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Free Programming Books

Curated catalog of free programming ebooks and resources

E-books & Media Library ★ 394k stars Easy setup CC-BY-4.0

Free Programming Books is a massive, community-curated list of freely available programming books, courses, and resources. The repository can be self-hosted or built into a static site as a personal reference library.

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Key features

  • Huge curated book list
  • Many languages covered
  • Static site buildable
  • Community maintained

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Enormous free resource
  • Very active

Trade-offs

  • A list, not a reader
  • Links to external content

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