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Top 23 C Desktop Projects
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Project mention: Two computers, one monitor, zero fiddling – Alex Plescan | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-18
Personally i prefer two computers, two monitors, one mouse/keyboard.
Deskhop has been a lifesaver https://github.com/hrvach/deskhop
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ravynos
An open-source OS project that aims to provide source and binary compatibility with macOS® and a similar user experience.
Project mention: New OS aims to provide (some) compatibility with macOS | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-20 -
Project mention: The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-11
I recommend altSnap to get this functionality on Windows.
https://github.com/RamonUnch/AltSnap
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Project mention: Pocketbase – open-source realtime back end in 1 file | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-11-27
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ring
A simple, lightweight, flexible, embeddable, portable and multi-paradigm dynamic programming language for developing applications, tools, and domain-specific languages (by ring-lang)
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hudkit
transparent fullscreen on-top click-through WebKit web view, for making cool desktop HUDs (by anko)
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pirix
Emulation of SGI's IRIX Interactive Desktop on Raspberry Pi and platforms with Motif Window Manager
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Project mention: Show HN: GitHub Desktop WSL – Like VS Code Remote WSL, but for GitHub Desktop | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-26
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nodejs-lite-camera
A lightweight, cross-platform Node.js library for capturing RGB frames from cameras
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 Desktop discussion
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RISC-V Is Sloooow
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KVMs with DisplayPort and USB over USB-C
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AltSnap ile Pencereleri Fareyle Taşımanın Yepyeni Yolu
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Apple's Darwin OS and XNU Kernel Deep Dive
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Bare: Run JavaScript Everywhere
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Lenovo Officially Announces the Legion Go S Handheld with SteamOS
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Ask HN: Best Hacks for a Ultrawide Monitor?
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Desktop projects in C? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | deskhop | 7,600 |
| 2 | ravynos | 6,720 |
| 3 | AltSnap | 4,908 |
| 4 | muon | 2,939 |
| 5 | paperview | 1,488 |
| 6 | lagrange | 1,473 |
| 7 | ring | 1,451 |
| 8 | t2sde | 643 |
| 9 | xsuspender | 353 |
| 10 | brplot | 170 |
| 11 | RudeWindowFixer | 166 |
| 12 | hudkit | 132 |
| 13 | wayward | 120 |
| 14 | mangl | 94 |
| 15 | naikari | 88 |
| 16 | pirix | 85 |
| 17 | PetForDesktop | 70 |
| 18 | nautilus-annotations | 27 |
| 19 | ext | 25 |
| 20 | xframes | 20 |
| 21 | GithubDesktopWSL | 16 |
| 22 | compicc | 11 |
| 23 | nodejs-lite-camera | 4 |
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