Top 23 Assembly Open-Source Projects

1. compiler-explorer

   1 224 18,813 9.8 TypeScript

   Run compilers interactively from your web browser and interact with the assembly

   

   Project mention: Performance of Rust Language [pdf] | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-25

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3. Reverse-Engineering-Tutorial

   2 19 13,680 9.5 Assembly

   A FREE comprehensive reverse engineering tutorial covering x86, x64, 32-bit/64-bit ARM, 8-bit AVR and 32-bit RISC-V architectures.

   

4. pwntools

   3 8 13,528 8.6 Python

   CTF framework and exploit development library

   

5. gdb-dashboard

   4 19 12,206 3.6 Python

   Modular visual interface for GDB in Python

   

6. x86-bare-metal-examples

   5 5 5,254 0.0 Assembly

   Dozens of minimal operating systems to learn x86 system programming. Tested on Ubuntu 17.10 host in QEMU 2.10 and real hardware. Userland cheat at: https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat#userland-assembly ARM baremetal setup at: https://github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat#baremetal-setup 学习x86系统编程的数十个最小操作系统。 已在QEMU 2.10中的Ubuntu 17.10主机和真实硬件上进行了测试。 Userland作弊网址：https：//github.com/cirosantilli/linux-kernel-module-cheat#userland-assembly ARM裸机安装程序位于：https：//github.c

   

7. cpplinks

   6 19 5,242 9.5

   A categorized list of C++ resources.

   

   Project mention: Why xor eax, eax? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-01

8. HelloSilicon

   7 14 4,972 2.5 Assembly

   An introduction to ARM64 assembly on Apple Silicon Macs

   

9. asm

   8 5 3,511 7.7 Assembly

   Learning assembly for Linux x86_64

   

   Project mention: Building a Web Server from Scratch (No, Actually) | dev.to | 2026-03-15

   I directly found this guide from Alex Kuleshov, and started reading. That afternoon, I read about 3 posts instead of listening to my teacher, and then went home.

10. tilck

    9 17 3,095 9.1 C

    A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel

    

    Project mention: Tilck: A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-15

11. avo

    10 11 2,969 6.0 Go

    Generate x86 Assembly with Go

    

12. Computer-Science-Resources

    11 2 2,771 5.5

    Collection of resources spanning key areas of Computer Science

    

13. SGDK

    12 25 2,139 8.4 C

    SGDK - A free and open development kit for the Sega Mega Drive

    

    Project mention: ASCII characters are not pixels: a deep dive into ASCII rendering | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-17

14. arl

    13 4 2,084 2.4 Python

    lists of most popular repositories for most favoured programming languages (according to StackOverflow)

    

15. PeachPy

    14 4 2,048 0.0 Python

    x86-64 assembler embedded in Python

    

16. redox-keyboard

    15 47 1,961 3.3

    Ergonomic split mechanical keyboard

    

17. less_slow.cpp

    16 11 1,913 9.4 C++

    Playing around "Less Slow" coding practices in C++ 20, C, CUDA, PTX, & Assembly, from numerics & SIMD to coroutines, ranges, exception handling, networking and user-space IO

    

    Project mention: Processing Strings 109x Faster Than Nvidia on H100 | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-19

    Yes, at the scale of 128-bit registers NEON is mostly enough, except for a few categories of instructions missing in that ISA subset, like scatter/gather ops, that can yield 30% boost over serial memory accesses: https://github.com/ashvardanian/less_slow.cpp/releases/tag/v...

18. likwid

    17 3 1,906 9.3 C

    Performance monitoring and benchmarking suite

    

19. NumKong

    18 25 1,823 9.0 C

    SIMD-accelerated distances, dot products, matrix ops, geospatial & geometric kernels for 16 numeric types — from 6-bit floats to 64-bit complex — across x86, Arm, RISC-V, and WASM, with bindings for Python, Rust, C, C++, Swift, JS, and Go 📐

    

    Project mention: Jvector And Python! (Part 4 of jvector series) | dev.to | 2026-01-14

    Usearch (Smaller & Faster Single-File Similarity Search & Clustering Engine for Vectors & 🔜 Texts): https://github.com/unum-cloud/usearch

20. thor-os

    19 2 1,715 1.8 C++

    Simple operating system in C++, written from scratch

    

21. ChrysaLisp

    20 14 1,681 10.0 C++

    Parallel OS, with GUI, Terminal, OO Assembler, Class libraries, C-Script compiler, Lisp interpreter and more...

    

    Project mention: Lisp Is Not Lists | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-06

22. PowerUp

    21 6 1,656 4.1 C#

    ⚡ Decompilation Tools and High Productivity Utilities ⚡

    

23. rgbds

    22 14 1,617 9.5 C++

    Rednex Game Boy Development System - An assembly toolchain for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color

    

24. game-reversing

    23 2 1,581 2.3

    Beginner learning materials on how to reverse engineer video games

    

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