# EbookFoundation/free-programming-books

> A curated list of free programming books, courses, cheat sheets and podcasts in dozens of languages, maintained by the Free Ebook Foundation.

- Magnitude: 3.8 out of 10 — Steady
- Stars: 397,949 total · +53 stars today, ≈ 90 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Learning & lists · Language: Python · License: CC-BY-4.0 · Created: 2013-10-11 · Last push: 2026-09-24
- GitHub: https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books · Homepage: https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/ · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books

## Useful for

- Find a free book on a specific programming language or topic
- Pick learning materials in your native language to study programming
- Submit a pull request to add a free resource you found to the right section

## Why it’s here

- 53 stars so far today, about 90 expected by the end of the day.
- Over the last two days the pace is 1.5× that of the previous week and a half.
- GitHub Trending Python today: #6, +169 stars.
- About 16 forks a day — people are taking the code.
- Recent forks include notable developers: @usamaaelgendy (648 followers).

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 66,854
- Issues and pull requests: 13,133
- Watchers: 9,794
- Average over the last week: 107 per day
- Usual pace: 100 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 7

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-08-29 … 2026-09-27: 86, 75, 97, 89, 98, 89, 87, 69, 122, 91, 113, 75, 120, 97, 82, 99, 71, 126, 135, 64, 119, 121, 68, 82, 92, 81, 77, 132, 196, 53

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending Python today: #6, +169 stars

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