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TOGEMI
torvalds/linux
Linux kernel source tree
C
250,381
stars
Genymobile/scrcpy
Display and control your Android device
C
150,521
stars
microsoft/PowerToys
Microsoft PowerToys is a collection of utilities that supercharge productivity and customization on Windows
C
139,061
stars
04
VEventoy/Ventoy
A new bootable USB solution.
C
79,577
stars
05
OBobsproject/obs-studio
OBS Studio - Free and open source software for live streaming and screen recording
C
76,701
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
76,511
stars
07
COcolbymchenry/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
C
72,184
stars
08
FFFFmpeg/FFmpeg
Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
C
64,584
stars
09
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
63,390
stars
10
TMtmux/tmux
tmux source code
C
49,529
stars
11
DEDeusData/codebase-memory-mcp
High-performance code intelligence MCP server. Indexes codebases into a persistent knowledge graph — average repo in milliseconds. 158 languages, sub-ms queries, 99% fewer tokens. Single static binary, zero dependencies.
C
45,059
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, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features
C
42,956
stars
13
WGwg/wrk
Modern HTTP benchmarking tool
C
40,414
stars
14
PHphp/php-src
The PHP Interpreter
C
40,407
stars
15
JUJustVugg/colibri
Run frontier MoE models on hardware you already own — pure C, zero deps, experts streamed from disk. Tiny engine, immense model. 🐦
C
37,953
stars
16
PBpbatard/rufus
The Reliable USB Formatting Utility
C
37,776
stars
17
MPmpv-player/mpv
🎥 Command line media player
C
37,130
stars
18
JQjqlang/jq
Command-line JSON processor
C
35,706
stars
19
RAraysan5/raylib
A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming
C
34,883
stars
20
NOnothings/stb
stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++
C
34,723
stars
21
VAvalinet/ExplorerPatcher
This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
C
33,987
stars
22
BIbilibili/ijkplayer
Android/iOS video player based on FFmpeg n3.4, with MediaCodec, VideoToolbox support.
C
33,205
stars
23
KIkingToolbox/WindTerm
A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal.
C
32,337
stars
24
LIlizongying/my-tv
我的电视 电视直播软件，安装即可使用
C
31,962
stars
25
NGnginx/nginx
The official NGINX Open Source repository.
C
31,741
stars
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