# EbookFoundation/free-science-books

Inspired by free-programming-books, here's free-science-books

Repository: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-science-books
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/free-science-books
Homepage: https://ebookfoundation.org
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: books, science-books, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2025-10-30T16:57:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 54/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 49, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4016, "days_push": 307, "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 2240, forks 308 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:29.717046+00:00)

## What it is
A collaboratively maintained curated list of links to free science books, inspired by the free-programming-books project and run by the Free Ebook Foundation. It is a community-driven index available in many languages, updated via pull requests.

## Use cases
- find free science textbooks online
- curated list of open-access science books
- where to download free science ebooks legally
- free physics chemistry biology books list
- multilingual list of free science reading material
- recommend free science books for students

## When to choose
- you want a human-curated, community-reviewed index of free science books
- you need books in multiple languages
- you want to contribute additions via pull requests

## When to avoid
- you need a searchable database or API rather than a static markdown list
- you need programming or technical books specifically (use free-programming-books)
- you need the actual book files hosted rather than links

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: education, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: free-books, curated-list, science, ebooks, open-access, web-server

## Member repositories
- EbookFoundation/free-science-books (main) score 54

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.717046+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 2026-08-30T02:44:07.209787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-science-books (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:29.717046+00:00, sha 9366f74030f5)
  - homepage: https://ebookfoundation.org (fetched 2026-08-29T10:24:48.541960+00:00, sha 202163c6b650)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.