Top 7 C Customization Projects

SketchyBar

1 38 11,897 5.7 C

A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement

Project mention: Your Mac Game Is Probably Rendering Blurry | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-14
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JankyBorders

2 3 3,611 6.9 C

A lightweight window border system for macOS

Project mention: Alan.app – Add a Border to macOS Active Window | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-26

There is also https://github.com/FelixKratz/JankyBorders
Bizarre that this has not been fixed by Apple, it has been an annoyance well before Tahoe. Relying on the three dots in the top left corner to see which window is on top gets frustrating.
SwitchThemeInjector

3 46 1,209 8.7 C

Create custom themes for the nintendo switch !
lwp

4 16 946 0.9 C

Multi-platform parallax wallpaper engine
ptSh

5 7 536 0.0 C

Visually customizable shell utils
MODWIN

6 2 181 9.0 C

A tool to customize your Windows Installation ISOs to make them as tiny or as large as you like. Able to add new apps, packages, drivers, files, folders, and registry entries. Able to auto install if selected and has an optional TPM bypass (req min 1gb ram and 2 core cpu). Works on all Windows 10 and 11 ISOs, UUPDUMP supported too.
ClassicSearch

7 3 63 3.4 C

Restore classic File Explorer search and shrink address bar on Windows 10 19H2+

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

C Customization discussion

C Customization related posts

I Used Arch, BTW: macOS, Day 1

5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Jul 2025
FelixKratz/SketchyBar: A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 23 Nov 2024
Window Borders for macOS

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Feb 2024
Dynamic Island on MacBook Pro

1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Jan 2024
[Release] Unison R, maybe the "definitive edition" of my previously released Unison theme pack - btw, happy TotK release!

1 project | /r/NXThemes | 25 May 2023
Theme not showing up after reboot?

1 project | /r/NXThemes | 18 May 2023
Gaming Afternoon with my daughter on the latest Kirby (pretty fun) game after 16.0.0 Update. I love that little system and the games catalog on it. What's your favorite Switch Game if you had to pick just one?

1 project | /r/SwitchPirates | 26 Mar 2023
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Customization projects in C? This list will help you:

#	Project	Stars
1	SketchyBar	11,897
2	JankyBorders	3,611
3	SwitchThemeInjector	1,209
4	lwp	946
5	ptSh	536
6	MODWIN	181
7	ClassicSearch	63

C Customization

Top 7 C Customization Projects

C Customization discussion

C Customization related posts

I Used Arch, BTW: macOS, Day 1

FelixKratz/SketchyBar: A highly customizable macOS status bar replacement

Window Borders for macOS

Dynamic Island on MacBook Pro

[Release] Unison R, maybe the "definitive edition" of my previously released Unison theme pack - btw, happy TotK release!

Theme not showing up after reboot?

Gaming Afternoon with my daughter on the latest Kirby (pretty fun) game after 16.0.0 Update. I love that little system and the games catalog on it. What's your favorite Switch Game if you had to pick just one?

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