code is openly available for anyone to use, modify at their convenience, or contribute to, whether they are users or other developers.

Open-source software is released under an open-source license so that any interested party can either view or modify the source code.

There are many open-source projects on GitHub or GitLab, where you can access repositories and become part of the community by contributing to the projects. For example, Linux, BIMS, or QGIS.

61.2 Overview¶

🪧 If you already have all of the above criteria met, you can move on to Cloning to check out the code.