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Open-source projects built with Autotools

There are currently 39 open-source projects built with Autotools, with a combined total of 122.0k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C.

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libuv
libuvlibuv/libuv

A multi-platform support library focused on asynchronous I/O, originally developed for Node.js.

26.9k3.9kC
5 days ago
memcache
memcachememcached/memcached

A high-performance, distributed, in-memory key-value cache store for speeding up dynamic web applications.

14.2k3.3kC
21 days ago
ZeroMQ
ZeroMQzeromq/libzmq

A lightweight messaging kernel library that extends socket interfaces with asynchronous message queues and multiple messaging patterns.

10.9k2.5kC++
2 months ago
retdec
retdecavast-tl/retdec

A retargetable machine-code decompiler based on LLVM, supporting multiple architectures and file formats.

8.5k992C++
13 days ago
Proxygen
Proxygenfacebook/proxygen

A collection of high-performance C++ HTTP libraries for building servers, proxies, and clients, supporting HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/3.

8.3k1.5kC++
1 day ago
Sysbench
Sysbenchakopytov/sysbench

A scriptable multi-threaded benchmark tool for databases and systems based on LuaJIT.

6.7k1.1kC
1 year ago
cmatrix
cmatrixTreri/cmatrix

A terminal-based screensaver that simulates the iconic falling green code effect from The Matrix movie.

5.1k525C
1 year ago
cmatrix
cmatrixabishekvashok/cmatrix

A terminal-based screensaver that simulates the iconic falling green code effect from The Matrix movie.

5.1k525C
1 year ago
Slurm
SlurmSchedMD/slurm

An open-source cluster resource management and job scheduling system for Linux-based high-performance computing.

4.0k847C
3 days ago
libqrencode W
libqrencode Wfukuchi/libqrencode

A fast and compact C library for encoding data into QR Code symbols with direct bitmap output.

3.0k616C
8 months ago
protobuf-c
protobuf-cprotobuf-c/protobuf-c

A C implementation of Google Protocol Buffers for serializing structured data with code generation and runtime library.

3.0k768C++
1 year ago
libsecp256k1
libsecp256k1bitcoin-core/secp256k1

A high-performance, high-assurance C library for cryptographic operations on the secp256k1 elliptic curve, optimized for Bitcoin.

2.4k1.1kC
1 day ago
Leptonica
LeptonicaDanBloomberg/leptonica

A C library for efficient image processing and analysis, widely used in OCR and computer vision applications.

2.0k429C
3 days ago
libnfc
libnfcnfc-tools/libnfc

A free, platform-independent library for accessing Near Field Communication (NFC) devices from userspace applications.

2.0k479C
1 year ago
tcpflow
tcpflowsimsong/tcpflow

A TCP/IP packet demultiplexer that captures and reconstructs TCP connections into separate files for protocol analysis and forensics.

1.8k243C++
4 months ago
log4cplus
log4cpluslog4cplus/log4cplus

A C++23 logging API modeled after log4j, providing thread-safe, flexible, and granular control over log management.

1.7k566C++
2 days ago
libsndfile
libsndfileerikd/libsndfile

A C library for reading and writing sound files containing sampled audio data.

1.7k445C
5 months ago
Joy
Joycisco/joy

A libpcap-based package for extracting and analyzing network flow data in JSON format for security research and monitoring.

1.4k331C
2 years ago
LibGphoto2
LibGphoto2gphoto/libgphoto2

A library for applications to access and control digital cameras via PTP, MTP, and other protocols.

1.3k363C
5 days ago
CZMQ
CZMQzeromq/czmq

A high-level C binding for ZeroMQ that provides a simpler API, actor framework, and security tools.

1.3k541C
1 month ago
bzip3
bzip3kspalaiologos/bzip3

A better, faster, and stronger spiritual successor to BZip2, excelling at compressing text and code with higher compression ratios.

1.2k60C
1 month ago
sshfs
sshfsosxfuse/sshfs

A FUSE-based filesystem client that mounts remote directories over SSH using the SFTP protocol.

1.2k126C
3 years ago
xoreos
xoreosxoreos/xoreos

An open-source reimplementation of BioWare's Aurora game engine and its derivatives, enabling portable gameplay for classic RPGs.

1.2k129C++
2 months ago
libass
libasslibass/libass

A portable subtitle renderer for the ASS/SSA subtitle format, compatible with VSFilter.

1.1k239C
1 month ago
ngrep
ngrepjpr5/ngrep

A PCAP-based network packet analyzer that applies grep-like pattern matching to packet payloads across multiple protocols.

1.0k106C
4 months ago
Vireo
Vireotwitter/vireo

A lightweight, versatile C++11 video processing library with a unified interface for transcoding, remuxing, trimming, and more.

958113C++
4 years ago
Zyre
Zyrezeromq/zyre

An open-source framework for reliable peer-to-peer group messaging and clustering over local area networks.

945178C
2 months ago
libxls
libxlslibxls/libxls

A C library for reading binary Excel (XLS) files with a command-line tool for converting XLS to CSV.

530145C
10 months ago
libsigc++
libsigc++libsigcplusplus/libsigcplusplus

A typesafe callback framework for C++ that implements a signal/slot system for connecting signals to any callback function.

44691C++
21 days ago
Nudoku
Nudokujubalh/nudoku

A terminal-based Sudoku game built with ncurses, featuring interactive play and PDF/PNG export.

37466C
1 month ago
Malamute
Malamutezeromq/malamute

A ZeroMQ-based enterprise messaging broker implementing all major messaging patterns in a single service.

33477C
11 months ago
libfyaml
libfyamlpantoniou/libfyaml

A high-performance YAML 1.2 and JSON parser/emitter for C with zero-copy operation, generics, and reflection-based serdes.

334105C
3 days ago
SentryPeer
SentryPeerSentryPeer/SentryPeer

A peer-to-peer SIP honeypot and fraud detection tool that collects and shares malicious IP addresses and phone numbers.

20925C
3 days ago
libkcapi
libkcapismuellerDD/libkcapi

A user-space library providing high-performance access to the Linux kernel crypto API via Netlink.

19579C
27 days ago
erld
erldShoreTel-Inc/erld

Erlang UNIX daemon wrapper that provides proper daemonization and process management for Erlang applications.

19038C
10 years ago
datetime-fortran
datetime-fortranwavebitscientific/datetime-fortran

A modern Fortran library for date and time manipulation with millisecond precision.

15153Fortran
3 years ago
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