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Wisp
WispJava

A lightweight Java scheduler library with advanced features like cron support, job statistics, and long-running job detection.

#java-scheduler#library#periodic-tasks
Stars147
Forks23
Last commit4 months ago
MotionAnimation
MotionAnimationSwift

A lightweight, educational animation library for UIKit built with Swift, designed for simplicity and learning.

#ios#educational#lightweight
Stars145
Forks31
Last commit8 years ago
metrics.sh
metrics.shShell

A lightweight metrics collection and forwarding daemon implemented in portable POSIX shell scripts.

#posix-compliant#shell-scripting#metrics-collection
Stars144
Forks29
Last commit7 years ago
aloedb
aloedbTypeScript

A lightweight, embeddable, NoSQL database for Deno that stores data in JSON files with a MongoDB-like API.

#datastore#database#document-store
Stars143
Forks12
Last commit1 year ago
Vide
VideV

A lightweight IDE for the V programming language, built entirely in V.

#programming-language#vpm#vlang
Stars140
Forks10
Last commit10 months ago
usal
usalJavaScript

A lightweight, framework-agnostic JavaScript library for scroll-triggered animations with 40+ built-in effects.

#web-components#scroll-library#css-animations
Stars139
Forks3
Last commit8 months ago
Joist
JoistTypeScript

A minimal toolkit for building web components and applications with dependency injection, observables, and templating.

#web-components#custom-elements#customelements
Stars135
Forks6
Last commit3 days ago
slimline.nvim
slimline.nvimLua

A configurable and visually pleasing Neovim statusline written in Lua, designed for efficiency and aesthetics.

#lua-plugin#lightweight#customizable
Stars134
Forks10
Last commit1 month ago
alien
alienGo

A lightweight and fast HTTP router for Go, designed with simplicity and concurrency in mind.

#http#multiplexer#lightweight
Stars133
Forks15
Last commit2 years ago
NxBRE ()
NxBRE ()C#

A lightweight Business Rule Engine (BRE) for the .NET platform, enabling rule-based logic execution.

#decision-engine#business-logic#rule-engine
Stars133
Forks60
Last commit10 years ago
minimp3
minimp3C

A Go wrapper for the minimp3 C library that provides fast, lightweight MP3 decoding capabilities.

#media#cgo#go-wrapper
Stars132
Forks19
Last commit11 months ago
lust
lustLua

A lightweight, single-file Lua test framework with expect-style assertions, spies, and nested describe/it blocks.

#spies#unit-testing#lightweight
Stars131
Forks10
Last commit1 year ago
V-WebUI
V-WebUIV

A V library for creating desktop application GUIs using any web browser as the frontend.

#safari#v-lang#binary-protocol
Stars129
Forks11
Last commit2 months ago
lhttpc
lhttpcErlang

A lightweight HTTP/1.1 client for Erlang, now deprecated in favor of newer alternatives.

#legacy-support#otp#lightweight
Stars128
Forks143
Last commit4 years ago
Crepe
CrepeRuby

A lightweight Ruby API framework with an elegant RSpec-inspired DSL for building clean, fast web services.

#fast#api#web-services
Stars128
Forks5
Last commit8 years ago
modulejs
modulejsJavaScript

A lightweight (~2kB) JavaScript module system for organizing code with dependency resolution, similar to RequireJS.

#module-system#browser-modules#lightweight
Stars128
Forks12
Last commit1 year ago
tinymq
tinymqErlang

A channel-based, in-memory message queue for Erlang with automatic channel lifecycle management.

#in-memory#message-queue#distributed-systems
Stars125
Forks41
Last commit5 years ago
Lxroot
LxrootC++

A lightweight, flexible, and safer alternative to chroot and Docker for creating virtual software environments using Linux namespaces.

#namespace#linux-namespaces#development-environments
Stars121
Forks9
Last commit1 year ago
Sarcasm
SarcasmJavaScript

A JavaScript library that provides a sarcastic way to express disagreement in code.

