Top 15 C kernel-module Projects

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1. r8152

   1 91 3,106 5.9 C

   Synology DSM driver for Realtek RTL8152/RTL8153/RTL8156 based adapters

   

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3. Diamorphine

   2 2 2,474 4.4 C

   LKM rootkit for Linux Kernels 2.6.x/3.x/4.x/5.x/6.x (x86/x86_64 and ARM64)

   

4. input-wacom

   3 31 728 7.1 C

   Linux kernel driver for Wacom devices

   

5. spy

   4 1 684 0.0 C

   :eyes: Linux kernel mode debugfs keylogger (by jarun)

   

6. aqc111

   5 22 458 3.3 C

   DSM driver for Aquantia AQC111U(5Gbps) based USB Ethernet adapters

   

7. kernel-ml

   6 1 260 2.6 C

   Machine Learning Framework for Operating Systems - Brings ML to Linux kernel

   

8. ntfs3

   7 4 67 0.0 C

   ntfs3 Linux kernel module by Paragon Software

   

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10. Realtek-rts5229-linux-driver

    8 1 44 0.0 C

    Realtek card reader driver for kernel >4.4.x (ubuntu 16.04-17.10 have broken driver and all kernels up to 4.15.0-041500rc1)

    

11. uas

    9 1 37 6.3 C

    DSM Driver for UASP supported USB storage devices

    

12. isfri

    10 3 35 5.0 C

    A Linux kernel module that spawns a char device which tells the user whether it's Friday

    

13. jsonk

    11 1 7 5.4 C

    High-Performance JSON Library for Linux Kernel

    

14. fizzbuzz.ko

    12 1 7 0.0 C

    FizzBuzz as a Kernel module

    

15. mygica-a681-linux-driver

    13 1 4 2.7 C

    Working Linux driver for the MyGica A681 (A681B) USB ATSC tuner (1f4d:a681) — MN88436 demod + MXL603 tuner over a Cypress FX2 bridge. Builds on Raspberry Pi 5 / ARM64 and x86-64, DKMS-packaged.

    

    Project mention: Writing a Linux Driver From Scratch to Watch Free TV on a Raspberry Pi | dev.to | 2026-07-27

    I've published the complete, working driver on GitHub so anyone can use it: https://github.com/LordLuktor/mygica-a681-linux-driver

16. Jetclocks

    14 1 3 5.6 C

    Simple kernel module to control the Jetson Orin clocks

    

17. linux_hammer2

    15 1 1 9.8 C

    DragonFly BSD's HAMMER2 file system as a Linux kernel module, built the way the FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD ports are: the core carried unchanged, an OS shim beneath it

    

    Project mention: GEFS on OpenBSD: A Early Preview | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-15

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• 2x2.5gb Networks Cards to 4x1gb Synology over SMB Multichannel 460+mb/sec

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• DS918+ - stuck on 100Mbps on Lan 1 port. Is it possible to use the Lan 2 ethernet port by itself?

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