What is lists?

This repository is a curated collection of other curated lists hosted on GitHub. The idea is simple: rather than gathering resources directly, it gathers the gatherers. If you want to find a list about a particular topic, this is a starting point for finding one that already exists. The entries are split into two broad sections. The non-technical section includes lists covering subjects like board games, fantasy literature, cocktail recipes, mental health resources, guitar specs, baby sleep advice, vegetarian restaurants by city, and a wide range of other everyday topics. The technical section covers programming languages, developer tools, data science resources, and many subcategories relevant to software work. A significant portion of the entries fall under the "awesome" naming convention, a popular GitHub pattern where someone creates a list called awesome-something and curates the best tools, libraries, or resources for that topic. This repository links to hundreds of those lists across many domains. The collection also includes a running joke in its table of contents: after "Lists of lists" there are sections for "Lists of lists of lists," "Lists of lists of lists of lists," and so on, nesting several levels deep. It is a self-aware nod to how recursive the whole concept becomes. Each entry includes a link to the GitHub repository (or occasionally another platform), a short description of what it covers, and sometimes a companion website. Contributions are welcome, and the full dataset is also downloadable as a CSV file. The full README is longer than what was shown.