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GitHub Wiki

The "Awesome GitHub Wiki" project is a curated collection of resources focused on utilizing GitHub's wiki feature for documentation purposes. GitHub wikis provide a collaborative space for teams to create, edit, and manage documentation beyond the traditional README files. This list includes tools, templates, best practices, and examples to help users effectively leverage wikis for project documentation. Whether you are a beginner looking to understand the basics or an experienced developer seeking advanced techniques, this resource is invaluable for enhancing your project's documentation strategy. Dive into this collection to discover how to create comprehensive and user-friendly documentation with GitHub wikis.

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Table of Contents

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Examples

10 projects
HystrixHystrix

A latency and fault tolerance library for isolating remote system access and preventing cascading failures in distributed systems.

#concurrency-control#java-library#circuit-breaker
Stars24,480
Forks4,665
Last commit10 months ago
AWS/aws-parallelclusterAWS/aws-parallelcluster

An AWS-supported open-source tool to deploy and manage High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters in the AWS cloud.

#high-performance-computing#aws-batch#batch-scheduling
Stars887
Forks314
Last commit1 day ago
hhvmhhvm

A high-performance virtual machine for executing programs written in Hack, using JIT compilation.

#webserver#server-side#jit-compilation
Stars18,668
Forks3,067
Last commit1 day ago
guardguard

A command-line tool that automates tasks by running custom rules when files or directories are modified.

#development-workflow#build-automation#file-system-monitoring
Stars6,432
Forks494
Last commit3 months ago
foundationdbfoundationdb

An open-source, distributed, transactional key-value store designed for large-scale structured data across commodity servers.

#open-source-database#high-performance#key-value-store
Stars16,795
Forks1,587
Last commit1 day ago
guavaguava

A comprehensive set of core Java libraries from Google providing new collection types, immutable collections, and utilities for concurrency, I/O, hashing, and more.

#io-utilities#hashing#java libraries
Stars51,916
Forks11,211
Last commit1 day ago
cacticacti

A pluggable interoperability framework for linking heterogeneous blockchain and distributed ledger networks to run cross-network transactions.

#hyperledger#hacktoberfest#fabric
Stars416
Forks366
Last commit3 days ago
NullAwayNullAway

A fast annotation-based null checker for Java that eliminates NullPointerExceptions with low build-time overhead.

#nullability-analysis#null-safety#static-code-analysis
Stars4,124
Forks372
Last commit1 day ago
openlibraryopenlibrary

#hacktoberfest#open-source#library-catalogue
Stars6,771
Forks2,067
Last commit1 day ago
ArchiSteamFarmArchiSteamFarm

A C# application for farming Steam trading cards from multiple accounts simultaneously without requiring the Steam client.

#cli-app#steam#multi-account
Stars13,769
Forks1,121
Last commit1 day ago

Links with tips & tricks

15 projects
What is a GitHub Wiki and How Do You Use it?

freecodecamp.org
Learning GitHub - Making Wikis

youtube.com
Creating a GitHub Wiki documentation for your repository

carldesouza.com
Git Tutorial - 24 - GitHub Wiki

youtube.com
Search wiki of the repository on GitHubSearch wiki of the repository on GitHub

A browser extension that adds a search box to GitHub repository wikis for quick content discovery.

#search#productivity#chrome
Stars197
Forks24
Last commit8 years ago
How To Add Images To A GitHub Wiki

mikehadlow.blogspot.com
GitHub Wiki Markdown tips and examples

medium.com
GitHub Projects, Teams, Fork & Wiki For Documenting Projects

softwaretestinghelp.com
Using GitHub Wiki for Software Development Documentation

sparkbox.com
GitHub Wiki by Nimble

nimblehq.co
Building a better GitHub Wiki

bugherd.com
Hack GitHub to build your own wiki in five steps

ably.com
Upload images to Wiki pages

github.blog
Git And GitHub Course - Master Git And GitHub - GitHub Wiki

learnvern.com
How to Use GitHub as a Wiki: Examples & Templates

almanac.io

Stack Overflow questions & answers

19 projects
How can I embed a YouTube video on GitHub Wiki pages?

stackoverflow.com
Resize image in the wiki of GitHub using Markdown

stackoverflow.com
Linking to other Wiki pages on GitHub?

stackoverflow.com
How do I clone a GitHub Wiki?

stackoverflow.com
How do I create some kind of table of content in GitHub Wiki?

stackoverflow.com
GitHub Wiki directories

stackoverflow.com
GitHub Wiki - Source code syntax highlighting

stackoverflow.com
How to structure GitHub Wiki files?

stackoverflow.com
How do I prevent auto-generated links in the GitHub Wiki?

stackoverflow.com
How HTML5 Boilerplate converts GitHub Wiki to its website?

stackoverflow.com
Effortless export from GitHub Wiki

stackoverflow.com
ToC or Sidebar in GitHub Wiki

stackoverflow.com
GitHub Wiki doesn't support HTML tables anymore?

stackoverflow.com
How to style a JSON block in GitHub Wiki?

stackoverflow.com
Render package documentation into GitHub wiki

stackoverflow.com
How to make "spoiler" text in GitHub Wiki pages

stackoverflow.com
How to integrate a GitHub wiki into the main project

stackoverflow.com
How can I make a pull request for a Wiki page on GitHub?

stackoverflow.com
How to remove GitHub's Wiki default sidebar?

stackoverflow.com

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