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1EbookFoundation / free-programming-booksA multilingual directory of freely available programming books and learning resources.PythonCC-BY-4.0 · Permissive401,023

2trimstray / the-book-of-secret-knowledgeA collection of technical references, commands and tools.MIT · Permissive256,325

3DigitalPlatDev / FreeDomainFree domain registration and practical DNS learning resources for everyone.MarkdownAGPL-3.0 · Share derivative source207,310

4getify / You-Dont-Know-JSA book series (2 published editions) on the JS language.License not declared184,841

5justjavac / free-programming-books-zh_CNCollection of Chinese-language programming books and reading resources.GPL-3.0 · Share derivative source119,511

6papers-we-love / papers-we-loveA collection of computer science papers for reading and discussion.ShellLicense not declared111,127

7TapXWorld / ChinaTextbookAll elementary, middle, high school and university PDF textbooks.License not declared84,202

8swisskyrepo / PayloadsAllTheThingsA list of useful payloads and bypass for Web Application Security and Pentest/CTFPythonMIT · Permissive82,315

9d2l-ai / d2l-zh"Hands-On Deep Learning": For Chinese readers, it can be run and discussed. The Chinese and English versions are used for teaching in more than 500 universities in more than 70 countries.PythonApache-2.0 · Permissive82,290

10eternity4719 / HowToLiveBetterCost-effective life guide: longevity and disease prevention, first aid, saving money and financial management, legal red lines, unemployment and work-related injuries, medical and social security, love, marriage and childbirth, pregnancy and childcare, entrepreneurship and platform compliance, going abroad and skills. Each article states the cost, benefit, level of evidence and original source, and only cites journal articles and official documents.HTMLCC-BY-4.0 · Permissive73,966

12tiimgreen / github-cheat-sheetA list of cool features of Git and GitHub.MIT · Permissive60,172

13bojieli / ai-agent-book"In-depth Understanding of AI Agent: Design Principles and Engineering Practice" (authored by Li Bojie) Open source main repository: full text of the book, compiled PDF and chapter-by-chapter supporting codePythonApache-2.0 · Permissive57,318

14jakevdp / PythonDataScienceHandbookPython Data Science Handbook: full text in Jupyter NotebooksJupyter NotebookMIT · Permissive50,339

15nilbuild / design-patterns-for-humansAn ultra-simplified explanation to design patternsLicense not declared48,930

16typescript-cheatsheets / reactCheatsheets for experienced React developers getting started with TypeScriptTypeScriptMIT · Permissive47,086

17LeCoupa / awesome-cheatsheetsA collection of cheat sheets for programming languages, frameworks, and development tools.JavaScriptMIT · Permissive46,610

18DataExpert-io / data-engineer-handbookThis is a repo with links to everything you'd ever want to learn about data engineeringJupyter NotebookLicense not declared44,942

19alex / what-happens-whenAn attempt to answer the age old interview question "What happens when you type google.com into your browser and press enter?"License not declared43,434

20k88hudson / git-flight-rulesFlight rules for gitCC-BY-SA-4.0 · Share derivative source42,582