Rui CarmoFor all the scripting addicts out there, this is the language without a substr function (but with razor-sharp1 memory management).
Gosh, it’s been ages.
Resources
| Date | Category | Link | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Framework | Cobalt | an open-source app platform for Kobo e-readers written in C |
| Libraries | libxml2-ee | SIMD-accelerated fork of libxml2 with linear-time parsing fixes, optional 64-bit-safe API, improved fuzzing, and Meson/CMake/Autotools builds for hardened XML/HTML tooling. | |
| Cimba | a multithreaded discrete event simulation library in C | ||
| 606 Inspired Synth Drums | Header-only C++14 synthesized drum voices inspired by the Roland TR-606 | ||
| Operating Systems | gentleos32 | a hobby OS for vintage 32-bit PCs, aiming to provide a simple bare-metal platform for retro hardware and graphical apps | |
| 2025 | Libraries | SLJIT | a platform-independent low-level JIT compiler |
| 2024 | GUI | luigi | a single-header GUI library for Win32, X11, and Essence |
| clay | High-performance 2D UI layout library with a flex-box model, zero dependencies, and WASM support | ||
| slint | a declarative GUI toolkit to build native user interfaces for Rust, C++, or JavaScript | ||
| full-beans | a lightweight microui and canvas library | ||
| fenster | provides a minimal way to create a cross-platform 2D canvas with input and audio support | ||
| Libraries | rusty.hpp | an experimental Rust-like borrow checker | |
| cpr | A C++ HTTP library inspired on Requests | ||
| cr_task.h | a single-header library for cooperative multitasking | ||
| webview | Tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++ | ||
| Web | blogtech | a minimal web server designed for robustness and hosting static content. | |
| 2023 | Cross-Platform | w2c2 | translates WebAssembly modules to C |
| 2022 | Libraries | picolibc | a standard C library for embedded systems with limited RAM |
| 2021 | Cross-Platform | redbean | sheer single-executable and zip wizardry |
| Data | twemproxy (nutcracker) | a Redis and memcached proxy for managing concurrent connections | |
| Graphics | LVGL | an impressive library for embedded devices | |
| 2020 | Libraries | EnTT | a game-oriented library that provides an entity-component system |
| 2018 | Data | Sparser | a high-speed JSON, Avro and Parquet parser |
| Web | Ultralight | a WebKit/Chromium subset for embedded development | |
| 2013 | Libraries | Cello | an impressive higher-order programming library |
| Web | Rapthers | a modern web framework written in pure C. | |
| Duda | another web framework that embeds an |
1: As in, it cuts deep when you don’t manage it.