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The most helpful feature for downloading a wordlist (or any single text file) from GitHub is the "Raw" button When you click

  1. Create a new GitHub repository (my-custom-wordlists).
  2. Use Git LFS (Large File Storage). GitHub blocks pushes over 100MB. Use:
    git lfs track "*.txt"
    git add .gitattributes
    
  3. Compress before uploading:
    gzip -9 my_big_list.txt
    git add my_big_list.txt.gz
    
  4. Write a README explaining the source (e.g., "Scraped from BBC forums 2024").
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    • Plain text (.txt) with one entry per line is standard.
    • Compressed files (.gz, .xz) are common for very large lists—decompress with gunzip or xz.
    • For huge lists, consider streaming tools:
      curl -sL <raw-url> | gzip -d | head -n 1000
      

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