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.
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.
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scrcpy
Genymobile/scrcpy
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.
PowerToys
microsoft/PowerToys
A set of Windows system utilities from Microsoft, featuring over 30 tools to enhance productivity and customization.
Ventoy
ventoy/Ventoy
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.
obs-studio
obsproject/obs-studio
A free and open-source screen recording and live streaming software, widely used for video capture and real-time streaming.
tmux
tmux/tmux
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.
codebase-memory-mcp
DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp
A high-performance code intelligence MCP server that indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph with 158 languages and sub-ms queries.
curl
curl/curl
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.
rufus
pbatard/rufus
A reliable USB formatting utility that helps format and create bootable USB flash drives, supporting ISO images for Windows, Linux, and other operating systems.
mpv
mpv-player/mpv
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.
raylib
raysan5/raylib
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.
ExplorerPatcher
valinet/ExplorerPatcher
A Windows enhancement tool that aims to improve the working environment on Windows by restoring classic taskbar and Start menu.
my-tv
lizongying/my-tv
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.
openssl
openssl/openssl
A robust, commercial-grade, and full-featured open-source toolkit for the TLS, DTLS, and QUIC protocols, including a general-purpose cryptographic library.
Ehviewer_CN_SXJ
xiaojieonly/Ehviewer_CN_SXJ
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.
hashcat
hashcat/hashcat
World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility, supporting GPUs, CPUs, and large distributed systems with over 590 hash modes.
radare2
radareorg/radare2
A UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset, providing hex editing, disassembly, debugging, analysis, and emulation capabilities across multiple architectures.
fastfetch
fastfetch-cli/fastfetch
A maintained, feature-rich, and performance-oriented neofetch-like system information tool supporting Linux, macOS, Windows, and other major operating systems.
HandBrake
HandBrake/HandBrake
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.
winlator
brunodev85/winlator
An Android application that runs Windows (x86_64) applications on Android devices using Wine and Box86/Box64.
Sandboxie
sandboxie-plus/Sandboxie
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.
esp-idf
espressif/esp-idf
Espressif's official IoT development framework supporting Windows, Linux, and macOS, providing a complete development toolchain and example projects for ESP series SoCs.
clay
nicbarker/clay
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.
reactos
reactos/reactos
An open-source operating system compatible with Windows NT family applications and drivers, currently at Alpha quality.
ImageMagick
ImageMagick/ImageMagick
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.