C developer-tools

Open-source C projects categorized as developer-tools

Top 10 C developer-tool Projects

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  1. nnn

    n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

    Project mention: Shunpo: Minimalist bash tool to make directory navigation a little bit faster | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-26

    I use https://github.com/jarun/nnn/ with `cd` on quit if I need to scan around manually. Otherwise, zoxide.

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. ctags

    A maintained ctags implementation

  4. clifm

    💾 The shell-like, command line terminal file manager

  5. FalkorDB

    A super fast Graph Database uses GraphBLAS under the hood for its sparse adjacency matrix graph representation. Our goal is to provide the best Knowledge Graph for LLM (GraphRAG).

    Project mention: Show HN: HelixDB – Open-Source Vector-Graph Database for AI Applications (Rust) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-13

    Looks nice! Are you looking to compete with https://www.falkordb.com or do something a bit different?

  6. bake

    Bake, A build system for building, testing and running C & C++ projects (by SanderMertens)

  7. bcal

    :1234: Bits, bytes and address calculator

  8. interrupt

    A community for embedded software makers.

  9. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  10. cdecl

    Composing and deciphering C (or C++) declarations or casts, aka ‘‘gibberish.’’

    Project mention: Casting to the Same-Sized Unsigned Type | dev.to | 2024-07-10

    In cdecl, there’s this enumeration:

  11. qtap

    Qtap: An eBPF agent that captures pre-encrypted network traffic, providing rich context about egress connections and their originating processes.

    Project mention: Show HN: Using eBPF to see through encryption without a proxy | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-08
  12. bmptk

    C/C++/assembler built environment for micro-controllers

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).

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Index

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

# Project Stars
1 nnn 20,068
2 ctags 6,783
3 clifm 1,421
4 FalkorDB 975
5 bake 700
6 bcal 657
7 interrupt 496
8 cdecl 98
9 qtap 712
10 bmptk 8

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