#humor#developer-tools#open-source
Stars120
Forks8
Last commit7 years ago
Redic
RedicRuby

A lightweight Redis client for Ruby that acts as a transport layer using hiredis for connection and parsing.

#database-driver#pipelining#redis-client
Stars118
Forks14
Last commit6 years ago
nanorouter
nanorouterJavaScript

A minimal frontend router with support for params, hash routes, and wildcards.

#frontend-router#minimalist#choo-framework
Stars117
Forks12
Last commit7 years ago
CatUI
CatUILua

A very light-weight GUI framework for the Löve2D game engine, designed for simplicity and extensibility.

#event-driven#user-interface#lightweight
Stars114
Forks17
Last commit4 years ago
embit
embitPython

A minimal Bitcoin library for MicroPython and Python3 designed for embedded systems and microcontrollers.

#embedded-systems#secp256k1#micropython
Stars111
Forks47
Last commit2 days ago
time-stamp
time-stampJavaScript

A lightweight Node.js utility for generating formatted timestamps with customizable patterns.

#year#datetime#days
Stars110
Forks17
Last commit5 years ago
Flow
FlowHTML

A lightweight, modular JavaScript UI library for building node-graph editors and interactive panels using native HTML5 and ES6.

#web-components#javascript-ui#modular
Stars110
Forks16
Last commit6 months ago
web-view todomvc desktop app
web-view todomvc desktop appRust

A lightweight desktop TodoMVC implementation using Rust, WebAssembly, and web-view.

#webassembly#desktop-app#yew-framework
Stars107
Forks8
Last commit3 years ago
k9
k9Clojure

A small Clojure library for constructing and training neural networks using core.matrix.

#educational#neural-networks#lightweight
Stars105
Forks13
Last commit11 years ago
colr
colrJavaScript

A fast and simple JavaScript library for color conversion between hex, RGB, HSL, HSV, and grayscale formats.

#color-manipulation#lightweight#utility-library
Stars105
Forks12
Last commit6 years ago
PixelPerfectEngine
PixelPerfectEngineD

A retro 2D and pseudo-3D game engine written in D, focused on authentic pixel-perfect graphics and a lightweight footprint.

#d-language#pixel-art#open-source
Stars104
Forks2
Last commit4 months ago
go-wildcard
go-wildcardGo

A fast, allocation-free Go library for simple wildcard pattern matching as an alternative to regex and filepath.Match.

#wildcard-matching#allocation-free#regex-alternative
Stars102
Forks9
Last commit13 days ago
vue-simple-password-meter
vue-simple-password-meterTypeScript

A lightweight Vue 3 password strength meter component under 1kb, using vanilla JavaScript and regex validation.

#vanilla-js#regex#ui-component
Stars102
Forks15
Last commit18 days ago
hare
hareGo

A pure Go database management system that stores each table as a line-delimited JSON text file, designed for simple embedded applications.

#database#data-persistence#lightweight
Stars97
Forks11
Last commit5 years ago
lazycsv
lazycsvC++

A fast, lightweight, single-header C++17 CSV parser library that parses rows and cells lazily on demand.

#csv-reader#cpp-csv-reader#parsing-csv-files
Stars94
Forks12
Last commit3 months ago
mjson
mjsonJava

A minimalistic, single-file Java JSON library with a concise API and full JSON Schema support.

#android#lightweight#data-structures
Stars93
Forks24
Last commit11 months ago
dispatch
dispatchShell

A lightweight, dependency-free toolkit for software automation, provisioning, and testing across multiple platforms.

#unit-testing#shell-scripting#lightweight
Stars87
Forks4
Last commit11 years ago
Gstorm
GstormGroovy

A lightweight single-table ORM for Groovy scripts and small projects, supporting databases and CSV files.

#hacktoberfest#hacktoberfest2021#crud
Stars86
Forks14
Last commit4 years ago
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