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free-programming-books vs awesome
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● EbookFoundation/free-programming-books (399.2K)
● sindresorhus/awesome (527.6K)
☆ 399.2Kfree-programming-books stars
☆ 527.6Kawesome stars
+128.5KDifference
awesomeStar Leader (1.3x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
awesome Leads
+128.5K stars (1.3x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
free-programming-books Leads
66.9K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
free-programming-books
Pushed 17d ago
Licensing
Different
free-programming-books: CC-BY-4.0 vs awesome: CC0-1.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | EbookFoundation/free-programming-books ↗ | sindresorhus/awesome ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | :books: Freely available programming books | 😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics [NOTE: Pull requests are temporarily disabled until I have a chance to catch up with the existing ones] |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 399,150 | ☆ 527,627 |
| Forks | 66,924 | 37,907 |
| Open Issues | 89 | 105 |
| Main Language | Python | Not listed |
| License | CC-BY-4.0 | CC0-1.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 16, 2026 | Sep 2, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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