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Checklist projects on GitHub

Curated checklists covering front-end quality, performance, and security best practices.

As of October 17, 2026, the most-starred Checklist projects on GitHub are Front-End-Checklist (74.5K stars), How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server (31.8K stars) and API-Security-Checklist (23.3K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 12 Checklist repositories with 253.3K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was personal-security-checklist, with +11 stars in a day.

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253.3KStars in total

+45Stars in a day

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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+11

personal-security-checklist

lissy93/personal-security-checklist · ★ 22.5K

A community-maintained checklist of 300+ tips for protecting your digital security and privacy, curated by Alicia Sykes (Lissy93) and kept current for 2026.

+10

Front-End-Checklist

thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist · ★ 74.5K

Front-End Checklist is an open-source front-end quality system that turns front-end best practices into a practical review workflow, usable by humans and AI agents via web, MCP server, or this README.

how-to-survive-unemployment

AIPMAndy/how-to-survive-unemployment · ★ 371

It is a free, open-source Chinese-language handbook for surviving a layoff, covering severance (N/N+1/2N), unemployment insurance, medical insurance, housing fund, job search and family cash flow, with 50 action tasks and 6 practical SOPs plus original Beijing and Shanghai policy texts.

Cookbook

andkret/Cookbook · ★ 15.5K

A free online book (the Data Engineering Cookbook) that covers everything a data engineer needs to know, from basic engineering skills to advanced platform design, case studies and interview prep.

The all-time top

12 projects · by stars

#1 · thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist
Front-End-Checklist
Front-End Checklist is an open-source front-end quality system that turns front-end best practices into a practical review workflow, usable by humans and AI agents via web, MCP server, or this README.
74.5K
#2 · imthenachoman/How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server
How-To-Secure-A-Linux-Server
This is a long-form, evolving how-to guide (written as a GitHub README) that walks you through hardening a self-hosted Linux server, step by step, from SSH to firewalls to intrusion detection.
31.8K
#3 · shieldfy/API-Security-Checklist
API-Security-Checklist
A community checklist of the most important security countermeasures to apply when designing, testing, and releasing an API — a list of checkboxes you run through before shipping.
23.3K

4
macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide
22.6Kdrduh/macOS-Security-and-Privacy-Guide · Shell
A community-maintained guide collecting techniques for improving security and privacy on macOS, written for Apple silicon Macs.
5
personal-security-checklist
22.5Klissy93/personal-security-checklist · TypeScript
A community-maintained checklist of 300+ tips for protecting your digital security and privacy, curated by Alicia Sykes (Lissy93) and kept current for 2026.
6
security-guide-for-developers
21.1KFallibleInc/security-guide-for-developers
This is a practical security guide for web developers that explains common security issues (authentication, encryption, sessions, attacks, etc.) and gives a checklist for building more secure systems.
7
Front-End-Performance-Checklist
17.4Kthedaviddias/Front-End-Performance-Checklist
It's an exhaustive performance checklist for front-end developers: things you should check, or at least be aware of, when building a website — for personal and professional projects alike.
8
Cookbook
15.5Kandkret/Cookbook · Python
A free online book (the Data Engineering Cookbook) that covers everything a data engineer needs to know, from basic engineering skills to advanced platform design, case studies and interview prep.
9
mastg
13.3KOWASP/mastg · Python
A comprehensive OWASP manual for mobile app security testing and reverse engineering. It gives technical processes for verifying the weaknesses listed in the OWASP Mobile Security Weakness Enumeration (MASWE).
10
the-practical-linux-hardening-guide
10.9Ktrimstray/the-practical-linux-hardening-guide
A free, practical guide to hardening GNU/Linux servers for production. It offers step-by-step instructions built on industry standards (CIS, STIG, NIST) and OpenSCAP baselines.
11
how-to-survive-unemployment
371AIPMAndy/how-to-survive-unemployment · HTML
It is a free, open-source Chinese-language handbook for surviving a layoff, covering severance (N/N+1/2N), unemployment insurance, medical insurance, housing fund, job search and family cash flow, with 50 action tasks and 6 practical SOPs plus original Beijing and Shanghai policy texts.
12
transition-state-zero-trust-toolkit
114theycallmehassan1/transition-state-zero-trust-toolkit
A set of open, vendor-neutral worksheets, checklists, test records and pilot artifacts for governing the messy middle period of a zero trust migration, built to complement NIST SP 1800-35.