Awesome Github

A curated list of Github's awesomeness

Think Github is awesome? Contribute something to this list! It's easy, just have a look at the contribution guidelines.

The awesomeness is currently organized into just few different buckets:

• Infomation for people who are new to Github
• Resources for those already familiar with Github
• Tips, tricks, tools, and add-ons for Github power users

What is the Aweome Github list? It's a collection of things that make Github one of the most amazing co-creation platforms in the world.

It is specifically focused on Github, and not on Git. Git is indeed awesome. And there would be no Github without Git. And yet, Github has become much more than a home to much of humanity's open-source code; it has become one of the world's most vivid examples of the power of mass collaboration.

All that to say, this list -- Aweome Github -- is an attempt to document that aspect of what is awesome: everything that Github has become -- far beyond what Git is today, and beyond where Github started just eight years ago.

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Infomation for people who are new to Github

• Code School's Try Git - If you'd like to better understand Git, one of the technologys that makes Github possible, this is a great place to start. No Github account required.
• Classroom for Github - Your course assignments on GitHub.
• Writing on Github - Github's own guide to using Github for more than just software development.
• GithubGuides - GitHub Training & Guides on YouTube.
• Github Pages - Websites for you and your projects. Hosted directly from your GitHub repository. Just edit, push, and your changes are live.
• Filetypes that Github can do magic with:
  • GeoJSON/TopoJSON - Instantly render maps when you add a GeoJSON file to a repository.
  • iPython/Jupyter - Yes, that's right, Github also renders ipynb files right in the browser. The possibilities are endless.
  • PDF - View PDFs right in your browser.
  • STL files - It's pretty amazing, 3D right in the browser.
  • CSV - Data jouranalists and civic data nerds rejoice, comma separated values right in the browser!
  • SVG - Not only can you view scalable vector graphics in the browser, but you can see the difference between versions visually! You've got to see it to believe it. (In fact, you can do this with most image files.)
  • PSD - That's right, same idea as SVG, but for Photoshop files!
• Github Government Community - Information on joining Github's government community — a collaborative community for sharing best practices in furtherance of open source, open data, and open government efforts.

Resources for those already familiar with Github

• Github Universe - Two full days on how to build, collaborate, and deploy great software, presented by GitHub. October 1 & 2, 2015, SF.
• Atom - Did you know that Github makes an editor? Use it to write, code, and more.
• Electron - Build cross platform desktop apps with web technologies
• A list of cool features of Git and GitHub - Use this list to test your Github knowledge.
• Github Buttons - Showcase your GitHub repo's success with hotlinkable GitHub star, fork, or follow buttons.
• Resume - Resumes generated using GitHub.

Tips, tricks, tools, and add-ons for Github power users

• A collection of awesome browser extensions for GitHub. - Well, the link kinda' says it all.
• Zenhub - Project management inside of Github, including kanban boards and more.
• Penflip - Collaborative writing and version control, powered by GitLab (similar to Github).
• Gitbook - A modern publishing toolchain. Simply taking you from ideas to finished, polished books.
• Prose - Prose provides a beatifully simple content authoring environment for CMS-free websites. It's a web-based interface for managing content on GitHub.
• Redliner - A tool for facilitating the redlining of documents with the GitHub uninitiated.
• GatekeeperEnables client-side applications to dance OAuth with GitHub.
• github-secret-keeper - Microservice to enable GitHub login for multiple server-less applications.