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《大教堂与市集》（The Cathedral and the Bazaar）是埃里克·斯蒂芬·雷蒙（Eric Steven Raymond）所撰写的软件工程方法论。以Linux的核心开发过程以及作者自己主持开发的开放原始码软件──Fetchmail为讨论案例。文章在1997年5月27日发表，并在1999年出版成书。
本书讨论两种不同的自由软件开发模式︰
大教堂模式（The Cathedral model）︰原始码在本模式是公开的，但在软件的每个版本开发过程是由一个专属的团队所控管的。作者以GNU Emacs及GCC这两软件为例。
市集模式（The Bazaar model）︰原始码在本模式也是公开的，不过却是放在因特网上供人检视及开发。作者以Linux核心的创始者林纳斯·托瓦兹带领Linux核心的开发为例，亦引用fetchmail的开发为例。
这篇文章的要义是让够多人看到原始码，错误将无所遁形（Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow）。作者表示大教堂模式的软件开发让程序除错的时间大幅增加，因为只有少数的开发者可参与修改工作。市集模式则相反。
此文让大部份的开放原始码及自由软件的开发计划采用市集模式，甚至原来采用大教堂模式的 GNC Emacs 及 GCC 也是如此。Netscape 网页浏览器后来释出原始码，并启动Mozilla计划，也或多或少受到这篇文章的启发。
大教堂与市集也被延伸到非电脑软件的开发上面。例如维基百科就是市集模式，而Nupedia与大英百科全书就是大教堂模式。
欧莱礼出版社于1999年发行此书的创举是，首次商业印刷出版的书以Creative Commons授权模式出版。
本书（原文）的国际标准书号是 ISBN 1565927249（精装本）、ISBN 0596001088（平装本）。

作者为人们管理复杂项目提供了颇具洞察力的见解，既有很多发人深省的观点，也有大量的软件工程实践。书中的内容来自布鲁克斯在IBM公司System 360家族和OS 360中的项目管理经验。初版的20年后，布鲁克斯重新审视了他原先的观点，增加了一些新的想法和建议。新增加的章节包括：原著中一些核心观点的精华；在经过了一个时代以后，Brooks博士对原先观点新的认识；1986年的经典文章《没有银弹》；对1986年所下论断（在10年内不会出现银弹）现在的认识。