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trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge resource

A collection of inspiring lists, manuals, cheatsheets, blogs, hacks, one-liners, cli/web tools and more. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

32/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 2993
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 652
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

240530 stars · 14218 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

A curated awesome-list collection of manuals, cheatsheets, one-liners, blogs, hacks, and CLI/web tools for system and network administrators, DevOps engineers, pentesters, and security researchers. It serves as a reference repository of knowledge rather than runnable software.

Use cases

  • find cheatsheets for linux commands and one-liners
  • discover security and pentesting tools
  • look up devops and sysadmin reference material
  • find cli and web tools for network administration
  • learn hacking and security research techniques
  • bookmark a curated list of technical resources

When to choose

  • you need a curated reference of sysadmin, devops, or security resources
  • you want quick access to cheatsheets and one-liners
  • you are a pentester or security researcher looking for tool lists

When to avoid

  • you need runnable software or a library to integrate
  • you want a tutorial-style structured course rather than a link collection
  • you need project-specific documentation

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

developer-tools security cli documentation security awesome-lists developer-tools penetration-testing bsd cli awesome-list cheatsheets one-liners hacking sysadmin pentesting reference devops command-line linux

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledgemain32

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge")

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