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-This page is available as an easy-to-read website at [https://ebookfoundation.github.io/](https://ebookfoundation.github.io/free-programming-books/).
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 # List of Free Learning Resources In Many Languages
 
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 ## Intro
 
 This list was originally a clone of [StackOverflow - List of Freely Available Programming Books](https://web.archive.org/web/20140606191453/http://stackoverflow.com/questions/194812/list-of-freely-available-programming-books/392926) 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://octoverse.github.com/), with 221,000+ stars, 6,900+ commits, 1,900+ contributors, and 47,100+ forks.
+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://octoverse.github.com/), with 226,000+ stars, about 9,600 watchers, more than 7,000 commits, 1,900+ contributors, and 47,700+ forks.
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 The [Free Ebook Foundation](https://ebookfoundation.org) now administers the repo, a not-for-profit organization devoted to promoting the creation, distribution, archiving, and sustainability of free ebooks. [Donations](https://ebookfoundation.org/contributions.html) to the Free Ebook Foundation are tax-deductible in the US.
 
 
 ## How To Contribute
 
-Please read [CONTRIBUTING](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md). If you're new to GitHub, [welcome](docs/HOWTO.md)! Remember to abide by our [Code of Conduct](docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) too. ([translations](docs/README.md#translations) also available)
+Please read [CONTRIBUTING](docs/CONTRIBUTING.md). If you're new to GitHub, [welcome](docs/HOWTO.md)! Remember to abide by our adapted from ![Contributor Covenant 1.3](https://img.shields.io/badge/Contributor%20Covenant-1.3-4baaaa.svg) [Code of Conduct](docs/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md) too ([translations](#translations) also available).
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