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Top 23 Suckless Open-Source Projects
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dwm-flexipatch
A dwm build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time
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pycopy
Pycopy - a minimalist and memory-efficient Python dialect. Good for desktop, cloud, constrained systems, microcontrollers, and just everything.
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picotui
Lightweight, pure-Python Text User Interface (TUI) widget toolkit with minimal dependencies. Dedicated to the Pycopy project.
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
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pdwm
full animation supported, easy configurable (uses shared library) dwm fork with a control center (pdwmc)
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st-flexipatch
An st build with preprocessor directives to decide which patches to include during build time
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uzlib
Radically unbloated DEFLATE/zlib/gzip compression/decompression library. Can decompress any gzip/zlib data, and offers simplified compressor which produces gzip-compatible output, while requiring much less resources (and providing less compression ratio of course).
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pycopy-lib
Standard library of the Pycopy project, minimalist and light-weight Python language implementation
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dbin
📦 Poor man's package manager. +4164 statically linked binaries in the default repos (amd64/arm64/riscv)! The easy to use, easy to get, suckless software distribution system.
Project mention: dbin: The easy to use, easy to get, suckless software distribution system | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-30 -
Project mention: Sfm: Simple (suckless) file manager for Unix-like systems in C | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-13
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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).
Suckless discussion
Suckless related posts
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SSU: Simple su utility (>150 lines of C99)
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Sfm: Simple (suckless) file manager for Unix-like systems in C
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Chadwm: Making Dwm as Beautiful as Possible
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Writing a TrueType font renderer
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patch to center tiled windows on the stack
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ChadWM crashes when changing tags using multi-monitor
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Git Workflow with Applying Patches
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A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Suckless projects? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | chadwm | 2,678 |
| 2 | dwm-flexipatch | 1,243 |
| 3 | clipmenu | 1,196 |
| 4 | dotfiles | 968 |
| 5 | pycopy | 812 |
| 6 | picotui | 810 |
| 7 | nsxiv | 728 |
| 8 | st | 692 |
| 9 | xst | 542 |
| 10 | libschrift | 515 |
| 11 | pdwm | 424 |
| 12 | st-flexipatch | 412 |
| 13 | uzlib | 327 |
| 14 | kunst | 313 |
| 15 | phyOS-iso | 304 |
| 16 | patches | 299 |
| 17 | awesome-linux-minimalism | 288 |
| 18 | pycopy-lib | 253 |
| 19 | dwmblocks-async | 246 |
| 20 | dbin | 245 |
| 21 | sfm | 240 |
| 22 | libudev-zero | 224 |
| 23 | slstatus | 211 |
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