# papers-we-love/papers-we-love

Papers from the computer science community to read and discuss.

Repository: https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/papers-we-love
Homepage: http://paperswelove.org/
Language: Shell
License Family: other
Topics: computer-science, read-papers, meetup, papers, programming, theory, awesome
Last push: 2026-08-24T09:14:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4644, "days_push": 9, "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 109021, forks 6416 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:23.811479+00:00)

## What it is
A curated directory of notable academic computer science papers maintained by the Papers We Love community, with links to papers and some hosted PDFs. It also anchors a global community with local chapter meetups, a Discord, and recorded presentations.

## Use cases
- find classic computer science papers to read
- curated reading list of academic CS papers
- learn distributed systems from original papers
- join a community that discusses research papers
- find papers on programming languages and theory
- discover CS paper repositories and resources

## When to choose
- you want a community-vetted collection of influential CS papers
- you prefer learning from primary academic sources
- you want meetup or video presentations alongside papers

## When to avoid
- you need tutorials or beginner-friendly explanations rather than papers
- you want a tool or software rather than a reading list
- you need guaranteed access to full paper PDFs, since licensing limits hosting

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: tutorials, developer-tools, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: academic-papers, reading-list, community, meetups, computer-science-theory, computer-science, algorithms

## Member repositories
- papers-we-love/papers-we-love (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.811479+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 2026-08-29T16:12:09.627287+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/papers-we-love/papers-we-love (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:23.811479+00:00, sha 97b12957804d)
  - homepage: http://paperswelove.org/ (fetched 2026-08-28T17:32:10.332123+00:00, sha 041f537d5829)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.