# ossu/computer-science

🎓 Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science!

Repository: https://github.com/ossu/computer-science
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/computer-science
Homepage: https://cs.ossu.dev
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: computer-science, awesome-list, courses, curriculum
Last push: 2026-07-14T05:38:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 74/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 92, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4505, "days_push": 50, "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 208439, forks 25795 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:28.445530+00:00)

## What it is
OSSU computer-science is a curated, free curriculum that mirrors an undergraduate CS degree using online courses from MIT, Harvard, and Princeton. It organizes courses into Intro, Core, Advanced, and Final Project stages with community support for self-paced learners.

## Use cases
- teach myself computer science for free
- find a structured CS curriculum online
- self-study path to learn CS fundamentals
- free alternative to a computer science degree
- curated list of best online CS courses
- learn algorithms and systems without college

## When to choose
- you want a complete, degree-equivalent CS education from free online courses
- you are self-disciplined and can study ~20 hours/week for about two years
- you want courses matching undergraduate CS 2013 standards

## When to avoid
- you need an accredited degree or certificate
- you want a quick bootcamp-style career track
- you are looking for a single language or framework tutorial

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: education, tutorials, awesome-lists, programming-languages
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: curriculum, self-taught, computer-science, free-courses, mooc, open-courseware, web-server

## Member repositories
- ossu/computer-science (main) score 74

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.445530+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 2026-08-29T16:10:29.822650+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ossu/computer-science (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.445530+00:00, sha e05f74399576)
  - homepage: https://cs.ossu.dev (fetched 2026-08-28T17:21:55.083519+00:00, sha 79907b01548f)
  - site_page: https://cs.ossu.dev/FAQ.html (fetched 2026-08-28T17:21:55.085761+00:00, sha cacd1c97fb52)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.