What it is
moreThanFAANGM is a curated, community-maintained list of product-based companies and start-ups that hire technology and non-technology talent. It lives in the open-source ecosystem on GitHub under the MIT license, and it is published both as a repository README and as a GitHub Pages site. The project has been maintained for roughly five years, carries 5,228 stars and 1,046 forks, and shows 11 open issues at the time of writing.
The concrete problem it solves is narrow but real: job seekers default to a small set of well-known employers and miss the far larger pool of product companies and start-ups hiring around them. The README states the list holds 482 companies, exceeding the "more than 400" figure in the tagline, and organizes them alphabetically from A through Z with a numeric 0-9 section. Each letter group ends with a "back to top" link, so a reader can move through the full index without losing position.
Key capabilities
- Alphabetical company index spanning A to Z plus a 0-9 section, with 482 companies listed in total.
- Explicit coverage of product-based companies and start-ups rather than only FAANGM-tier employers.
- "Back to top" navigation links closing each alphabetical section.
- Topic tagging across fintech, edtech, ecommerce, electronics, engineering, IT, appliances, and non-tech roles.
- Hacktoberfest and Hacktoberfest 2024 topic tags, indicating participation in the annual contribution event.
- A hosted GitHub Pages version of the list at the project homepage, alongside the repository README.
- MIT license, permitting reuse and redistribution of the list contents.
Who uses it and how
- Job seekers scanning the index by first letter to build a target list of product companies to apply to.
- Candidates filtering by topic tags such as fintech, edtech, or ecommerce to narrow the list to a sector.
- Non-technical applicants using the non-tech topic tag to find employers outside engineering roles.
- Contributors adding companies during Hacktoberfest, using the repository as the contribution surface.
- Readers using the GitHub Pages homepage when they want the list outside the GitHub interface.
Getting started
The README does not document an install, package manager, Docker image, or deployment step; the list is read directly in the repository README or through the GitHub Pages homepage. There is no runtime to set up.
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