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RE
REC

A modern, flexible regular expression library supporting multiple character encodings and syntaxes.

#c-library#gnu-regex#multi-encoding
Stars2.5k
Forks349
Last commit1 year ago
Oniguruma
OnigurumaC

A modern, flexible regular expression library supporting multiple character encodings and syntaxes.

#c-library#gnu-regex#multi-encoding
Stars2.5k
Forks349
Last commit1 year ago
Kokkos
KokkosC++

A C++ programming model for writing performance-portable applications targeting all major HPC platforms.

#cuda#sycl#parallel-computing
Stars2.5k
Forks495
Last commit1 day ago
weggli
weggliRust

A fast semantic search tool for C/C++ codebases that uses AST pattern matching to help security researchers find interesting functionality.

#vulnerability-discovery#c#pattern-matching
Stars2.5k
Forks143
Last commit1 year ago
rspamd
rspamdC

An advanced spam filtering system and email processing framework that evaluates messages using regex, statistical analysis, and custom services.

#spam-filter#statistical-analysis#lua-scripting
Stars2.4k
Forks466
Last commit19 hours ago
Chipmunk Physics
Chipmunk PhysicsC

A fast, lightweight 2D rigid body physics library written in C, designed specifically for video games.

#c-library#open-source#collision-detection
Stars2.4k
Forks358
Last commit3 months ago
Chipmunk
ChipmunkC

A fast, lightweight 2D rigid body physics library written in C, designed specifically for video games.

#c-library#open-source#collision-detection
Stars2.4k
Forks358
Last commit3 months ago
facil.io
facil.ioC

A high-performance C micro-framework for building event-driven web applications and network services.

#event-driven#websocket-server#webserver
Stars2.4k
Forks150
Last commit10 days ago
Fast C++ CSV Parser
Fast C++ CSV ParserC++

A fast, header-only C++11 library for reading CSV files with automatic column rearrangement, threading for I/O overlap, and configurable parsing features.

#threading#high-performance#c
Stars2.4k
Forks440
Last commit1 year ago
Chocolate Doom
Chocolate DoomC

A minimalist, historically accurate source port of Doom and other Doom-engine games for modern computers.

#dos-emulation#sdl2#gplv2
Stars2.3k
Forks679
Last commit1 day ago
Diamorphine
DiamorphineC

A Linux Kernel Module (LKM) rootkit for hiding processes, granting root privileges, and making files invisible.

#loadable-kernel-module#kernel-module#file-hiding
Stars2.3k
Forks480
Last commit1 month ago
UnQLite
UnQLiteC

An embedded, serverless, transactional NoSQL database engine with key/value and JSON document store capabilities.

#c-library#database#storage
Stars2.3k
Forks178
Last commit8 days ago
Libs
LibsC

A collection of single-file public domain libraries for C/C++ development, covering graphics, utilities, and system programming.

#public-domain#graphics-framework#c
Stars2.2k
Forks144
Last commit3 months ago
corrode
corrodeHaskell

An automatic semantics-preserving translator that converts C source code into equivalent Rust syntax.

#haskell#abstraction-preservation#build-tools
Stars2.2k
Forks117
Last commit7 years ago
c
cShell

A shell script that compiles and executes C (and C++) source files in one command, enabling C scripting.

#clang#compiler#gcc
Stars2.2k
Forks187
Last commit4 months ago
floki
flokiElixir

A simple HTML parser for Elixir that enables search for nodes using CSS selectors.

#css-selector#elixir#css-selectors
Stars2.1k
Forks163
Last commit1 day ago
c-ares
c-aresC

A C library for asynchronous DNS resolution, designed for non-blocking and parallel queries.

#c-library#library#embedded
Stars2.1k
Forks658
Last commit12 days ago
Allegro 4.2
Allegro 4.2C

A cross-platform game development library for C/C++ with multimedia, graphics, and input handling capabilities.

#c-plus-plus-library#direct3d#opengl
Stars2.1k
Forks317
Last commit3 days ago
Allegro 5
Allegro 5C

A cross-platform library for video game and multimedia programming with support for graphics, audio, input, and more.

