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Top 23 C open-source Projects

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  1. VideoLAN Client (VLC)

    VLC media player - All pull requests are ignored, please use MRs on https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

    Project mention: VLC tops 6B downloads, previews AI-generated subtitles | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-09

    It can actually send to Google the media you are playing:

    https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/f908ef4981c93a8b76805ad...

    and to their own servers:

    https://github.com/videolan/vlc/blob/f908ef4981c93a8b76805ad...

    should could fetch subtitles as the same time ?

    edit: cf, what "a3w" says too.

  2. InfluxDB

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  3. clamav

    ClamAV - Documentation is here: https://docs.clamav.net

    Project mention: One-Click Setup for SSH Login, Password Policy, IP Ban Configuration, and Custom Admin User Creation | dev.to | 2025-02-06

    Antivirus for Linux: Shellpub, ClamAV

  4. freeswitch

    FreeSWITCH is a Software Defined Telecom Stack enabling the digital transformation from proprietary telecom switches to a versatile software implementation that runs on any commodity hardware. From a Raspberry PI to a multi-core server, FreeSWITCH can unlock the telecommunications potential of any device.

    Project mention: Is the SIP protocol making a comeback? | dev.to | 2025-01-14

    Oh, and if Asterisk isn't your thing, check out FreeSwitch - another rock-solid open source option that's been powering VoIP systems since 2006. It was actually created by former Asterisk developers who wanted to build something more modern. Go figure. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

  5. tio

    A serial device I/O tool

    Project mention: tio – a serial device I/O tool | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-30
  6. cdogs-sdl

    Classic overhead run-and-gun game

  7. OpenRTX

    Modular Open Source Radio Firmware

    Project mention: Back to the future: Are hackers the future of amateur radio? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-07-18
  8. lxi-tools

    Open source LXI tools

    Project mention: Making Screenshots of Test Equipment Old and New | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-30

    Some modern systems use an ethernet kludge known as LXI. https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools works easily: lxi screenshot -a See https://github.com/lxi-tools/lxi-tools/wiki#background-infor... or example workflow at https://github.com/vk2diy/adxi/blob/main/kicad-pcbs/adxi/REA...

  9. SaaSHub

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  10. fortune-mod

    Implementation of the Unix fortune command for displaying a random quotation, for Linux and other systems.

  11. One

    One (onelang) is an open-source system programming language that makes it easy to build reliable, efficient and performant software. (release as soon) 1️⃣ 🕐 🩱 (by One-Language)

  12. BetterSpades

    BetterSpades, an Ace of Spades client targeted at low end systems (GL/ES 1.1). Runs on your grandmother's rig!

  13. fanpico

    Fanpico: Open Source Programmable PWM (PC) Fan Controller

  14. nitrokey-pro-firmware

    Firmware for the Nitrokey Pro device

  15. OpenStorm

    An open source 3D radar viewer

  16. naikari

    2-D creative exploration-driven space trading and mercenary sandbox game.

  17. chopstx

    U2F firmware for Tomu board (+ chopstx port) (by im-tomu)

  18. fanboy

    Open Source PWM Fan Controller

  19. nitrokey-fido2-firmware

    FIDO2 USB token optimized for security, extensibility, and style. A fork of Solo key.

    Project mention: Yubikey still selling old stock with vulnerable firmware | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-11-11

    > The Nitrokey seems like a good option <https://www.nitrokey.com/>.

    My experience with Nitrokey is different. I trust Yubico for my threat model, I just don't trust Nitrokey at all. They seem to have more products than employees and in my experience they have a history of advertising/selling features they don't have.

  20. wim-backup

    Win32-based UI application for backup and restore of Windows-based system images (Windows partition) using Windows Imaging Format (WIM) in WinPE environment.

  21. tirdad

    TCP ISN CPU Information Leak Protection. TCP Initial Sequence Numbers Randomization to prevent TCP ISN based CPU Information Leaks.

  22. crescent

    A fighting and beat em up game engine for windows, linux, and macos written in C and uses OpenGL. (by Chukobyte)

  23. SDL2-GNUBoy

    A Gameboy and Gameboy Color Emulator for Windows, Mac, and Linux (An sdl2 focused fork of GNUBoy) (by AlexOberhofer)

  24. minexmr2

    First open-source Monero mining pool using decentralized p2pool as a hashrate-liquidity provider for frequent payouts (approx. 2.1 times/hour)

  25. fundamental

    Software to look for interrelationships between constants and find formulas for number sequences (by djbarrow)

  26. SaaSHub

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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 open-source projects in C? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 VideoLAN Client (VLC) 15,561
2 clamav 5,085
3 freeswitch 4,074
4 tio 2,396
5 cdogs-sdl 946
6 OpenRTX 697
7 lxi-tools 536
8 fortune-mod 464
9 One 289
10 BetterSpades 263
11 fanpico 157
12 nitrokey-pro-firmware 120
13 OpenStorm 98
14 naikari 82
15 chopstx 68
16 fanboy 56
17 nitrokey-fido2-firmware 55
18 wim-backup 55
19 tirdad 50
20 crescent 43
21 SDL2-GNUBoy 32
22 minexmr2 30
23 fundamental 19

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