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Top 9 C Meson Projects
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AppSignal
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libc
libc targeted for embedded systems usage. Reduced set of functionality (due to embedded nature). Chosen for portability and quick bringup. (by embeddedartistry)
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I didn't claim it was a package manager, just that it looked similar. The root post said "build tool", and that's what Meson is as well.
Other than that, both "python layer" and "over the ninja builder" are technically wrong. "python layer" is off since there is now a second implementation, Muon [https://muon.build/], in C. "over the ninja builder" is off since it can also use Visual Studio's build capabilities on Windows.
Interestingly, I'm unaware of other build-related systems that have multiple implementations, except Make (which is in fact part of the POSIX.1 standard.) Curious to know if there are any others.
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galaxy_visualization_raylib
This project visualizes 100,000 real galaxies in blue and 100,000 randomly distributed galaxies in red. The data is sourced from the GPU programming course at: Åbo Akademi University. Additional redshift survey data is also provided.
Project mention: Show HN: Galaxy visualization using Redshift data (Raylib, C) | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-16 -
SaaSHub
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Autark
A declarative, self-bootstrapping build system for portable, vendored source distributions with proper dependency tracking.
Project mention: Show HN: Autark – a self bootstrapping build system | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-09-10
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 Meson discussion
C Meson related posts
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. meson-compatible written in C99
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What Autoconf Got Right
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Muon – Meson-compatible build system in pure C
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How to view on icons available at some font?
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GitHub - trilobite-coder/meson_library_c: Trilobite stdlib - (Meson build project for C)
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Nautilus Annotations 2: Emblems are back!
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Typography Resources
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A note from our sponsor - AppSignal
www.appsignal.com | 15 Oct 2026
Index
What are some of the best open-source Meson projects in C? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | font-manager | 1,087 |
| 2 | OpenRTX | 922 |
| 3 | libspng | 844 |
| 4 | libc | 663 |
| 5 | muon | 390 |
| 6 | rmw | 102 |
| 7 | galaxy_visualization_raylib | 91 |
| 8 | perfect-helloworld | 33 |
| 9 | Autark | 15 |
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