7 Amazing GitHub Repositories Every Developer Should Follow in 2023

Tapajyoti Bose
5 min readJan 8, 2023

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GitHub is the dominant player in hosting Software Projects on the web. With 200 M+ repositories, GitHub offers a plethora of knowledge for the developers, but finding quality repositories to learn from in the sea of repositories is hard!

This article will provide you 7 great GitHub repositories that you absolutely must follow if you learning to code in 2023!

1. FreeCodeCamp

As the name suggests, FreeCodeCamp is the go-to place to learn to code for free!

They not only have a wide variety of courses ranging from frontend, backend, data science & machine learning, but also boasts of 40k+ graduates getting jobs at Big Tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft & others

⭐ GitHub stars: 359k+

2. Developer Roadmap

The learning path of any field can be tricky, with people not knowing when they have strayed from it.

Luckily Developer Roadmap makes the process simple by providing you with a clear roadmap on what skills you need to learn to master a topic!

Moreover, they also have links to resources to learn from, making it the perfect resource for the new age developer

⭐ GitHub stars: 224k+

3. Awesome

Awesome prides itself in being an awesome collection of resources to learn from. Just like an index page, Awesome dishes out links to relevant resources for a wide variety of topics!

⭐ GitHub stars: 233k+

4. Build Your Own X

Ever heard the phrase

The best way to learn software development is by building stuff

Build Your Own X helps you achieve just that. They have a plethora of resources that range from building a basic Text Editor to your very own Blockchain!

⭐ GitHub stars: 183k+

5. Git Ignore

For most people, git is the version control system of choice in modern software development. The issue with git is, it will ask you to add your generated folders (eg: build) to add & commit

You can always manually create your .gitignore, but the smart way would be using Git Ignore as the repository offers a .gitignore for pretty much all use cases

⭐ GitHub stars: 143k+

6. System Design Primer

Building scalable systems is no child’s play. It takes ages to learn system design.

Luckily we have System Design Primer to streamline the process & make the learning process fun! It is the go-to resource if you want to learn system design

⭐ GitHub stars: 208k+

7. Coding Interview University

Do you have bills to pay & need a job? Of course, there is a repo to make you job ready!

Coding Interview University not helps you prepare for job interviews, but also provides you a collection of cheat sheets, study plan & more

⭐ GitHub stars: 243k+

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