open-sourcebase

noun

UK /ˈəʊpən sɔːs beɪs/

US /ˈoʊpən sɔːrs beɪs/

A place where people share computer code that anyone can use and change for free.

The team built their new app on an open-sourcebase so other developers could help improve it.

SYNONYMS

code repository public code library shared code hub community code base

RELATED WORDS

open source repository fork license contributor

OTHER MEANINGS

2. The collection of freely available code that a project is built upon.

The open-sourcebase of the tool includes thousands of community-made plugins.

3. A starting point of shared, modifiable code for building new software.

New programmers often learn by studying an open-sourcebase before writing their own.

4. A community-run store of code that anyone can download and improve.

She found a helpful library in the open-sourcebase and fixed a small bug in it.