# aluismoya/EbookFoundation-free-programming-books

Repository: https://github.com/aluismoya/EbookFoundation-free-programming-books
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ebookfoundation-free-programming-books
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-01-31T13:59:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3341, "days_push": 945, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2735, forks 349 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:16.264951+00:00)

## What it is
A widely known curated list of freely available programming books and learning resources, maintained by the Free Ebook Foundation. It is a fork of the popular free-programming-books repository, available in many spoken languages.

## Use cases
- find free programming books
- curated list of learning resources
- free ebooks for learning to code
- programming books in other languages
- where to learn a programming language for free

## When to choose
- you want a comprehensive, community-maintained index of free programming books
- you need learning materials in a specific spoken language
- you want a starting point for self-taught programming

## When to avoid
- you need interactive courses or video tutorials rather than books
- you want a tool or library rather than a reading list

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: education, programming-languages, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, free-ebooks, programming-books, curated-list, learning-resources

## Member repositories
- aluismoya/EbookFoundation-free-programming-books (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.264951+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 2026-08-30T02:14:27.111228+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/aluismoya/EbookFoundation-free-programming-books (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:16.264951+00:00, sha 78a655404f81)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.