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Libcox is a C library that provides cross-platform system calls, allowing developers to write code that works consistently across different operating systems. It simplifies handling of low-level system operations by… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System Calls launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   A glib-like multi-platform C library▲48

   🎁 A glib-like multi-platform c library. Contribute to tboox/tbox development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Libcox – Cross Platform Unix Commands and System Calls▲9

   Cross Platform UNIX commands & System Calls. Contribute to symisc/libcox development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   libphone – Cross-platform library supports iOS/Android development in C▲26

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   libcodr7 – fundamental collections in the spirit of C▲67

   fundamental tools in the spirit of C. Contribute to codr7/libcodr7 development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A 166 KB file for cross compiling glibc for any version, any target▲171

   A repository that collects libc ABI files for multiple versions and a tool to combine them into one dataset. - ziglang/libc-abi-tools

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Asymmetric stackful cross-platform Coroutines in pure C▲39

   Single header stackful cross-platform coroutine library in pure C. - edubart/minicoro

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Libconcurrent – Coroutines in C▲91

   :copyright: Concurrent Programming Library (Coroutine) for C11 - sharow/libconcurrent

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A glib-like multi-platform c library▲3

   glib-like multi-platform embed c

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Neco – Coroutine Library for C▲145

   Concurrency library for C (coroutines). Contribute to tidwall/neco development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Electron 1.0▲647

    Build cross platform desktop apps

    2016 · electronjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Yue – A new library to create cross-platform GUI apps▲104

    A library for creating native cross-platform GUI apps - yue/yue

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    liblab▲446

    Generate better SDKs for your API

    2024 · liblab.com · its alternatives →

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    C library of generic, reference-counted data structures▲91

    2013 · theck01.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Flox▲375

    Hey Everyone! Ron here, part of the NixOS Foundation and building Flox. Just coming out of this years NixCon and pretty excited to show hn below :) As of today, NVIDIA officially recognizes Canonical, SUSE, CIQ, and Nix—via Flox—as supported distributors for CUDA. Full blog - https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/developers-can-now-get-cud... This is a huge win for the Nix community. For years, CUDA on Nix was possible but painful—builds could take hours, and redistributing prebuilt binaries was blocked by NVIDIA's licensing requirements. NVIDIA's growing engagement with key…

    2024 · flox.dev · its alternatives →

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    Chan – pure C implementation of Go channels▲150

    Pure C implementation of Go channels. Contribute to tylertreat/chan development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a minimal Forth-like stack interpreter library in C▲47

    This weekend I created stacklib.h - a single-header library that brings Forth-style stack operations to C. It implements a basic interpreter with: - Stack operations (push/pop/dup/swap/over/drop) - Arithmetic (+, -, *, /) - Output (., emit, cr) - Stack inspection (.s, depth) Example usage: Stack s; stack_init(&s); dict_init(); exec(&s, "10 20 + ."); // Prints "30" exec(&s, "1 2 3 4 .s"); // Shows stack contents The library is self-contained, requires no dependencies, and handles basic error checking. It was inspired by wanting to understand…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    I built a web framework in C▲420

    a lightweight web framework in c. Contribute to ashtonjamesd/lavandula development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    libsrt – fast C library with heap and stack allocation▲8

    libsrt is a C library for writing fast and safe C code, faster. It provides string, vector, bit set, set, map, hash set, and hash map handling. Suitable for soft and hard real-time. Allows both heap and stack allocation. *BETA* (API still can change: suggestions are welcome) - faragon/libsrt

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Libsoundio 1.0.0 – cross-platform audio input and output▲129

    2015 · libsound.io · its alternatives →

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    macOS-cross-compiler – Compile binaries for macOS on Linux▲215

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Geeonx a Multiplatform C GUI-Library (Linux, Windows, macOS)▲23

    geeonx, cross-platform, crossplatform, multiplatform, gui, library, gui designer, interface

    2019 · geeonx.org · its alternatives →

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    A Modern C/C++ build tools (Simple, Fast, Cross-platform)▲89

    A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

    2019 · xmake.io · its alternatives →

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    A pure C89 implementation of Go channels, with blocking selects▲271

    A pure C (-std=c89) implementation of Go channels, including blocking and non-blocking selects. - GitHub - rochus-keller/CspChan: A pure C (-std=c89) implementation of Go channels, including blocking and non-blocking selects.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility▲186

    🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua. Contribute to xmake-io/xmake development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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