MAmacintux·Oct 11, 2026
Thanks for the tip. A couple I found with a quick search:
https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme
https://github.com/yowainwright/awesome-readmes
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matiassingers / awesome-readme
awesome-readme
A curated list of awesome READMEs
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026 (partial) | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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11 sourcesI have a repo [1] on awesome architecture docs if anyone wants more examples.
It should be copied over to here [2] soon, too.
[1] https://github.com/noahbald/awesome-architecture-md
[2] https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme
In Two open source projects with great architecture documentationReadme: A Curated List of READMEs
1 points · Open discussionAwesome Readme: A Curated List of READMEs
4 points · Open discussionNot only inspiration, there are various linked articles with good suggestions on how to write good readmes: https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme#articles
In Ask HN: How do I improve boring README page?This is a good resource when looking for inspiration https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme
In Ask HN: How do I improve boring README page?There is an unmaintained repo with some examples that might serve as inspiration:
https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme
In Ask HN: How do I improve boring README page?Come up with an interesting idea, spend n number of days working on idea, get to the front page of hackernews, have thousands of eyeballs on your thing...Spend 0 time on the readme and have everyone take a half second glance, not know what the thing is or does and move their attention else where. Let this be a lesson to everyone to spend some time on your readme's...https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme
In Show HN: Cast.sh An adorable instance of your terminal in the browsercame across this neat repo: https://github.com/matiassingers/awesome-readme. Great set of READMEs worth looking at when writing your own
In Show HN: NextJS + Node.js library for location tracking of business assetsA curated list of awesome READMEs
7 points · Open discussion