We just launched fbt, a JavaScript internationalization framework with the aim of being both powerful and intuitive to use. Check it out at , read the docs at and follow the project on Twitter
@fbt_js
.
🚀Major Announcement🚀
Introducing Relay Hooks: Improved React APIs for Relay!
The Relay team has worked on a new set of APIs called Relay Hooks, with the future of
@reactjs
in mind. These changes emphasize DevX and performance.
Learn more on our blog:
We figured it was long past time create-react-app, one of our most popular projects, graduates from our open source incubator program. It is an understatement to say the project is used and maintained. The repo has been transferred to
Open source offerings for developers in virtual reality continue to grow. Discover how to create better multiplayer experiences in VR with the SharedSpaces sample and other resources in our recent
#SummerOfOpenSource
post:
We’re excited to announce the release of Animated Drawings, a first-of-its-kind
#OpenSource
project of annotated amateur drawings aimed at helping researchers easily create their own drawing-to-animation experiences or products.
Learn more about the tool:
Our second post in the "Summer of open source" series highlights resources for learning and updates about PyTorch, including quantization and the recent launch of the
#PyTorchFoundation
. Explore some of the features and recipes currently available:
Encodec is a neural network trained end-to-end to compress & decompress audio in real time resulting in state-of-the-art size reductions.
Read about AI-powered audio hypercompression work created by
@MetaAI
researchers:
View repo:
We just open-sourced DensePose, a real-time approach for mapping all human pixels of 2D RGB images to a 3D surface-based model of the body. GitHub: Docs:
📆 Meta Open Source: 2021 Year in Review 📆
Our open source community was unstoppable when equipped with the best developer tools and programming languages. In this blog,
@DmitryVinnik
and
@NavyataBawa
shine a spotlight on some of them:
📆 Meta Open Source: 2021 Year in Review 📆
2021 was a year full of wonderful partnerships and fellowships with
@rust_foundation
,
@linuxfoundation
and more.
Find out what we’ve accomplished:
🏅Community member spotlight🏅
Edidiong (
@Didicodes
) is a software engineer actively contributing to
#OpenSource
. Check out her blog post "Open Source contributions: A catalyst for growth" and more on her website 👇👇
📆 Meta Open Source: 2021 Year in Review 📆
The past year has shown that when it comes to AR/VR, our open source community keeps on growing.
@DmitryVinnik
and
@NavyataBawa
detail how far we’ve come in our blog:
📣 Announcing New Open Source Project 📣
React Compiler, a new experimental compiler, has just been open-sourced by the
@reactjs
team. This build-time-only tool is designed to optimize your React app automatically. Learn more about it here:
Facebook AI Research (FAIR) just announced the open sourcing of flashlight, a standalone C++ library for training neural networks. For example, flashlight helps power our speech recognition system, Wav2Letter++.
Post:
GitHub:
We are happy to announce the launch of LogDevice, a distributed store for sequential data. LogDevice is a scalable and fault tolerant distributed log system.
GitHub:
Announcement:
Docs:
Good news for Messenger Desktop users! We’ve made the desktop development even faster and smaller with React Native. Learn about our journey with the product and development process.
Try it for yourself by integrating it into your existing application:
We believe that open source is stronger when all feel welcomed. We’re committing to only fund inclusive communities. It’s one of several changes we're making to be a better ally.
Facebook Open Source is excited to announce it is joining the Rust Foundation at its highest member tier in support of its mission to support the maintainers who grow and develop the Rust programming language and developer ecosystem.
Meta is a proud sponsor of
@AllThingsOpen
, Oct 30-Nov 2. Engineering Director Killian Murphy reflects on Meta’s work with the community to make open source more inclusive & available to all. Read about these efforts & Meta’s presence at ATO on their blog:
🏅Community member spotlight🏅
Annie (
@anniebombanie_
) has been making some CSS/JS tricks that have us star struck 🤩🤩 She is the ultimate cross-over between designer and developer.
Check out her awesome pens using React and other
#OpenSource
libraries:
Today we launched XAR - eXecutable ARchives - which provides an easy and efficient way to package and distribute your Python code and dependencies, while executing with the same speed as natively installed apps. GitHub:
We are excited to announce our new podcast, The Diff, showcasing the program, projects and people that drive our mission of building community through open source technology.
