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Genymobile/scrcpy

Display and control your Android device

Stack

C Android Gradle Meson

GitHub topics

#android #c #ffmpeg #genyteam-system #libav #mirroring

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-12-12
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2,925 open

151,885

stars

Forks: 13,952
Commits: 3,210 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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neovim/neovim

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

AI dev

Stack

Vim Script CMake

GitHub topics

#api #c #lua #neovim #nvim #text-editor

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-31
History: 19 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,975 open

103,016

stars

Forks: 7,191
Commits: 38,482 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +38 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +80 +0.2%

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obsproject/obs-studio

OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #directshow #facebook-live #ffmpeg #game-capture

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-01
History: 22 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,152 open

77,650

stars

Forks: 10,697
Commits: 15,810 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +382 +0.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +8 +0.1%

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FFmpeg/FFmpeg

Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

Stack

GitHub topics

#audio #c #ffmpeg #fft #hevc #hls

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-12-20
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

64,277

stars

Forks: 14,269
Commits: 126,625 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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git/git

Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

AI dev

Stack

C Cargo CMake Meson

GitHub topics

#c #hacktoberfest #shell

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-07
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

63,791

stars

Forks: 28,547
Commits: 82,443 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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vim/vim

The official Vim repository

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Stack

Vim Script

GitHub topics

#c #cross-platform #text-editor #vim

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2004-06-13
History: 13 history points
License: Vim
Issues: 1,633 open

40,978

stars

Forks: 6,139
Commits: 24,548 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mpv-player/mpv

🎥 Command line media player

Stack

C Meson PEP 517

GitHub topics

#audio #c #ffmpeg #mplayer #mpv #multimedia

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2001-02-24
History: 13 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,158 open

37,033

stars

Forks: 3,532
Commits: 55,496 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kovidgoyal/kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.

AI dev

Stack

Python Go modules PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#c #go #golang #golang-application #kitty #kitty-terminal

Updated: 2026-09-22
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-14
History: 13 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 16 open

35,033

stars

Forks: 1,519
Commits: 19,299 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

raysan5/raylib

A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK Meson

GitHub topics

#android #c #embedded #esp32 #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-24
History: 6 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 13 open

34,972

stars

Forks: 3,323
Commits: 10,231 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

radareorg/radare2

UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

AI dev

Stack

C Meson npm

GitHub topics

#binary-analysis #c #commandline #disassembler #forensics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-02-05
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 789 open

24,997

stars

Forks: 3,346
Commits: 37,560 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

lvgl/lvgl

LVGL is a free, full-featured embedded UI library for devices from small MCUs to 3D-capable MPUs, enhanced by LVGL Pro, a professional editor and tooling.

AI dev

Stack

C CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#arduino #c #cpp #display #e-ink-display #embedded-ui

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-06-08
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 137 open

24,906

stars

Forks: 4,394
Commits: 13,152 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jarun/nnn

n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

Stack

GitHub topics

#android #batch-rename #c #cli #command-line #developer-tools

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-10-07
History: 9 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 1 open

22,058

stars

Forks: 825
Commits: 4,688 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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allinurl/goaccess

GoAccess is a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems or through your browser.

Stack

GitHub topics

#analytics #apache #c #caddy #cli #command-line

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-09
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 449 open

20,928

stars

Forks: 1,193
Commits: 4,504 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RPCS3/rpcs3

PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#assembly-language #c #cpp #emulation #emulator #llvm

Updated: 2026-09-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-11-03
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,076 open

19,873

stars

Forks: 2,454
Commits: 20,058 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

videolan/vlc

VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

Stack

C Cargo CMake Meson

GitHub topics

#c #framework #gplv2 #lgpl #multimedia #open-source

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 1999-08-08
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

19,684

stars

Forks: 6,202
Commits: 112,399 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

skywind3000/kcp

:zap: KCP - A Fast and Reliable ARQ Protocol

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#accelerator #ack #arq #c #kcp #kcptun

