C

77 software1,236,749

GitHub Store indexes 77 open-source projects written in C, with 1,236,749 stars in total, 10 of which shipped a new release in the last 7 days. Sorted by stars, all installers support multi-mirror accelerated downloads.

Mostly low-level libraries and system tools; libraries ship source and are compiled per the README, while what installs directly is Linux and Windows binaries.

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Genymobile

scrcpy

Genymobile/scrcpy

151.7k

A lightweight, high-performance Android screen mirroring and control tool that displays and controls Android devices on your computer via USB or Wi-Fi, without requiring root access.

v5.0.1 C
Author updated Oct 8, 2026
microsoft

PowerToys

microsoft/PowerToys

140.9k

A set of Windows system utilities from Microsoft, featuring over 30 tools to enhance productivity and customization.

v0.103.3151 C
Author updated 11h ago
ventoy

Ventoy

ventoy/Ventoy

79.8k

An open-source tool for creating bootable USB drives with multiple ISO/WIM/IMG/VHD(x)/EFI files, without the need to reformat the disk over and over.

v1.1.18 C
Author updated Oct 9, 2026
obsproject

obs-studio

obsproject/obs-studio

78.6k

A free and open-source screen recording and live streaming software, widely used for video capture and real-time streaming.

33.0.1 C
Author updated 14d ago
tmux

tmux

tmux/tmux

50.3k

tmux is an open source terminal multiplexer written in C that creates, accesses, and controls multiple terminals from a single screen; sessions can detach and keep running in the background, on OpenBSD, Linux, macOS, and more.

3.8 C
Author updated Sep 9, 2026
DeusData

codebase-memory-mcp

DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp

46.7k

A high-performance code intelligence MCP server that indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph with 158 languages and sub-ms queries.

v0.12.1 C
Author updated 27d ago
curl

curl

curl/curl

43.2k

A command-line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, POP3, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, and dozens of other protocols.

curl-8_23_0 C
Author updated Oct 14, 2026
pbatard

rufus

pbatard/rufus

38.3k

A reliable USB formatting utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, supporting ISO images for Windows, Linux, and other operating systems.

v4.16_BETA2 C
Author updated 1d ago
mpv-player

mpv

mpv-player/mpv

37.7k

A free and open-source, lightweight command-line media player that supports a wide variety of file formats, audio/video codecs, and subtitle types, with a focus on performance and customizability.

v0.42.0 C
Author updated 8d ago
raysan5

raylib

raysan5/raylib

35.2k

A simple and easy-to-use C library for game programming, with no external dependencies, supporting Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, HTML5, and more — ideal for prototyping and education.

6.2 C
Author updated 29d ago
valinet

ExplorerPatcher

valinet/ExplorerPatcher

34.3k

A Windows enhancement tool that aims to improve the working environment on Windows by restoring classic taskbar and Start menu.

26100.9711.71.1 C
Author updated 15d ago
lizongying

my-tv

lizongying/my-tv

32.0k

A TV live streaming software that works immediately upon installation, providing live channels for CCTV and multiple local satellite TV stations, designed for large-screen TV viewing.

v2.1.8 C
Author updated Jun 20, 2024
openssl

openssl

openssl/openssl

31.0k

A robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured open-source toolkit for the TLS, DTLS, and QUIC protocols, including a general-purpose cryptographic library.

openssl-4.1.0 C
Author updated 21d ago
xiaojieonly

Ehviewer_CN_SXJ

xiaojieonly/Ehviewer_CN_SXJ

28.6k

An open-source E-Hentai Android application/browser, a Simplified Chinese enhanced fork of the original EhViewer, supporting browsing, searching, favoriting and downloading E-Hentai/ExHentai galleries.

2.0.2.7 C
Author updated 11d ago
hashcat

hashcat

hashcat/hashcat

27.1k

World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility, supporting GPUs, CPUs, and large distributed systems with over 590 hash modes.

v8.0.0 C
Author updated 18d ago
radareorg

radare2

radareorg/radare2

25.3k

A UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset, providing hex editing, disassembly, debugging, analysis, and emulation capabilities across multiple architectures.

6.2.6 C
Author updated 7d ago
fastfetch-cli

fastfetch

fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

25.3k

A maintained, feature-rich, and performance-oriented neofetch-like system information tool supporting Linux, macOS, Windows, and other major operating systems.

2.71.0 C
Author updated 7d ago
HandBrake

HandBrake

HandBrake/HandBrake

24.6k

An open-source, cross-platform video transcoder available for Linux, Mac, and Windows, capable of converting common video formats for playback on mobile devices, game consoles, and web browsers.

1.11.2 C
Author updated Jun 7, 2026
brunodev85

winlator

brunodev85/winlator

20.0k

An Android application that runs Windows (x86_64) applications on Android devices using Wine and Box86/Box64.

v11.2.0 C
Author updated Aug 19, 2026
sandboxie-plus

Sandboxie

sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie

19.8k

A sandbox-based isolation software for Windows NT-based systems that creates a secure operating environment to run or install applications without permanently modifying the system.

v1.19.0 C
Author updated 21d ago
espressif

esp-idf

espressif/esp-idf

19.3k

Espressif's official IoT development framework supporting Windows, Linux, and macOS, providing a complete development toolchain and example projects for ESP series SoCs.

v5.5.6 C
Author updated 28d ago
nicbarker

clay

nicbarker/clay

18.2k

A high-performance 2D UI layout library in C, featuring flex-box layout model, single-header, zero dependencies, Wasm support, microsecond layout performance, and renderer-agnostic output.

v0.14 C
Author updated Jun 6, 2025
reactos

reactos

reactos/reactos

18.2k

An open-source operating system compatible with Windows NT family applications and drivers, currently at Alpha quality.

0.4.16-release C
Author updated Aug 29, 2026
ImageMagick

ImageMagick

ImageMagick/ImageMagick

17.8k

ImageMagick is a free, open-source image processing suite offering command-line tools and multi-language APIs to create, edit, compose, and convert images on Linux, Windows, and macOS.

7.1.2-35 C
Author updated 12d ago