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A curated list of awesome GitHub Wikis

Every repository on GitHub.com comes equipped with a section for hosting documentation, called a Wiki. Repository's Wiki shares long-form content about project, such as how to use it, how you designed it, or its core principles. A README file quickly tells what project can do, while use a Wiki to provide additional documentation.

Examples

Netflix/Hystrix
AWS/aws-parallelcluster
facebook/hhvm
thinkaurelius/titan
guard/guard
apple/foundationdb
google/guava
hyperledger-cacti/cacti
facebook/react-native
uber/NullAway
internetarchive/openlibrary
JustArchiNET/ArchiSteamFarm
GyulyVGC/sniffnet

Wiki should be detail, up to date and well structured. It should be easy to find required information and navigate through the pages. Use rich possibilities of Markdown in Wiki formatting. Wiki doesn't fully repeat information which is already presented at README. The following list of examples represents mentioned good practices:

Useful links with tips & tricks

What is a GitHub Wiki and How Do You Use it?
Learning GitHub - Making Wikis
Creating a GitHub Wiki documentation for your repository
Git Tutorial - 24 - GitHub Wiki
Search wiki of the repository on GitHub
How To Add Images To A GitHub Wiki
GitHub Wiki Markdown tips and examples
GitHub Projects, Teams, Fork & Wiki For Documenting Projects
Using GitHub Wiki for Software Development Documentation
GitHub Wiki by Nimble
Building a better GitHub Wiki
Hack GitHub to build your own wiki in five steps
Upload images to Wiki pages
Git And GitHub Course - Master Git And GitHub - GitHub Wiki
How to Use GitHub as a Wiki: Examples & Templates
GitHub Wiki Action. Keep your dev docs in sync with your code

Useful Stack Overflow questions & answers

How can I embed a YouTube video on GitHub Wiki pages?
Resize image in the wiki of GitHub using Markdown
Linking to other Wiki pages on GitHub?
How do I clone a GitHub Wiki?
How do I create some kind of table of content in GitHub Wiki?
GitHub Wiki directories
GitHub Wiki - Source code syntax highlighting
How to structure GitHub Wiki files?
How do I prevent auto-generated links in the GitHub Wiki?
How HTML5 Boilerplate converts GitHub Wiki to its website?
Effortless export from GitHub Wiki
ToC or Sidebar in GitHub Wiki
GitHub Wiki doesn't support HTML tables anymore?
How to style a JSON block in GitHub Wiki?
Render package documentation into GitHub wiki
How to make "spoiler" text in GitHub Wiki pages
How to integrate a GitHub wiki into the main project
How can I make a pull request for a Wiki page on GitHub?
How to remove GitHub's Wiki default sidebar?

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