# PanXProject/awesome-certificates

Curated list of 20,000+ hours and 200+ free courses with certificates in IT, CS, Design and Business.

Repository: https://github.com/PanXProject/awesome-certificates
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-certificates
Homepage: https://panx.io/awesome-certificates/
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: badges, certificate, courses, awesome, awesome-list, career, free, hacktoberfest, certificates, certifications
Last push: 2026-06-30T15:46:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 73/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 90, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2079, "days_push": 64, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5602, forks 466 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:22.789165+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome-list of 20,000+ hours of free online courses across IT, computer science, design, and business that award certificates or digital badges upon completion. Entries are organized by category with provider, difficulty level, duration, and reward type.

## Use cases
- find free courses with certificates in IT and computer science
- discover free design and business courses that issue certificates
- build a career development learning path with verifiable credentials
- find free AI and machine learning courses with badges
- locate free programming language courses with completion certificates
- browse curated free DevOps and cloud computing courses

## When to choose
- you want free courses that also grant a certificate or digital badge
- you need a curated, categorized directory of learning resources across IT, CS, design, and business
- you want to compare courses by difficulty level and duration before committing

## When to avoid
- you need paid, accredited, or university-credit certifications
- you want an interactive learning platform rather than a list of links
- you need courses in languages other than English or outside the covered domains

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: education, awesome-lists, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: awesome-list, certificates, free-courses, career-development, digital-badges, e-learning, career, web-server

## Member repositories
- PanXProject/awesome-certificates (main) score 73

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:22.789165+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:55:27.523354+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/PanXProject/awesome-certificates (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:22.789165+00:00, sha 415ca05d6aaf)
  - homepage: https://panx.io/awesome-certificates/ (fetched 2026-08-29T08:50:38.073295+00:00, sha 00131373ee2c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.