# EbookFoundation/free-programming-books

:books: Freely available programming books

Repository: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/free-programming-books
Homepage: https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/
Language: Python
License: CC-BY-4.0
License Family: other
Topics: education, books, list, resource, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-18T14:16:15+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": 4709, "days_push": 15, "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 395274, forks 66700 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:28.815682+00:00)

## What it is
A massively popular, community-curated list of freely available programming books and learning resources in many languages, maintained by the Free Ebook Foundation. It is published as a browsable static website with a companion search site and organized by programming language, subject, and spoken language.

## Use cases
- find free programming books to learn a language
- locate learning resources in my native language
- curate a self-taught developer curriculum
- find free textbooks on computer science subjects
- discover beginner-friendly programming ebooks
- contribute to an open education resource list

## When to choose
- you want a broad, well-maintained index of free learning materials
- you need books in non-English languages
- you are building a learning path and want vetted free resources

## When to avoid
- you need interactive courses or video tutorials rather than books
- you want a searchable API of learning resources rather than a curated list
- you need up-to-date documentation for a specific tool version

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: education, programming-languages, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: awesome-list, free-ebooks, curated-list, programming-books, open-education, web-server

## Member repositories
- EbookFoundation/free-programming-books (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.815682+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 2026-08-29T16:10:18.947037+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.815682+00:00, sha 3e5acf357308)
  - homepage: https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:20:44.618017+00:00, sha dcd2f336463d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.