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TOGEMI
torvalds/linux
Linux kernel source tree
C
255,457
stars
Genymobile/scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
C
154,630
stars
microsoft/PowerToys
Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows
C
140,904
stars
04
VEventoy/Ventoy
A new bootable USB solution.
C
80,826
stars
05
OBobsproject/obs-studio
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
C
79,443
stars
06
REredis/redis
For developers, who are building real-time data-driven applications, Redis is the preferred, fastest, and most feature-rich cache, data structure server, and document and vector query engine.
C
77,471
stars
07
FFFFmpeg/FFmpeg
Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
C
67,107
stars
08
GIgit/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.
C
64,275
stars
09
TMtmux/tmux
tmux source code
C
50,282
stars
10
JUJustVugg/colibri
A hierarchical inference engine for frontier MoE models: hot experts on the GPU (CUDA, Vulkan), warm ones in RAM, cold ones streamed from NVMe. Written in C, runs on the hardware you already own.
C
50,091
stars
11
DEDeusData/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.
C
48,545
stars
12
CUcurl/curl
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features
C
43,492
stars
13
PHphp/php-src
The PHP Interpreter
C
41,774
stars
14
WGwg/wrk
Modern HTTP benchmarking tool
C
40,426
stars
15
PBpbatard/rufus
The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
C
38,322
stars
16
MPmpv-player/mpv
🎥 Command line media player
C
38,083
stars
17
JQjqlang/jq
Command-line JSON processor
C
36,121
stars
18
RAraysan5/raylib
A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
C
35,640
stars
19
NOnothings/stb
stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++
C
35,008
stars
20
VAvalinet/ExplorerPatcher
This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
C
34,287
stars
21
BIbilibili/ijkplayer
Android/iOS video player based on FFmpeg n3.4, with MediaCodec, VideoToolbox support.
C
33,232
stars
22
KIkingToolbox/WindTerm
A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal.
C
32,663
stars
23
NGnginx/nginx
The official NGINX Open Source repository.
C
32,108
stars
24
LIlizongying/my-tv
我的电视 电视直播软件，安装即可使用
C
31,959
stars
25
COcoolsnowwolf/lede
Lean's LEDE source
C
31,620
stars
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