Top 10 C Tiny Projects

TIC-80

134 4,744 9.2 C

TIC-80 is a fantasy computer for making, playing and sharing tiny games.

Project mention: Picotron Is a Fantasy Workstation | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-21

printf

16 2,345 0.0 C

Tiny, fast, non-dependent and fully loaded printf implementation for embedded systems. Extensive test suite passing.
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Genann

7 1,901 0.0 C

simple neural network library in ANSI C

Project mention: Simple neural network library in ANSI C | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-06-27

elk

13 1,586 2.2 C

A low footprint JavaScript engine for embedded systems (by cesanta)

Project mention: A list of JavaScript engines, runtimes, interpreters | /r/learnjavascript | 2023-12-10

elk

minimp3

3 1,482 0.0 C

Minimalistic MP3 decoder single header library
tinylisp

11 786 5.5 C

Lisp in 99 lines of C and how to write one yourself. Includes 20 Lisp primitives, garbage collection and REPL. Includes tail-call optimized versions for speed and reduced memory use.

Project mention: What makes a language easy for writing a parser? | /r/Compilers | 2023-06-18

LISP has a very simple and consistent syntax, so much so that a basic interpreter can be done in only 99 lines of C.

printf

4 361 0.0 C

Tiny, fast(ish), self-contained, fully loaded printf, sprinf etc. implementation; particularly useful in embedded systems. (by eyalroz)

Project mention: MISRA C | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-07

From my experience, maintaining a standalone/embedded printf library - MISRA is a combination of two things: Common-sense rules, and pain-in-the-ass rules. Example of the latter: Avoiding implementation-defined types like `int` in places where my code doesn't care about what sizeof(int) is.
I was able to accommodate most (?) of the MISRA rules (https://github.com/eyalroz/printf/issues/77), but mine is just a small library, so I don't know how restrictive they would be for a larger codebase.

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charm

1 151 1.8 C

A really tiny crypto library. (by jedisct1)
MODWIN

2 120 9.0 C

A Tool To Make a Tiny or "Lite" Windows ISO with optional built in scripts to remove all apps, packages, and features preinstalled on the ISO. Allows you to Inspect and Modify Windows Images as well as add custom files, folders, apps, and registry edits. Works on Win 10, 11, and Windows ARM isos. UUPDUMP Isos supported too!
tf

3 18 0.0 C

Tiny program for fan control Thinkpad notebooks (by KikyTokamuro)

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).