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24 alternatives to X-Windows independent C library for Linux that simulates keyboard input

C library (with python and go bindings) for simulating keyboard input. - solusipse/cpress

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. X-Windows independent C library for Linux that simulates keyboard input launched in 2014; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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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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   Simple C library for an XBox Controller (Linux) for easy use in games▲36

   An interface that interacts with an XBox One controller via the usb stream. With simple methods for object or camera control (i.e. for OpenGL contexts). - MauriceGit/XBox_Controller_Linux_Interface

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Python library for keyboard hooks and macros▲20

   Hook and simulate global keyboard events on Windows and Linux. - boppreh/keyboard

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Learn C and its lower levels interactively, in the browser▲356

   I made a simple virtual machine that runs C in the browser.This project is made as an experiment to see if C can be learned easier if the lower level is covered in paralel. Sandbox: https://vasyop.github.io/miniC-hosting Tutorial part 1: https://vasyop.github.io/miniC-hosting/?0 More info: https://github.com/vasyop/miniC-hosting/blob/master/README.md Please support this project: https://github.com/vasyop/miniC-hosting/blob/master/support.md

   2019 · 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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   C to Go Assembly▲98

   C to Go Assembly. Contribute to minio/c2goasm development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A work-in-progress C compiler from scratch▲159

   Programming language that compiles into a x86 ELF executable. - riicchhaarrd/ocean

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A minimal C runtime for Linux i386 and x86_64 in 87 SLOC of C▲172

   A minimal C runtime for Linux i386 & x86_64. Contribute to lpsantil/rt0 development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A new hobby OS from “scratch” in C#▲310

   A multitasking monolithic Kernel based x86 targeting Operating System written in C# from scratch aiming for high-level implementation of drivers in managed environment. - amaneureka/AtomOS

   2017 · 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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    A little web server in C▲178

    A little web server written in C for Linux. Supports: CGI, Reverse Proxy. Single threaded using I/O multiplexing (select).

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Xcc700: Self-hosting mini C compiler for ESP32 (Xtensa) in 700 lines▲154

    Repo: https://github.com/valdanylchuk/xcc700 Hi Everyone! I just wrote my first compiler! - single pass, recursive descent, direct emission - generates REL ELF binaries, runnable using ESP-IDF elf_loader - very basic features only, just enough for self-hosting - treats the Xtensa CPU as a stack machine for simplicity, no register allocation / window usage - compilable on Mac, probably also Linux, can cross-compile for esp32 there - wrote for fun / cyberdeck project Sample output from esp32: xcc700.elf xcc700.c -o /d/cc.elf [ xcc700 ] BUILD COMPLETED >…

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Libcox – A C Library for Cross-Platform System Calls▲47

    2015 · libcox.net · its alternatives →

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    A simple GUI app to make Linux touchpad gestures easier▲82

    A modern GUI frontend for libinput-gestures

    2018 · gitlab.com · its alternatives →

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    WIP C compiler in Go, inspired by 8cc▲60

    Cross platform C preprocessor and compiler. Contribute to andrewchambers/cc development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · 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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    A keyboard shortcut library for React▲66

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Fast, Malloc-Free C++14 Json Parser and Encoder▲98

    Meta programming utilities for C++14. Merged in matt-42/lithium - matt-42/iod

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Compiler using Lisp’s macro system for metaprogramming C-like languages▲80

    Next-level syntax for C-like languages :). Contribute to kiselgra/c-mera development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Xonsh Shell▲55

    Python-powered shell for Mac, Linux and Windows

    2021 · xon.sh · 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 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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    My microkernel-based OS built from scratch now has basic Unix commands▲69

    This project contains no code from Linux, BSD, Minix, or any other OS. Everything up until this point is written entirely from scratch, including a pure microkernel (that only implements multiprocessor priority scheduling, memory management, and interprocess communication), a work-in-progress implementation of the standard C library, and a variety of servers that provide drivers and other essential OS functionality. At the time of writing this post, the servers provide drivers for the keyboard, NVMe SSDs (that works on real hardware), a Unix-like virtual file system (with a single root…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Interactive exercises for Linux CLI text processing commands▲69

    Last month, I started learning a Python TUI framework called Textual. After working on a 4x4 board game, I made an interactive app to test your CLI text processing skills with 40 beginner to intermediate level exercises. The app is fairly basic in terms of features — only single input file, so no stdin data, multiple files, etc. Most of the exercises in this app is based on my Computing from the Command Line ebook (https://learnbyexample.github.io/cli-computing/preface.html). I hope to improve the TUI app to support all the 200+ exercises sometime next year.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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