The X11 Work Bench, an IDE for working on X11 applications, with a simple C language toolkit that should be familiar and easy to use for old school GUI programmers (currently pre-alpha state)
GitHub repository with 5 stars and 0 forks.
Language: C
Topics: c, cplusplus, cross-platform, freebsd, ide, language-toolkit, linux, posix, pre-alpha, programming
2026-06-13: 5 stars and 1 forks.
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
GitHub repository with 73,137 stars and 9,349 forks.
Trending score: 3.01; stars gained: +55; forks gained: +8.
Language: C
Topics: c, c-plus-plus, live-streaming, video-recording, screen-capture, game-capture
A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
GitHub repository with 33,422 stars and 3,142 forks.
Trending score: 2.71; stars gained: +42; forks gained: +4.
Language: C
Topics: android, c, embedded, game-development, game-engine, gamedev
🎥 Command line media player
GitHub repository with 35,541 stars and 3,377 forks.
Trending score: 2.65; stars gained: +34; forks gained: +5.
Language: C
Topics: mpv, mplayer, c, ffmpeg, audio, video
UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset
GitHub repository with 24,092 stars and 3,255 forks.
Trending score: 2.36; stars gained: +19; forks gained: +2.
Language: C
Topics: binary-analysis, c, commandline, disassembler, forensics, hacktoberfest
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features
GitHub repository with 42,119 stars and 7,234 forks.
Trending score: 2.31; stars gained: +26; forks gained: +2.
Language: C
Topics: http, https, ftp, user-agent, client, library
VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc
GitHub repository with 18,686 stars and 5,968 forks.
Trending score: 2.28; stars gained: +18; forks gained: +2.
Language: C
Topics: c, vlc, multimedia, framework, open-source, gplv2
High-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 158 languages, sub-ms queries, 99% fewer tokens. Single static binary, zero dependencies.
GitHub repository with 3,404 stars and 350 forks.
Trending score: 4.17; stars gained: +187; forks gained: +23.
Language: C
Topics: aider, ast, claude-code, code-analysis, code-intelligence, codex
Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows
GitHub repository with 134,372 stars and 8,063 forks.
Trending score: 3.84; stars gained: +284; forks gained: +20.
Language: C
Topics: advanced-paste, color-picker, command-palette, desktop, fancyzones, keyboard-manager
tmux source code
GitHub repository with 46,523 stars and 2,690 forks.
Trending score: 3.61; stars gained: +60; forks gained: +8.
Language: C
For developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure server, and document and vector query engine.
GitHub repository with 74,849 stars and 24,669 forks.
Trending score: 3.33; stars gained: +42; forks gained: +11.
Language: C
Topics: database, key-value, nosql, redis, caching, distributed-systems
The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
GitHub repository with 36,456 stars and 3,086 forks.
Trending score: 3.30; stars gained: +149; forks gained: +17.
Language: C
Topics: usb, iso, bootable-drives, mbr, uefi, bios
Firmware for the Xteink X3 and X4 e-paper display readers
GitHub repository with 5,193 stars and 938 forks.
Trending score: 3.11; stars gained: +33; forks gained: +13.
Language: C
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
GitHub repository with 73,137 stars and 9,349 forks.
Trending score: 3.01; stars gained: +55; forks gained: +8.
Language: C
Topics: c, c-plus-plus, live-streaming, video-recording, screen-capture, game-capture
A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
GitHub repository with 33,422 stars and 3,142 forks.
Trending score: 2.71; stars gained: +42; forks gained: +4.
Language: C
Topics: android, c, embedded, game-development, game-engine, gamedev
Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability
GitHub repository with 100,369 stars and 6,918 forks.
Trending score: 2.70; stars gained: +41; forks gained: +0.
Language: Vim Script
Topics: api, c, lua, neovim, nvim, text-editor
🎥 Command line media player
GitHub repository with 35,541 stars and 3,377 forks.
Trending score: 2.65; stars gained: +34; forks gained: +5.
Language: C
Topics: mpv, mplayer, c, ffmpeg, audio, video
Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and macOS. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.
GitHub repository with 9,699 stars and 1,011 forks.
Trending score: 2.55; stars gained: +29; forks gained: +3.
Language: C++
Topics: astronomy, c, c-plus-plus, planetarium, qt5, qt6
UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset
GitHub repository with 24,092 stars and 3,255 forks.
Trending score: 2.36; stars gained: +19; forks gained: +2.
Language: C
Topics: binary-analysis, c, commandline, disassembler, forensics, hacktoberfest