# appacademy/welcome-to-open

Overview of App Academy Open

Repository: https://github.com/appacademy/welcome-to-open
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/welcome-to-open
Homepage: https://open.appacademy.io/
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2020-10-16T20:46:01+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": 2760, "days_push": 2147, "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 4957, forks 107 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:03.831623+00:00)

## What it is
App Academy Open is the free, open version of App Academy's full-stack coding bootcamp curriculum, offering over 1,500 hours of readings, videos, and projects. This repository serves as the overview and entry point for the free online learning platform at open.appacademy.io.

## Use cases
- learn to code for free
- learn full-stack web development
- study a coding bootcamp curriculum without paying
- learn Ruby, Rails, JavaScript, and React from scratch
- prepare for a software developer job search
- find a structured beginner programming course

## When to choose
- you want a comprehensive, structured full-stack curriculum at no cost
- you are a beginner seeking guided readings, videos, and projects
- you want bootcamp-style training covering Ruby, SQL, Rails, JavaScript, and React

## When to avoid
- you need instructor-led or mentor-supported paid training
- you want a self-hostable course platform rather than hosted content
- you need advanced or specialized topics beyond full-stack web development

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation
- domain: education, web-development, programming-languages
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: coding-bootcamp, curriculum, free-course, full-stack, ruby, rails, javascript, react, sql, web-server

## Member repositories
- appacademy/welcome-to-open (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:03.831623+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 2026-08-29T18:17:49.488759+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/appacademy/welcome-to-open (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:03.831623+00:00, sha 8e06af1b7fb1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.