EbookFoundation/free-programming-books
:books: Freely available programming books
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README & documentation
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[](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)  [](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  [](https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/pulls?q=is%3Apr+is%3Amerged+created%3A2025-10-01..2025-10-31) Search the list at https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books-search/ [](https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books-search/). This page is available as an easy-to-read website. Access it by clicking on [](https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/). This list was originally a clone of StackOverflow - List of Freely Available Programming Books with contributions from Karan Bhangui and George Stocker. The list was moved to GitHub by Victor Felder for collaborative updating and maintenance. It has grown to become one of GitHub's most popular repositories. [](https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/network)  [](https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/stargazers)  [](https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/graphs/contributors) [](https://github.com/sponsors/EbookFoundation)  [](https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/watchers)  [](https://github.com/EbookFoundation/free-programming-books/archive/refs/heads/main.zip) The Free Ebook Foundation now administers the repo, a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting the creation, distribution, archiving, and sustainability of free ebooks. Donations to the Free Ebook Foundation are tax-deductible in the US. Please read CONTRIBUTING. If you're new to GitHub, welcome!…
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Inside the original README — Document outline
- List of Free Learning Resources In Many Languages
- Intro
- How To Contribute
- How To Share
- Resources
- Books
- Other Languages
- Cheat Sheets
- Free Online Courses
- Interactive Programming Resources
- Problem Sets and Competitive Programming
- Podcast - Screencast
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What this repository does
:books: Freely available programming books
Repository facts
- Owner
- EbookFoundation
- Primary language
- Python
- Stars
- 400,616
- Forks
- 67,047
- Open issues + pull requests
- 94
- License
- CC-BY-4.0
- Archived
- No
- Default branch
- main
- Created
- 2013-10-11T06:50:37.000Z
- Last push
- 2026-10-27T20:40:54.000Z
Topics and intended use
Owner-supplied topics: books, education, hacktoberfest, list, resource
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