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

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

Repository: https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/the-book-of-secret-knowledge
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: awesome, awesome-list, lists, manuals, resources, howtos, hacks, search-engines, one-liners, cheatsheets, guidelines, sysops, devops, pentesters, security-researchers, linux, bsd, security, hacking
Last push: 2024-11-19T14:00:38+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2993, "days_push": 652, "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 240530, forks 14218 (observed 2026-08-28T04:12:28.487275+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: developer-tools, security, cli, documentation
- domain: security, awesome-lists, developer-tools, penetration-testing
- platform: bsd, cli
- tags: awesome-list, cheatsheets, one-liners, hacking, sysadmin, pentesting, reference, devops, command-line, linux

## Member repositories
- trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.487275+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 2026-08-29T16:10:21.353105+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/trimstray/the-book-of-secret-knowledge (fetched 2026-08-28T04:12:28.487275+00:00, sha ec47095d65c3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.