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Handbook projects on GitHub

Deep-dive handbooks explaining the internals of languages and tools.

As of , the most-starred Handbook projects on GitHub are pure-bash-bible (41.7K stars), wtfjs (37.7K stars) and python-guide (29.9K stars). GitHub.Locker tracks 10 Handbook repositories with 210.9K stars combined. The fastest-growing on October 16 was Research-Starter-Kit, with +251 stars in a day.

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Most stars gained in a day · Oct 16

+251

Research-Starter-Kit

LAMDA-NeSy/Research-Starter-Kit · ★ 7.6K

A Chinese-language handbook for students new to academic research, teaching the basics of how to do research and write papers from scratch.

+14

OI-wiki

OI-wiki/OI-wiki · ★ 26.9K

A free, open and continuously updated wiki of competitive programming (OI/ICPC) knowledge: fundamentals, common problem types, solution strategies and tools, collected so beginners can learn systematically instead of digging through scattered articles.

+9

developer2gwy

miss-mumu/developer2gwy · ★ 11.4K

An open-source, community-written guide for programmers in China who want to become civil servants: exam prep best practices plus a candid handbook of work and life inside the system (体制内).

+2

python-guide

realpython/python-guide · ★ 29.9K

The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python — a free, opinionated best-practices guidebook about installing, configuring and using Python day to day.

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10 projects · by stars

  1. #1 · dylanaraps/pure-bash-bible

    pure-bash-bible

    A reference collection of pure Bash functions that replace external tools like sed, awk, cut, and grep for common string, array, file, and terminal tasks.

    41.7K
  2. #2 · denysdovhan/wtfjs

    wtfjs

    It is a curated handbook (WTFJS) of funny and tricky JavaScript examples, each snippet showing surprising behavior followed by a step-by-step explanation and links to the ECMAScript spec.

    37.7K
  3. #3 · realpython/python-guide

    python-guide

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to Python — a free, opinionated best-practices guidebook about installing, configuring and using Python day to day.

    29.9K
  1. 4

    OI-wiki

    26.9KOI-wiki/OI-wiki · TypeScript

    A free, open and continuously updated wiki of competitive programming (OI/ICPC) knowledge: fundamentals, common problem types, solution strategies and tools, collected so beginners can learn systematically instead of digging through scattered articles.

  2. 5

    guide

    17.7Kuber-go/guide · Makefile

    It's the Uber Go Style Guide — an open document describing the patterns and conventions Uber uses when writing Go code.

  3. 6

    nginx-admins-handbook

    14.3Ktrimstray/nginx-admins-handbook · Shell

    A free, community-maintained handbook of personal notes, tips, and gotchas for administering, securing, and tuning NGINX (and OpenResty/Tengine) in production.

  4. 7

    babel-handbook

    12.1Kjamiebuilds/babel-handbook

    A guided handbook explaining how to use Babel and how to write plugins for Babel, the JavaScript compiler.

  5. 8

    kubernetes-handbook

    11.6Krootsongjc/kubernetes-handbook · Mermaid

    This is a free Chinese-language ebook/handbook that teaches Kubernetes architecture and the cloud-native ecosystem, from container orchestration basics up through service mesh, serverless, and AI-native infrastructure.

  6. 9

    developer2gwy

    11.4Kmiss-mumu/developer2gwy

    An open-source, community-written guide for programmers in China who want to become civil servants: exam prep best practices plus a candid handbook of work and life inside the system (体制内).

  7. 10

    Research-Starter-Kit

    7.6KLAMDA-NeSy/Research-Starter-Kit

    A Chinese-language handbook for students new to academic research, teaching the basics of how to do research and write papers from scratch.

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