It's not quite the same as the web directories of old, but I find the links and content contained in the "Awesome [topic]" lists on GitHub to be a useful resour

It's not quite the same as the web directories of old, but I find the links and content contained in the "Awesome [topic]" lists on GitHub to be a useful resource. The curation aspect is managed via pull requests just as any other open source project, although this doesn't make it immune from going stale.