Timeline of free and open-source software
Date Project Event
March 2010 Linaro Founded
2010 LibreOffice LibreOffice is released ; a free open office suite including applications such as word processing , spreadsheets , drawing and database
2010 Android Becomes most popular smartphone operating system ( OS ) , later became most popular general purpose OS overall
2011 Git Microsoft survey of 1,000 software developers reveals that Git is the most popular revision control system among developers
2011 Bootstrap Free CSS and JavaScript development starting kit , released by Twitter
2012 Google Chrome , based on Chromium Overtakes Internet Explorer to become most widely used web browser , according to StatCounter
2013 Firefox OS Mobile phone operating system , released by Mozilla Foundation
2013 ( Q2 ) Android Overtakes iOS to become most popular tablet operating system
2013 , September SteamOS Valve 's new Linux-based operating system for its Steambox consoles , intended to promote Linux gaming and spread Linux adoption in the high-end video game sector
2010s
This article presents a timeline of events related to popular free/open-source software. For a narrative explaining the overall development, see the related history of free and open-source software. The Achievements column documents achievements a project attained at some point in time (not necessarily when it was first released).