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EbookFoundation/free-programming-books

:books: Freely available programming books

PythonCC-BY-4.0license Last commit 1 day ago ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books(opens in new tab)
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Growth

Last 24 hours
+72
stars
Last 7 days
+733
stars
Last 30 days
+2.8k
stars
Total stars
399,259
396k a month ago
Forks
66,929
431 contributors

Star history

392k394k396k398k400kAug 1Aug 15Aug 29Sep 12Sep 26Oct 10

Last 12 weeks · weekly cumulative stars · computed from public GitHub star events

Momentum: #491 in Python this week · +733 stars this week

Rank in its topics

Position among repos ranked in each topic (min. 20 stars gained)
Rank of EbookFoundation/free-programming-books in each topic for today, this week and this month
TopicTodayThis weekThis month
Python#241of 255#491of 754#562of 1085

Health signals

HealthyChecked Oct 15, 2026
Commit activity
Commits in 12 of the last 13 weeks 88 commits on the default branch in 90 days
Maintainers
62 active maintainers Top author: 15% of the last 85 commits
Issue responsiveness
Median first response: 60 days 13 of 19 issues opened in 90 days are closed
Pull requests
33 merged, 3 closed, 14 open Of the latest 50 opened in 90 days
Releases
No GitHub releases Not counted: many projects ship without them
Project hygiene
License, CI; no security policy
OpenSSF Scorecard
4.7 / 10 (opens in new tab) Scanned Oct 12, 2026

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README

README.md