# sindresorhus/awesome

😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics [NOTE: Pull requests are temporarily disabled until I have a chance to catch up with the existing ones]

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/awesome
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome, awesome-list, unicorns, lists, resources
Last push: 2026-08-21T12:39:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4436, "days_push": 12, "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 500245, forks 36591 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:29.164795+00:00)

## What it is
The Awesome project is a curated meta-list of high-quality 'awesome lists' covering virtually every software topic, from programming languages to databases to gaming. It serves as the canonical index and quality standard for community-maintained resource lists on GitHub.

## Use cases
- find curated learning resources for a programming language
- discover the best tools and libraries for a topic
- find awesome lists to contribute to
- get started learning a new technology area
- find quality open-source project recommendations
- browse community-vetted resource collections

## When to choose
- you want a starting point for exploring an unfamiliar technology
- you need curated, community-vetted learning resources
- you want to create or promote your own awesome list

## When to avoid
- you need actual software or a runnable tool rather than links
- you need up-to-date documentation for a specific library
- you need in-depth tutorials rather than link collections

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: awesome-lists, developer-tools, tutorials
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: curated-lists, resource-directory, meta-list

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/awesome (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:29.164795+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 2026-08-29T16:10:18.707885+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:29.164795+00:00, sha 98a38873670f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.