Top 13 C plan9 Projects

nbsdgames

1 192 0.8 C

A package of 18 text-based modern games
cats

1 161 2.5 C

Implementations of cat(1) from various sources. (by pete)

Project mention: Educational Codebases | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-21

I think that some codebases can lend themselves to be read more than others. Consider for example GNU cat[0] vs. Plan9's[1], from which one can infer the overall readability of the two projects.
In particular, codebases who are composed of small, well-isolated components, can be read one chunk at a time, like a book. But I wouldn't be surprised for most "professional grade" codebases to consist of organic, "cluttered" aggregate. Which, as you observe, aren't really suited to be read, even more so linearly.
It also depends on one's intents, which are likely narrower in a professional setting (e.g. fixing a bug, implementing a feature; refactoring being a notable exception), than in a learning setting (e.g. learning how to write idiomatic parsers in Go by studying the Go parser itself). In this last case, curiosity might push you to read the code more deeply, compare different codebases, etc.
Finally, some languages also are more prone to enforce locality than others, impacting readability. See for example Linus arguing about C being more context-free than C++ [2].
[0]: https://github.com/pete/cats/blob/master/gnu-cat.c
[1]: https://github.com/pete/cats/blob/master/plan9-cat.c
[2]: https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=104196&curpost...

WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
vdir

1 77 2.5 C

a visual directory browser for plan9 (by telephil9)

Project mention: Telephil9/vdir: a visual directory browser for plan9 | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-02

redditfs

1 23 0.0 C

A simple 9p server to browse reddit (by telephil)
reinstead

4 17 3.8 C

RE:INSTEAD - Lightweight INSTEAD metaparser-only player
91menu

1 14 2.6 C

A Plan9-inspired, mouse-oriented, graphical menu, which works with the standard input.
instead-cli

2 10 1.5 C

INSTEAD interpreter for developers
InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
9aout

1 3 7.9 C

Running native amd64 Plan 9 binaries through Syscall User Dispatch (Linux 5.11+)

Project mention: 9aout: Native Plan 9 binaries on Linux | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-19

wiztools

1 2 0.0 C

Send commands from Plan9 or 9Front to Philips WiZ lightbulbs
scd40fs

1 2 3.8 C

A Plan9 / 9Front file system for the scd40 co2 sensor
varfs

1 2 6.3 C

Super simple, but versatile, 9p filesystem serving multipurpose variables. (ootb with plan9port)

Project mention: Varfs, a simple multipurpose variable 9p server. | /r/plan9 | 2023-07-19

sense-hat-parts

1 1 3.6 C

individual programs to read sensors on the Pi Sense Hat for Plan9
bh1750fs

1 0 3.6 C

9Front / Plan9 file system for the BH1750 Ambietn Light Sensor

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).