# seankross/the-unix-workbench

:house_with_garden: A Book for Anyone to Get Started with Unix

Repository: https://github.com/seankross/the-unix-workbench
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/the-unix-workbench
Homepage: http://seankross.com/the-unix-workbench/
Language: CSS
License: CC0-1.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: unix, cc0
Last push: 2024-08-03T12:51:04+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": 3613, "days_push": 760, "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 1310, forks 2257 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:19.926455+00:00)

## What it is
The Unix Workbench is a free, CC0-licensed open-source book by Sean Kross that introduces Unix, the command line, and Git/GitHub to beginners. It serves as a standalone textbook and as the companion text for a Coursera course of the same name.

## Use cases
- learn unix from scratch
- beginner book for the command line
- learn shell scripting basics
- introduction to git and github
- free textbook for a unix course
- teach myself terminal skills

## When to choose
- you are a complete beginner to Unix and the terminal
- you want a free, openly licensed introduction covering command line and Git
- you need a companion text for the Coursera Unix Workbench course

## When to avoid
- you need advanced Unix administration or sysadmin content
- you want an interactive tutorial or hands-on environment rather than a book
- you already know the command line and only need a reference manual

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: stable
- function: documentation, developer-tools, cli
- domain: tutorials, developer-tools, education
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: unix, book, shell, git, command-line, cc0, open-textbook, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- seankross/the-unix-workbench (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.926455+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 2026-08-30T04:49:56.394787+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/seankross/the-unix-workbench (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:19.926455+00:00, sha eac8de687961)
  - homepage: http://seankross.com/the-unix-workbench/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:08:00.446215+00:00, sha 9c34b606e4ab)
  - site_page: https://seankross.com/the-unix-workbench/git-and-github.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:08:00.455121+00:00, sha 388f38472be1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.