# free-educa/free-livros

Repository: https://github.com/free-educa/free-livros
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/free-livros
License Family: other
Last push: 2025-02-07T17:36:58+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 22/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 5, release rhythm 35, longevity 40
- inputs: {"age_days": 572, "days_push": 572, "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 1263, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:10.126640+00:00)

## What it is
A curated GitHub repository that indexes links to freely downloadable PDF books, primarily on computer science and programming topics, with content in Portuguese and English. It aims to make knowledge and education freely accessible, focusing on public-domain and freely shared material.

## Use cases
- find free pdf books on algorithms and data structures
- download free programming books in Portuguese
- curated list of computer science textbooks
- free software architecture and clean code books
- where to legally download free technical ebooks
- free learning resources for students who can't afford books

## When to choose
- you want a curated, community-maintained index of free technical books
- you need Portuguese-language programming and CS literature
- you're looking for classic textbooks like Cormen's Algorithms as free PDFs

## When to avoid
- you need a legal guarantee that every listed book is public domain
- you want an API or programmatic access rather than a markdown index
- you need books outside computer science and technology topics

## Facets
- artifact type: dataset
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, pdf, developer-tools
- domain: education, developer-tools, awesome-lists, programming-languages
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: free-books, curated-list, pdf-books, portuguese, open-education, computer-science-books, algorithms, web

## Member repositories
- free-educa/free-livros (main) score 22

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:10.126640+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 2026-08-30T05:04:08.108025+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/free-educa/free-livros (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:10.126640+00:00, sha 8758f29217ac)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.