Top Best Practices repositories

Repositories with the GitHub topic “best-practices”: 34 repositories with 771k stars between them, mostly written in JavaScript, TypeScript and HTML. The highest-rated is shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice, #346 on the bestofgithub Elo ladder.

Biggest movers this week

FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide

Open on GitHubPython

The most comprehensive Claude Code guide: agentic workflows, hooks, skills, MCP servers, quizzes, and production-ready templates. 430K+ lines.

  • 1,593+3 Elo, change today
  • 6.4k stars
  • 829 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide.git
  • agentic-coding
  • ai-assistant
  • ai-coding
  • ai-pair-programming

OWASP/wstg

Open on GitHubCSS

The Web Security Testing Guide is a comprehensive Open Source guide to testing the security of web applications and web services.

  • 1,671+7 Elo, change today
  • 10.2k stars
  • 1.7k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/OWASP/wstg.git
  • application-security
  • appsec
  • best-practices
  • bugbounty

trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook

Open on GitHubShell

How to improve NGINX performance, security, and other important things.

  • 1,442−4 Elo, change today
  • 14.3k stars
  • 1.1k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook.git
  • best-practices
  • cheatsheet
  • hacks
  • handbook

decalage2/awesome-security-hardening

Open on GitHub

A collection of awesome security hardening guides, tools and other resources

  • 1,381+7 Elo, change today
  • 6.6k stars
  • 700 forks
git
git clone https://github.com/decalage2/awesome-security-hardening.git
  • awesome-list
  • best-practices
  • blue-team
  • blueteam

andkret/Cookbook

Open on GitHubPython

The Data Engineering Cookbook

  • 1,604+11 Elo, change today
  • 15.5k stars
  • 2.7k forks
git
git clone https://github.com/andkret/Cookbook.git
  • best-practices
  • big-data
  • cookbook
  • data-engineer

Top 34 on the Elo ladder

  1. #346
    shanraisshan/claude-code-best-practice

    from vibe coding to agentic engineering - practice makes claude perfect

    2,041 Elo −4569kHTML
  2. #750
    OWASP/CheatSheetSeries

    The OWASP Cheat Sheet Series was created to provide a concise collection of high value information on specific…

    1,906 Elo −1234kJavaScript
  3. #1,016
    GoogleChrome/lighthouse

    Automated auditing, performance metrics, and best practices for the web.

    1,853 Elo +1431.1kJavaScript
  4. #1,144
    goldbergyoni/nodebestpractices

    ✅ The Node.js best practices list (July 2026)

    1,835 Elo −53105kDockerfile
  5. #1,533
    ryanmcdermott/clean-code-javascript

    Clean Code concepts adapted for JavaScript

    1,780 Elo −5494.7kJavaScript
  6. #1,587
    h5bp/html5-boilerplate

    A professional front-end template for building fast, robust, and adaptable web apps or sites.

    1,774 Elo −3957.6kJavaScript
  7. #1,938
    github/opensource.guide

    📚 Community guides for open source creators

    1,734 Elo −2715.8kHTML
  8. #2,552
    OWASP/wstg

    The Web Security Testing Guide is a comprehensive Open Source guide to testing the security of web applications and web…

    1,671 Elo +4110.2kCSS
  9. #3,259
    AllThingsSmitty/css-protips

    A collection of tips to help take your CSS skills pro. 🕹

    1,620 Elo −5730.3k
  10. #3,349
    zhanymkanov/fastapi-best-practices

    FastAPI Best Practices and Conventions we used at our startup

    1,614 Elo −718.3k
  11. #3,518
    andkret/Cookbook

    The Data Engineering Cookbook

    1,604 Elo +515.5kPython
  12. #3,636
    elsewhencode/project-guidelines

    A set of best practices for JavaScript projects

    1,596 Elo −7729.4kJavaScript
  13. #3,679
    FlorianBruniaux/claude-code-ultimate-guide

    The most comprehensive Claude Code guide: agentic workflows, hooks, skills, MCP servers, quizzes, and production-ready…

    1,593 Elo +686.4kPython
  14. #3,717
    inancgumus/learngo

    ❤️ 1000+ Hand-Crafted Go Examples, Exercises, and Quizzes. 🚀 Learn Go by fixing 1000+ tiny programs.

    1,591 Elo −3620.1kGo
  15. #4,057
    uber-go/guide

    The Uber Go Style Guide.

    1,570 Elo −3317.7kMakefile
  16. #4,348
    futurice/android-best-practices

    Do's and Don'ts for Android development, by Futurice developers

    1,553 Elo −7320.4k
  17. #4,397
    Sairyss/domain-driven-hexagon

    Learn Domain-Driven Design, software architecture, design patterns, best practices. Code examples included

    1,551 Elo −3015kTypeScript
  18. #5,382
    aspnetboilerplate/aspnetboilerplate

    ASP.NET Boilerplate - Web Application Framework

    1,502 Elo −4312kC#
  19. #5,441
    google/WebFundamentals

    Former git repo for WebFundamentals on developers.google.com

    1,499 Elo −2413.8kJavaScript
  20. #5,974
    1,474 Elo −2512.3k
  21. #6,000
    vasanthk/react-bits

    ✨ React patterns, techniques, tips and tricks ✨

    1,474 Elo −4217.4k
  22. #6,115
    aidenybai/million

    Optimizing compiler for React

    1,468 Elo −1717.6kTypeScript
  23. #6,770
    trimstray/nginx-admins-handbook

    How to improve NGINX performance, security, and other important things.

    1,442 Elo +1614.3kShell
  24. #6,906
    h5bp/server-configs-nginx

    Nginx HTTP server boilerplate configs

    1,437 Elo −3011.5k
  25. #6,918
    labs42io/clean-code-typescript

    Clean Code concepts adapted for TypeScript

    1,436 Elo −159.8kTypeScript
  26. #7,443
    futurice/ios-good-practices

    Good ideas for iOS development, by Futurice developers.

    1,416 Elo −2310.9k
  27. #7,982
    thangchung/clean-code-dotnet

    :bathtub: Clean Code concepts and tools adapted for .NET

    1,396 Elo −17.7kC#
  28. #8,175
    jstherightway/js-the-right-way

    An easy-to-read, quick reference for JS best practices, accepted coding standards, and links around the Web

    1,389 Elo −178.6kHTML
  29. #8,210
    cpp-best-practices/cppbestpractices

    Collaborative Collection of C++ Best Practices. This online resource is part of Jason Turner's collection of C++ Best…

    1,387 Elo −48.8k
  30. #8,365
    decalage2/awesome-security-hardening

    A collection of awesome security hardening guides, tools and other resources

    1,381 Elo +156.6k
  31. #9,082
    igorwojda/android-showcase

    💎 Android application following best practices: Kotlin, Coroutines, JetPack, Clean Architecture, Feature Modules…

    1,345 Elo −26.8kKotlin
  32. #9,441
    xojs/xo

    ❤️ JavaScript/TypeScript linter (ESLint wrapper) with great defaults

    1,323 Elo +27.9kTypeScript
  33. #9,564
    microsoft/nlp-recipes

    Natural Language Processing Best Practices & Examples

    1,311 Elo −126.4kPython
  34. #9,907
    datreeio/datree

    Prevent Kubernetes misconfigurations from reaching production (again 😤 )! From code to cloud, Datree provides an E2E…

    1,234 Elo −166.3kGo