#c-library#multimedia-library#opengl
Stars2.1k
Forks317
Last commit3 days ago
pocketpy
pocketpyC

A portable Python 3.x interpreter written in C11 for embedding in C/C++ projects, designed as a Lua alternative for game scripting.

#programming-language#embedded-scripting#interpreter
Stars2.0k
Forks210
Last commit2 days ago
Rust
RustRust

An experimental Rust compiler backend that transpiles Rust code into .NET assemblies or C source files.

#compiler#rust-ecosystem#rust-lang
Stars2.0k
Forks48
Last commit6 months ago
zlib-ng
zlib-ngC

A modern, high-performance drop-in replacement for the zlib compression library, optimized for next-generation hardware.

#c-library#library#zlib-replacement
Stars2.0k
Forks322
Last commit2 days ago
Native File Dialog
Native File DialogMakefile

A tiny, portable C library for invoking native file open, save, and folder select dialogs across Windows, macOS, and Linux.

#c-library#sdl2#file-dialogs
Stars2.0k
Forks219
Last commit1 year ago
libnfc
libnfcC

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

#device-drivers#embedded-systems#nfc
Stars2.0k
Forks471
Last commit1 year ago
utf8.h
utf8.hC

A single-header library providing UTF-8 string functions for C and C++, mirroring the standard string.h API.

#library#unicode#c
Stars1.9k
Forks139
Last commit1 month ago
inja
injaC++

A header-only template engine for modern C++ with a Jinja2-like syntax, using nlohmann/json for data.

#jinja2#template#html-templating
Stars1.9k
Forks247
Last commit1 month ago
likwid
likwidC

A lightweight performance monitoring and benchmarking suite for Linux, supporting Intel, AMD, ARM, and POWER processors.

#power-measurement#system-topology#threading
Stars1.9k
Forks261
Last commit3 days ago
astroterm
astrotermC

A terminal-based star map that displays real-time celestial positions of stars, planets, and constellations using ASCII rendering.

#screencast#constellations#educational
Stars1.9k
Forks42
Last commit24 days ago
cgltf
cgltfC

A single-file C99 library for loading and writing glTF 2.0 assets, used by major graphics engines.

#c-library#stb-style#graphics-engine
Stars1.9k
Forks171
Last commit2 months ago
cImgui
cImguiLua

A thin, auto-generated C API wrapper for Dear ImGui, enabling its use from other programming languages via C bindings.

#c-plus-plus-wrapper#cimgui#gamedev
Stars1.9k
Forks362
Last commit4 days ago
statsite
statsiteC

A high-performance C implementation of the StatsD metrics aggregation server, wire-compatible with Etsy's StatsD.

#devops#observability#aggregated-metrics
Stars1.8k
Forks238
Last commit4 years ago
CRoaring
CRoaringC

A high-performance C/C++ library for compressed bitmaps with SIMD optimizations, used in databases like ClickHouse and Apache Doris.

#c-library#clang#gcc
Stars1.8k
Forks313
Last commit2 days ago
metacall
metacallC

An embeddable polyglot runtime for calling functions between multiple programming languages like Python, JavaScript, and C++.

#programming-language#inter-language#developer-tools
Stars1.8k
Forks252
Last commit5 days ago
LibTomCrypt
LibTomCryptC

A comprehensive, modular, and portable cryptographic toolkit providing block ciphers, hash functions, PRNGs, public key cryptography, and more.

#libtomcrypt#c-library#modular
Stars1.8k
Forks494
Last commit2 days ago
btop4win
btop4winC++

A resource monitor for Windows that displays system usage and stats in a user-friendly interface.

#real-time-stats#c#resource-monitor
Stars1.7k
Forks54
Last commit6 months ago
Gamedev Libraries
Gamedev Libraries

A curated collection of open-source C/C++ libraries for game development, covering system, engine components, asset management, and frameworks.

#audio-library#graphics#gamedev
Stars1.7k
Forks99
Last commit2 years ago
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