Last updated: 23/APR/2012
Number of Projects Plundered: 100+
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The Github Pirates is a constantly updated resource for those interested in HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript. Despite the name, the project doesn't actually pirate Github repositories, but gathers open-source content from Github and puts it into a single repository for the following reasons:

• Ease of reference
• Quality
• Preservation
• Exposure

The Github Pirates Repository will be referred to as The Chest to avoid confusion. You can browse live demos of the Chest items. Only some live demos are shown. Click the "GITHUB PIRATES DEMOS" section on the menu to the left.

The Chest is a community based effort, and invites users of any skill level to suggest additions, or modifications to it. Although The Curator does most of the work, he invites everyone to help it get better, The site's source-code is hosted on Github if you want to have your own Chest.

Once your project has been submitted through the form below, it will be reviewed by The Curator, and added to the The Chest. As mentioned earlier, if you want a little more exposure for your repo, this is where you do it.

The Curator is looking for high-quality code only. Please read the description about what constitutes high-quality before submitting:

What is with the name?

The title & logo of this page might imply elements of illegality, however, The Curator ensures all the code mirrored and released through the repo is license-intact, and adheres to the code's license requirements. If you're looking for rips, go elsewhere, please.

With Github I can do this already?

With Github you can fork a project and pool together resources. But The Curator does remote & local backups of every commit, and ensures the projects which deserve the most attention are preserved indefinetly for the long for-see-able future ahead of us in WebDev.

As the old adage goes: all good things come to and end. (Including Github). Sorry, it's true ;p

Can I haz backups?

There are a variety of methods for getting The Github Pirates without using Github itself. The Curator has put together a few remote backups hosted on various online services.

And remember you can always email The Curator if you're having trouble getting the latest Github Pirates RAR/ZIP.

I roam the Github badlands?

• You might want to fork / watch this repo. (Site source-code only) ↖
• And whilst you're at it; contribute to, or read what's included in The Chest.

So you want a machine-readable no bullshit, NO-CSS, oldskool link list of what's in the repo?

• Here's a gist containing the download links to The Chest.
• Alternatively, you can access the list by appending a fragment called list to the domain, e.g:

http://codepirat.es/#list

Go to this list

So you want to read more about the items contained in the repo? (The readmes)

• Here's a link containing the readme files of all the files in the repo.
• Alternatively, you can access the list by appending a fragment called readmes to the domain, e.g:

http://codepirat.es/#readmes

Go to the readmes

If this project has helped you in anyway, The Curator urges you to share this page with others. You can also follow The Curator on Twitter.