Side-by-Side Comparison
skills vs free-programming-books
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Recorded Stars Comparison
● mattpocock/skills (307.7K)
● EbookFoundation/free-programming-books (399.2K)
☆ 307.7Kskills stars
☆ 399.2Kfree-programming-books stars
+91.5KDifference
free-programming-booksStar Leader (1.3x)
⚖️ Comparison Verdict
Star Popularity
free-programming-books Leads
+91.5K stars (1.3x ratio)
Forks & Derivatives
free-programming-books Leads
66.9K total community forks
Recent Maintenance
skills
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Licensing
Different
skills: MIT vs free-programming-books: CC-BY-4.0
Side-by-Side Facts
| Metric | mattpocock/skills ↗ | EbookFoundation/free-programming-books ↗ |
|---|---|---|
| Description | Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory. | :books: Freely available programming books |
| GitHub Stars | ☆ 307,655 | ☆ 399,150 |
| Forks | 25,895 | 66,924 |
| Open Issues | 194 | 89 |
| Main Language | Shell | Python |
| License | MIT | CC-BY-4.0 |
| Last Push | Oct 30, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 |
| GitHub Source | Open Source ↗ | Open Source ↗ |
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