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Micro XRCE-DDS Client
Micro XRCE-DDS ClientC

A lightweight client library enabling resource-constrained devices to communicate with DDS networks via the DDS-XRCE protocol.

#c-library#embedded-systems#embedded
Stars172
Forks103
Last commit1 day ago
TinyTIFF
TinyTIFFC++

A lightweight C/C++ library for fast reading and writing of basic multi-frame TIFF files.

#c-library#microscopy#lightweight
Stars162
Forks47
Last commit2 years ago
libneo4j-client
libneo4j-clientC

A command-line shell and client library for Neo4j that supports secure Bolt protocol connections and interactive query execution.

#c-library#graph#driver
Stars160
Forks35
Last commit3 years ago
rcl
rclC++

A C library providing common functionality for implementing ROS 2 client libraries in various programming languages.

#robotics#c-library#hacktoberfest
Stars159
Forks193
Last commit3 days ago
simdzone
simdzoneC

A lightning-fast, standards-compliant DNS zone file parser using SIMD instructions for high-performance deserialization.

#c-library#network-tools#data-serialization
Stars137
Forks22
Last commit5 days ago
liboauth2
liboauth2C

A C library for building OAuth 2.x and OpenID Connect servers and clients, with plugins for Apache and NGINX.

#c-library#oauth#oauth2
Stars131
Forks32
Last commit4 days ago
ctf_import
ctf_importC

A library to call functions from stripped binaries across platforms using only file name, offset, and signature.

#c-library#ctf-tools#stripped-binaries
Stars114
Forks5
Last commit9 years ago
liblsdj
liblsdjC

A cross-platform C library and tool suite for reading, writing, and manipulating Little Sound DJ (LSDj) save and song files.

#c-library#command-line-tools#file-format
Stars111
Forks9
Last commit2 years ago
WJElement
WJElementC

A flexible C library for JSON manipulation and schema validation, enabling JavaScript-like ease with C performance.

#parsing#c-library#embedded-json
Stars110
Forks55
Last commit2 months ago
libct
libctC

A C library providing a convenient API for managing Linux containers throughout their entire lifecycle.

#c-library#container-orchestration#namespaces
Stars108
Forks25
Last commit8 years ago
huffandpuff
huffandpuffC

An extremely minimal Huffman encoder/decoder with zero library dependencies, designed for embedded systems.

#c-library#embedded-systems#public-domain
Stars104
Forks7
Last commit13 years ago
hershey-fonts
hershey-fontsC

A C library and tools for working with Hershey vector fonts, including Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, Japanese, and symbol glyph sets.

#c-library#font-rendering#gnuplot
Stars91
Forks13
Last commit8 years ago
libxutils
libxutilsC

A cross-platform, event-driven C library providing a unified networking stack with HTTP, WebSocket, data structures, and cryptography.

#c-library#event-driven#http-server
Stars80
Forks9
Last commit1 day ago
haclog
haclogC

An extremely fast plain C asynchronous logging library designed to minimize log producer thread overhead.

#c-library#high-performance#embedded
Stars80
Forks8
Last commit1 year ago
rcutils
rcutilsC

Common C utilities, data structures, and macros used throughout the ROS 2 robotics framework.

#robotics#c-library#hacktoberfest
Stars74
Forks130
Last commit7 days ago
Entrypoint
EntrypointC

A lightweight cross-platform entry point library for games, designed as a minimal alternative to SDL and GLFW.

#c-library#mobile-games#public-domain
Stars72
Forks3
Last commit8 years ago
tamp
tampC

A low-memory, DEFLATE-inspired lossless compression library optimized for embedded and resource-constrained environments.

#c-library#embedded-systems#webassembly
Stars70
Forks10
Last commit1 day ago
libklvanc
libklvancC

A library for parsing and generating Vertical Ancillary Data (VANC) used in SDI video interfaces.

#c-library#smpte-standards#media-framework
Stars69
Forks35
Last commit6 months ago
libvips
libvipsC

A demand-driven, horizontally threaded image processing library optimized for speed and low memory usage.

#c-library#open-source#high-performance
Stars69
Forks5
Last commit4 years ago
libvldmail
libvldmailC

A C library for RFC-compliant email address validation with Unicode support and strict mode options.

#c-library#library#email-validation
Stars67
Forks7
Last commit3 months ago
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