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-12-26
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 200 open

16,943

stars

Forks: 2,635
Commits: 287 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +11 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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systemd/systemd

The systemd System and Service Manager

AI dev

Stack

C Meson pip

GitHub topics

#c #init #linux #services #system #systemd

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-27
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 3,551 open

16,838

stars

Forks: 4,760
Commits: 92,377 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

davatorium/rofi

Rofi: A window switcher, application launcher and dmenu replacement

Stack

C Meson

GitHub topics

#application-launcher #c #dmenu #dmenu-replacement #i3 #linux

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-06-29
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 114 open

16,372

stars

Forks: 694
Commits: 4,350 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jedisct1/libsodium

A modern, portable, easy to use crypto library.

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c #crypto #cryptography #zig-package

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-01-20
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1 open

13,985

stars

Forks: 1,885
Commits: 4,705 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

python-pillow/Pillow

Python Imaging Library (fork)

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#c #cross-platform #image #image-processing #pil #pillow

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-31
History: 10 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 138 open

13,860

stars

Forks: 2,522
Commits: 21,344 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jonas/tig

Text-mode interface for git

Stack

GitHub topics

#c #git #ncurses #tui

Updated: 2026-09-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-04-10
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 231 open

13,343

stars

Forks: 668
Commits: 2,921 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

libvips/libvips

A fast image processing library with low memory needs.

Stack

C Meson pip

GitHub topics

#c #cpp #gif #graphicsmagick #hdr #heic

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-08-29
History: 9 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 83 open

11,735

stars

Forks: 802
Commits: 9,465 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +2 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Immediate-Mode-UI/Nuklear

A single-header ANSI C immediate mode cross-platform GUI library

Stack

GitHub topics

#c #c89 #gui #header-only #imgui #multiplatform

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-03-03
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 315 open

11,451

stars

Forks: 687
Commits: 2,495 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

pymumu/smartdns

A local DNS server to obtain the fastest website IP for the best Internet experience, support DoT, DoH, DoQ. 一个本地DNS服务器，获取最快的网站IP，获得最佳上网体验，支持DoH，DoT，DoQ。

Stack

C Cargo

GitHub topics

#c #dns #dns-over-https #dns-over-tls #dns-server #dns64

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-22
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 318 open

11,308

stars

Forks: 1,246
Commits: 1,169 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

krallin/tini

A tiny but valid `init` for containers

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #docker #init #init-system #linux

Updated: 2025-05-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-22
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 45 open

11,232

stars

Forks: 547
Commits: 244 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

fogleman/Craft

A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGL (shaders).

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #game #glsl #minecraft #multiplayer #opengl

Updated: 2024-04-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-09
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 129 open

11,117

stars

Forks: 1,458
Commits: 753 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

cython/cython

The most widely used Python to C compiler

Stack

Cython PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#big-data #c #cpp #cpython #cpython-extensions #cython

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-10-20
History: 11 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,530 open

10,863

stars

Forks: 1,639
Commits: 20,693 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

cs01/gdbgui

Browser-based frontend to gdb (gnu debugger). Add breakpoints, view the stack, visualize data structures, and more in C, C++, Go, Rust, and Fortran. Run gdbgui from the terminal and a new tab will open in your browser.

Stack

TypeScript Flask React Tailwind CSS Cargo npm pip

GitHub topics

#browser #c #c-plus-plus #debugger #debugger-visualizer #frontend

Updated: 2025-06-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-26
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 180 open

10,352

stars

Forks: 521
Commits: 438 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

conan-io/conan

Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#c #cmake #conan #cplusplus #cpp #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-01
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 476 open

9,534

stars

Forks: 1,134
Commits: 9,971 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

aeron-io/aeron

Efficient reliable UDP unicast, UDP multicast, and IPC message transport

Stack

Java CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #ipc #java #messaging #multicast-streams

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-07
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 22 open

8,924

stars

Forks: 1,113
Commits: 19,510 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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