C repositories

Ordered by stars within our imported repository sample.

Snapshot: 2026-10-31T18:43:23.065Z. Rankings use this list’s declared public metric; missing values sort last, ties use record ID, and Trending retains source order.

#1

Ranked by stars: 253,963

torvalds/linux

Linux kernel source tree

253963 stars · 67526 forks · C

#2

Ranked by stars: 153,643

Genymobile/scrcpy

Display and control your Android device

153643 stars · 14101 forks · C

#3

Ranked by stars: 140,326

microsoft/PowerToys

Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows

140326 stars · 8680 forks · C

#4

Ranked by stars: 72,825

colbymchenry/codegraph

Pre-indexed code knowledge graph, auto syncs on code changes, for Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, Cursor, OpenCode, AntiGravity, Kiro, CoPilot, and Hermes Agent — fewer tokens, fewer tool calls, 100% local

72825 stars · 4678 forks · C

#5

Ranked by stars: 64,098

git/git

Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

64098 stars · 28709 forks · C

#6

Ranked by stars: 47,889

DeusData/codebase-memory-mcp

Local code intelligence for developers and AI agents. Connect code, docs and infrastructure in a persistent graph, with CBM Lens, MCP tools, agent integrations and change-aware test selection.

47889 stars · 3936 forks · C

#7

Ranked by stars: 41,708

php/php-src

The PHP Interpreter

41708 stars · 8479 forks · C

#8

Ranked by stars: 41,634

JustVugg/colibri

Run frontier MoE models on hardware you already own — pure C, zero deps, experts streamed from disk. Tiny engine, immense model. 🐦

41634 stars · 4601 forks · C

#9

Ranked by stars: 23,267

antirez/ds4

DeepSeek 4 Flash and PRO local inference engine for Metal, CUDA and ROCm

23267 stars · 2239 forks · C

#10

Ranked by stars: 22,586

TheAlgorithms/C

Collection of various algorithms in mathematics, machine learning, computer science, physics, etc implemented in C for educational purposes.

22586 stars · 4786 forks · C

#11

Ranked by stars: 22,101

jarun/nnn

n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

22101 stars · 833 forks · C

#12

Ranked by stars: 20,787

qmk/qmk_firmware

Open-source keyboard firmware for Atmel AVR and Arm USB families

20787 stars · 44392 forks · C

#13

Ranked by stars: 13,642

Zagitta/gpu-unlock

Your GeForce runs AI at half speed. This fixes it for 20/30/40 series cards. Up to 2× FP16 / BF16 / TF32 tensor throughput

13642 stars · 1340 forks · C

#14

Ranked by stars: 8,505

EpicGames/raddebugger

A native, user-mode, multi-process, graphical debugger.

8505 stars · 414 forks · C

#15

Ranked by stars: 7,390

google-deepmind/lab

A customisable 3D platform for agent-based AI research

7390 stars · 1403 forks · C

#16

Ranked by stars: 7,295

universal-ctags/ctags

A maintained ctags implementation

7295 stars · 670 forks · C

#17

Ranked by stars: 6,638

ly05010419/MacNativeGames

Play your own Tears of the Kingdom and Breath of the Wild natively on Apple silicon Mac, iPhone and iPad. Not an emulator: the game's ARM64 code runs directly, NVN rebuilt on Metal. Bring your own game.

6638 stars · 969 forks · C

#18

Ranked by stars: 4,918

jhaizhou-ops/d2r-mobile

Open-source compatibility layer for Diablo II: Resurrected with the Reign of the Warlock expansion. Runs your own Switch copy natively on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android and HarmonyOS — full touch controls, 60 fps, new endgame modes. Bring your own game files. 开源的《暗黑破坏神 II:狱火重生》术士君临 iOS / macOS / 安卓 / 鸿蒙兼容层

4918 stars · 1294 forks · C

#19

Ranked by stars: 4,606

JustAResearcher/gpu-unlock-ada

GPU tensor unlock source for RTX 4090 and experimental RTX 4070 Ti SUPER; firmware generated locally

4606 stars · 591 forks · C

#20

Ranked by stars: 4,143

onehumanbeing/esp32-iphone-agent

Let an AI model use a real iPhone with a $7 ESP32: AirPlay eyes, USB HID hands, any OpenAI-compatible vision model. No Mac, no developer account, no jailbreak.

4143 stars · 553 forks · C

#22

Ranked by stars: 2,490

Revivedx/SavageWindRecomp

Work-in-progress static recompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (Switch, v1.9.0) for Windows and Linux. Bring your own dump: no game files, keys or dumping tools included.

2490 stars · 147 forks · C

#23

Ranked by stars: 2,290

EthanArbuckle/fairplay-decrypt

Offline FairPlay App Store IPA decryption with independent key derivation

2290 stars · 353 forks · C

#24

Ranked by stars: 2,086

valentderah/totk-pc-recomp

Static recompilation of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom to native Windows x86-64, with a Vulkan renderer. Game files not included.

2086 stars · 146 forks · C

How these rankings work