About
ListVerse is a meta-directory of awesome-list repositories on GitHub — editorial commentary and structured metadata about the lists themselves, not another list of links.
How to read it
The front door is the 20 must-know lists from HIGHLIGHTS.md, in editorial order — not ranked by quality score. Journeys are short on-site trails. Browse is the full catalog. Each list’s interior is its own getting-started, featured entry, and best sections from the JSON. Cards open those interiors; GitHub is a citation at the bottom.
Honesty
Star counts are formatted from live stars_count, never the frozen stars_approx field. Watchers are not shown. There is no generated-at stamp. Freshness is each list’s last-pushed date, plus the phrase “stars refreshed monthly.” Browse is the full catalog on one page; use search and filters. Lists enter by curation (organization, maintenance, fit). Star counts refresh monthly; the set of 195 does not.
Inclusion
Prefer lists that are organized and updated within about two years. Niche lists can land without a star floor.
No account
Public catalog. No login, no settings, no profiles.
Data
The catalog lives in data/lists.json (and CSV). There is no CMS. Licensed CC BY 4.0.