Trending C Projects

This page lists the top trending C projects based on the growth of GitHub stars.
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Top 50 Trending C Projects

  • valkey

    A new project to resume development on the formerly open-source Redis project. We're calling it Valkey, since it's a twist on the key-value datastore.

  • Friend

    AI wearable with 24h+ battery

  • stuxnet

    Public open-source code of malware Stuxnet (aka MyRTUs). (by research-virus)

  • pg_hint_plan

    Extension adding support for optimizer hints in PostgreSQL

  • xess

  • unikraft

    A next-generation cloud native kernel designed to unlock best-in-class performance, security primitives and efficiency savings.

  • fastfetch

    Like neofetch, but much faster because written mostly in C.

  • libsql

    libSQL is a fork of SQLite that is both Open Source, and Open Contributions.

  • scx

    sched_ext schedulers and tools

  • quickjs

    QuickJS, the Next Generation: a mighty JavaScript engine (by quickjs-ng)

  • lantern

    PostgreSQL vector database extension for building AI applications

  • hypopg

    Hypothetical Indexes for PostgreSQL

  • alaz

    Alaz: Advanced eBPF Agent for Kubernetes Observability – Effortlessly monitor K8s service interactions and performance metrics in your K8s environment. Gain in-depth insights with service maps, metrics, distributed tracing, and more, while staying alert to crucial system anomalies 🐝

  • nanos

    A kernel designed to run one and only one application in a virtualized environment

  • UxPlay

    AirPlay Unix mirroring server (by FDH2)

  • firedancer

    Firedancer is Jump Crypto's Solana consensus node implementation.

  • pygame-ce

    🐍🎮 pygame - Community Edition is a FOSS Python library for multimedia applications (like games). Built on top of the excellent SDL library.

  • rknn-toolkit2

  • immortalwrt

    An opensource OpenWrt variant for mainland China users.

  • firmware

    Alternative IP Camera firmware from an open community (by OpenIPC)

  • esp-drone

    Mini Drone/Quadcopter Firmware for ESP32 and ESP32-S Series SoCs.

  • os

    Main package repository for production Wolfi images (by wolfi-dev)

  • beyla

    eBPF-based autoinstrumentation of HTTP and HTTPS services

  • Apache AGE

    Graph database optimized for fast analysis and real-time data processing. It is provided as an extension to PostgreSQL. (by apache)

  • pgvector

    Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres

  • libui-ng

    libui-ng: a portable GUI library for C. "libui for the next generation"

  • cnc-ddraw

    GDI, OpenGL and Direct3D 9 re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic games for better compatibility with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Wine (Linux/macOS) and Virtual Machines

  • foldseek

    Foldseek enables fast and sensitive comparisons of large structure sets.

  • zap

    blazingly fast backends in zig (by zigzap)

  • rsync

    An open source utility that provides fast incremental file transfer. It also has useful features for backup and restore operations among many other use cases.

  • pg_ivm

    IVM (Incremental View Maintenance) implementation as a PostgreSQL extension

  • xtouch

  • modern-embedded-programming-course

    Companion repository to the "Modern Embedded Systems Programming" video course.

  • mayhem-firmware

    Custom firmware for the HackRF+PortaPack H1/H2

  • xnu

  • T-Display-S3

  • avrdude

    AVRDUDE is a utility to program AVR microcontrollers

  • kepler

    Kepler (Kubernetes-based Efficient Power Level Exporter) uses eBPF to probe performance counters and other system stats, use ML models to estimate workload energy consumption based on these stats, and exports them as Prometheus metrics (by sustainable-computing-io)

  • angie

    Angie - drop-in replacement for Nginx

  • virtualbox-kvm

    KVM Backend for VirtualBox. With our current development model, we cannot easily accept pull requests here. If you'd like to contribute, feel free to reach out to us, we are happy to find a solution.

  • kyber

  • omnigres

    Postgres as a Platform

  • hdf5

    Official HDF5® Library Repository

  • xemu

    Original Xbox Emulator for Windows, macOS, and Linux (Active Development)

  • zathura

    a document viewer

  • Wazuh

    Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.

  • METIS

    METIS - Serial Graph Partitioning and Fill-reducing Matrix Ordering

  • qmk_firmware

    Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families (by Keychron)

  • nut

    The Network UPS Tools repository. UPS management protocol Informational RFC 9271 published by IETF at https://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc9271 Please star NUT on GitHub, this helps with sponsorships!

  • JDSP4Linux

    An audio effect processor for PipeWire and PulseAudio clients

ABOUT: The growth percentage is calculated as the increase in the number of stars compared to the previous month. We list only projects that have at least 500 stars and a GitHub organization logo set.

Index

What are some of the trending open-source C projects? This list will help you:

Project Growth
1 valkey 94.7%
2 Friend 87.9%
3 stuxnet 53.4%
4 pg_hint_plan 29.3%
5 xess 19.8%
6 unikraft 19.0%
7 fastfetch 18.3%
8 libsql 17.1%
9 scx 16.1%
10 quickjs 15.8%
11 lantern 14.1%
12 hypopg 13.1%
13 alaz 13.0%
14 nanos 12.9%
15 UxPlay 12.9%
16 firedancer 12.1%
17 pygame-ce 11.2%
18 rknn-toolkit2 11.0%
19 immortalwrt 10.9%
20 firmware 10.9%
21 esp-drone 10.5%
22 os 10.4%
23 beyla 10.4%
24 Apache AGE 10.4%
25 pgvector 10.4%
26 libui-ng 10.2%
27 cnc-ddraw 10.2%
28 foldseek 9.8%
29 zap 9.7%
30 rsync 9.6%
31 pg_ivm 9.5%
32 xtouch 9.1%
33 modern-embedded-programming-course 9.1%
34 mayhem-firmware 9.0%
35 xnu 8.9%
36 T-Display-S3 8.8%
37 avrdude 8.7%
38 kepler 8.3%
39 angie 8.3%
40 virtualbox-kvm 8.1%
41 kyber 8.1%
42 omnigres 8.0%
43 hdf5 7.9%
44 xemu 7.9%
45 zathura 7.9%
46 Wazuh 7.7%
47 METIS 7.6%
48 qmk_firmware 7.5%
49 nut 7.5%
50 JDSP4Linux 7.5%