awesome-c

A curated list of C good stuff. This list contains only free software for code, and sellers who aren't evil for physical resources.

LOOKING FOR MAINTAINERS: This list is currently pretty much inactive. I'm looking for maintainers that can make it great again. See #26 for more info, but the process is simple: add or fix a couple of things in this list and you'll become a contributor to a 850+ stars list.

This list was previously maintained by @kozross. He decided to switch the list to a new platform, so I've decided to fork it so we could keep it on GitHub.

Contents

Contents

• Build Systems
• Compilers
• Compiler libraries
• Compression
• Crypto
• Database
• Deep Learning
• Documentation Generation
• Editors
• Embedded Systems
• RTOS
• Environments
• Frameworks
• Game Programming
• Engines
• Resources
• Generic Programming
• Graphics
• Graphic APIs
• Graphical User Interface
• Hashing
• Image Processing
• JSON
• Learning, Reference and Tutorials
• Online
  • Reference
    • Language Standards
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
  • Self-study courses
• Physical
  • Reference
  • Beginner
  • Intermediate
  • Advanced
• Macros
• Memory Allocators
• Multimedia
• Networking and Internet
• Web Frameworks
• Numerical
• Parallel Programming
• Parsers
• Regex
• Serialization
• Source Code Collections
• Standard Libraries
• String Manipulation
• Testing
• Text Editor Extensions
• Atom
• Emacs
• Vim
• Tools
• Utilities
• XML

Build Systems

These are tools to automate the building and testing of projects in C.

• aimake - Build tool designed to avoid complex configurations. GNU GPL3 or later
• Autoconf - Extensible package of M4 macros that produce shell scripts to automatically configure software source code packages. Part of the Autotools. GNU GPL3 or later
• Automake - Tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards. Requires the use of Autoconf. Part of the Autotools. GNU GPL3 or later
• CMake - Tools for cross-platform building, testing, and packaging. 3-clause BSD
• Jam - Build system, designed to be easier than make. Understands C build rules implicitly. Jam License
• Libtool - Generic library support script. Part of the Autotools. GNU GPL3 or later
• Meson - Extremely fast, user-friendly build system. Based on Ninja. Apache 2.0
• Premake - Build script generator for toolsets like Visual Studio, Xcode, or GNU Make. 3-clause BSD
• SCons - An easier, more reliable and faster way to build software. MIT
• Ninja - Small, simple build system with a focus on speed. Apache 2.0
• Bazel - Build system for various operating systems and targets. Apache 2.0