CloudStreet is a free library of programming books — read them in the browser, no signup, no paywall, no tracking.
CloudStreet began as a startup supporting a coding school in South Africa. COVID ended the school, but not the idea behind it: that the best way to help people build software is to put honest, hands-on material in front of them and let them read.
This site is what that idea looks like now. Books, not videos. Text, not lectures. Topics chosen because they matter, written to be read end-to-end.
Books on programming languages, web development, databases, AI and machine learning, editors and tools, computer science theory, and a few things that don't fit a category. Most are short enough to finish in an afternoon and deep enough to come back to for years.
Every book on CloudStreet is released under CC0 and published openly on GitHub. That means genuinely free — read it, share it, copy it, teach from it, remix it, print it. We don't ask permission and you don't need to ask ours.
We don't track readers. No analytics, no cookies, no pixels — just the books and you.
The books are written in Markdown and built with mdBook, then shipped through GitHub Actions.
CloudStreet is a small team. David Liedle founded the project, built the platform, and wrote most of the catalog's earlier titles. Georgiy Treyvus joined later as Product Manager and now shapes what gets written, in what order, and for whom — commissioning new books and steering the catalog's direction. Both contribute technical reviews, narrative guidance, and updates that keep titles fresh. Authors — human and AI — are credited on each book. We're always open to new titles, ideas, contributors, and corrections.