# sindresorhus/guides

A collection of succinct guides - Public Domain

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/guides
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sindresorhus-guides
License Family: other
Last push: 2024-10-20T10:13:43+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4812, "days_push": 682, "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 2518, forks 441 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:58.207746+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of succinct, practical guides on developer topics like environment variables, npm configuration, and Docker permissions, published under CC0. It is a curated set of short markdown documents rather than software.

## Use cases
- learn how to set environment variables on macos and linux
- install npm packages globally without sudo
- run docker commands without sudo
- use npm through a corporate proxy
- run a node.js server alongside apache
- launch an app on startup on macos
- avoid accidentally deleting files with rm
- back up settings for a mac app

## When to choose
- you want quick, concise answers to common macos/linux/node developer setup questions
- you need freely reusable (public domain) reference material

## When to avoid
- you need in-depth tutorials or comprehensive documentation
- you need guides for windows or non-CLI topics

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: -
- tags: guides, cheatsheets, public-domain, cc0, command-line, macos, linux, nodejs

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/guides (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.207746+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 2026-08-30T02:26:08.185496+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/guides (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.207746+00:00, sha d5efe7a0241f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.