# brootware/awesome-cyber-security-university

🎓 Because Education should be free. Contributions welcome! 🕵️

Repository: https://github.com/brootware/awesome-cyber-security-university
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome-cyber-security-university
Homepage: https://brootware.github.io/awesome-cyber-security-university/
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: cyber-security, awesome-list, curriculum, courses, free, education, educational-project, cybersecurity, hacking, learning-by-doing, awesome
Last push: 2025-08-09T12:09:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 48/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 36, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 1616, "days_push": 389, "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 3287, forks 308 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:53.772095+00:00)

## What it is
A curated awesome list of free cybersecurity educational resources organized into structured learning paths covering red team, blue team, CTF practice, and advanced rooms. It emphasizes learning by doing, primarily through hands-on platforms like TryHackMe.

## Use cases
- learn cybersecurity for free
- find a beginner red team learning path
- find a beginner blue team learning path
- practice CTF challenges
- structure my cybersecurity self-study curriculum
- find hands-on hacking labs and rooms

## When to choose
- you want a free, structured, hands-on cybersecurity curriculum
- you are a beginner looking for guided red or blue team paths
- you want curated CTF and practice room recommendations

## When to avoid
- you need formal accredited courses or certifications
- you want paid or premium training content
- you need a tool or software rather than a learning resource list

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: security, developer-tools
- domain: security, education, tutorials, awesome-lists, penetration-testing
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, cybersecurity, curriculum, red-team, blue-team, ctf, tryhackme, free-education, hacking

## Member repositories
- brootware/awesome-cyber-security-university (main) score 48

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.772095+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 2026-08-29T18:43:12.796491+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brootware/awesome-cyber-security-university (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:53.772095+00:00, sha fd9cd068e7dd)
  - homepage: https://brootware.github.io/awesome-cyber-security-university/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:36:09.955547+00:00, sha 7b5e011b422a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.