The trailer and first four episodes are online.
Listen and subscribe at
Enjoy!
We have made the tough decision to retire Nuclide, our Atom-based IDE. The code will be archived and available for use at . See all the details on the front page of .
Build faster with Buck2! Our extensible, performant, open source build system is designed to make your build experience better, including:
-Increased parallelism
-Integration with remote executing & virtual file systems
-Redesigned console output
See how:
As
#f8
is set to begin today, we have launched the first version of our new website , showcasing many of our projects, grouped by category. You will also find links to our GitHub repos and organizations, along with other resources.
We recently launched FBender, a new, open-source command-line tool for load-testing generic network protocols. We support throughput and concurrency tests for: DHCPv4, DHCPv6, DNS, HTTP, TFTP and generic UDP with support for fbthrift based services.
In this clip of episode 14 of ‘The Diff’,
#VR
Software Engineer Eric Le Saux chats with
@NavyataBawa
and explains how his team began developing the
#opensource
SharedSpaces sample. Check out the full episode here:
The
#OpenSource
SharedSpaces app works in three layers to send and sync data between players. Software engineer
@Pro__Zac
explains what each layer does in this clip from episode 15 of The Diff.
Watch more:
In episode 14 of ‘The Diff’:
#VR
Software Engineer Eric Le Saux chats with host
@NavyataBawa
, where he summarizes the three layers of how connections are established on the
#opensource
SharedSpaces sample. Check out the full episode here:
Today, Facebook AI Research (FAIR) released Tensor Comprehensions, a domain specific language (DSL) for expressing machine learning (ML) workloads. It is a C++ library and mathematical language that helps bridge the gap between researchers and engineers.
Introducing Rapid 2.0, a new Rapid editor for OpenStreetMap (OSM)! This version includes:
- Authoritative geospatial datasets
- Excellent performance
- User-centered development
Learn more:
A lot of amazing open source work was accomplished by a lot of amazing people in 2018. A huge thank you to everyone involved in our program. Here is our year in review. Onward in 2019 for more great projects to come.
🤔 Explain Like I'm 5 🤔
In a little over a minute, Jesslyn (
@jtannady
) explains the
#OpenSource
project
#GraphQL
in layperson friendly terms.
Watch the video here.
The
#OpenSource
SharedSpaces app has different rooms that allow for different levels of privacy. Software engineer
@Pro__Zac
explains which rooms are public and which are invite-only in this clip from episode 15 of The Diff:
📆 Meta Open Source: 2021 Year in Review 📆
In this blog,
@DmitryVinnik
and
@NavyataBawa
highlight some of the many exciting achievements and contributions from developers worldwide that wouldn’t have been possible without the open source community:
🏅Community member spotlight🏅
Samson (
@Samson_Goddy
) is changing the world through his contributions in
#OpenSource
and
@reactjs
🤝
Along with code, on GitHub Samson shares how to effectively build diverse and inclusive OSS communities🔥 Check it out:
🏅Community member spotlight🏅
Ekene (
@kenny_io
) is one of our favorite Developer Advocacy 🥑 leaders in
#OpenSource
!
If you are interested in getting started in
#GraphQL
, Ekene's blog post "GraphQL: The good and the bad" is a must read:
Are you a Python developer? We just launched ptr - Python Test Runner. Whether you have one project or multiple projects in your repo, ptr can run all your tests at once, in parallel. ptr is on GitHub at and on PyPI at
One of our most popular open source projects, Create React App, now has an awesome website and documentation, powered by another one of our projects,
@docusaurus
.
Sometimes the host of a meeting has to drop, but the meeting must go on. Software engineer
@Pro__Zac
explains how the
#OpenSource
SharedSpaces app chooses who becomes the next host to avoid kicking everyone out in episode 15 of The Diff:
📣 New Open Source Project 📣
🌊 Introducing
#Ocean
, Meta's new framework for Computer Vision & Mixed Reality! Dive into highly optimized, cross-platform development for iOS, Android, Quest, & more. Licensed under MIT, explore countless demos on GitHub.