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206,982 stars

ossu/computer-science

🎓 Path to a free self-taught education in Computer Science!

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Stars206,982
120,373 stars

ggerganov/llama.cpp

Port of Facebook's LLaMA model in C/C++

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Stars120,373
82,540 stars

Developer-Y/cs-video-courses

List of Computer Science courses with video lectures.

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Stars82,540
75,593 stars

redis/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.

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Stars75,593
72,342 stars

fffaraz/awesome-cpp

A curated list of awesome C++ (or C) frameworks, libraries, resources, and shiny things. Inspired by awesome-... stuff.

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Stars72,342
69,818 stars

prakhar1989/awesome-courses

:books: List of awesome university courses for learning Computer Science!

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Stars69,818
62,200 stars

FFmpeg/FFmpeg

Mirror of https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git

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Stars62,200
62,096 stars

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.

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Stars62,096
51,803 stars

ggerganov/whisper.cpp

Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++

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Stars51,803
47,888 stars

tmux/tmux

tmux source code

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Stars47,888
42,428 stars

curl/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

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Stars42,428
40,644 stars

vim/vim

The official Vim repository

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Stars40,644
40,360 stars

wg/wrk

Modern HTTP benchmarking tool

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Stars40,360
40,244 stars

php/php-src

The PHP Interpreter

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Stars40,244
38,043 stars

huihut/interview

📚 C/C++ 技术面试基础知识总结,包括语言、程序库、数据结构、算法、系统、网络、链接装载库等知识及面试经验、招聘、内推等信息。This repository is a summary of the basic knowledge of recruiting job seekers and beginners in the direction of C/C++ technology, including language, program library, data structure, algorithm, system, network, link loading library, interview experience, recruitment, recommendation, etc.

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Stars38,043
36,968 stars

pbatard/rufus

The Reliable USB Formatting Utility

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Stars36,968
36,086 stars

mpv-player/mpv

🎥 Command line media player

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Stars36,086
35,252 stars

jqlang/jq

Command-line JSON processor

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Stars35,252
34,242 stars

nothings/stb

stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

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Stars34,242
33,953 stars

kovidgoyal/kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.

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Stars33,953
33,945 stars

raysan5/raylib

A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

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Stars33,945
33,355 stars

valinet/ExplorerPatcher

This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows

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Stars33,355
32,052 stars

lizongying/my-tv

我的电视 电视直播软件,安装即可使用

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Stars32,052
31,676 stars

kingToolbox/WindTerm

A professional cross-platform SSH/Sftp/Shell/Telnet/Tmux/Serial terminal.

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Stars31,676
31,527 stars

coolsnowwolf/lede

Lean's LEDE source

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Stars31,527
30,601 stars

cfenollosa/os-tutorial

How to create an OS from scratch

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Stars30,601
30,478 stars

openssl/openssl

General purpose TLS and crypto library

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Stars30,478
29,310 stars

koekeishiya/yabai

A tiling window manager for macOS based on binary space partitioning

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Stars29,310
29,061 stars

ossrs/srs

SRS is a simple, high-efficiency, real-time media server supporting RTMP, WebRTC, HLS, HTTP-FLV, HTTP-TS, SRT, MPEG-DASH, and GB28181, with codec support for H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9, AAC, Opus, and G.711.

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Stars29,061
28,502 stars

ValdikSS/GoodbyeDPI

GoodbyeDPI — Deep Packet Inspection circumvention utility (for Windows)

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Stars28,502
27,600 stars

openwrt/openwrt

This repository is a mirror of https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git It is for reference only and is not active for check-ins. We will continue to accept Pull Requests here. They will be merged via staging trees then into openwrt.git.

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Stars27,600
27,424 stars

facebook/zstd

Zstandard - Fast real-time compression algorithm

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Stars27,424
27,271 stars

microsoft/vcpkg

C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS

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Stars27,271
27,099 stars

forthespada/CS-Books

🔥🔥超过1000本的计算机经典书籍、个人笔记资料以及本人在各平台发表文章中所涉及的资源等。书籍资源包括C/C++、Java、Python、Go语言、数据结构与算法、操作系统、后端架构、计算机系统知识、数据库、计算机网络、设计模式、前端、汇编以及校招社招各种面经~

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Stars27,099
27,095 stars

ggreer/the_silver_searcher

A code-searching tool similar to ack, but faster.

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Stars27,095
27,013 stars

libuv/libuv

Cross-platform asynchronous I/O

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Stars27,013
26,481 stars

pjreddie/darknet

Convolutional Neural Networks

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Stars26,481
26,356 stars

hashcat/hashcat

World's fastest and most advanced password recovery utility

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Stars26,356
26,331 stars

tree-sitter/tree-sitter

An incremental parsing system for programming tools

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Stars26,331
26,238 stars

google/flatbuffers

FlatBuffers: Memory Efficient Serialization Library

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Stars26,238
25,871 stars

robertdavidgraham/masscan

TCP port scanner, spews SYN packets asynchronously, scanning entire Internet in under 5 minutes.

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Stars25,871
25,456 stars

xiaojieonly/Ehviewer_CN_SXJ

ehviewer,用爱发电,快乐前行

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Stars25,456
24,968 stars

taosdata/TDengine

High-performance, scalable time-series database designed for Industrial IoT (IIoT) scenarios

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Stars24,968
24,567 stars

arendst/Tasmota

Alternative firmware for ESP8266 and ESP32 based devices with easy configuration using webUI, OTA updates, automation using timers or rules, expandability and entirely local control over MQTT, HTTP, Serial or KNX. Full documentation at

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Stars24,567
24,390 stars

radareorg/radare2

UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset

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Stars24,390
24,134 stars

lvgl/lvgl

Embedded graphics library to create beautiful UIs for any MCU, MPU and display type.

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Stars24,134
23,811 stars

fastfetch-cli/fastfetch

A maintained, feature-rich and performance oriented, neofetch like system information tool.

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Stars23,811
23,806 stars

HandBrake/HandBrake

HandBrake's development repository

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Stars23,806
23,660 stars

ruby/ruby

The Ruby Programming Language

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Stars23,660
23,133 stars

timescale/timescaledb

A time-series database for high-performance real-time analytics packaged as a Postgres extension

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Stars23,133
22,565 stars

iovisor/bcc

BCC - Tools for BPF-based Linux IO analysis, networking, monitoring, and more

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Stars22,565
22,422 stars

SamyPesse/How-to-Make-a-Computer-Operating-System

How to Make a Computer Operating System in C++

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Stars22,422
22,276 stars

pgvector/pgvector

Open-source vector similarity search for Postgres

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Stars22,276
22,258 stars

TheAlgorithms/C

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

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Stars22,258
21,912 stars

micropython/micropython

MicroPython - a lean and efficient Python implementation for microcontrollers and constrained systems

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Stars21,912
21,858 stars

DarkFlippers/unleashed-firmware

Flipper Zero Unleashed Firmware

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Stars21,858
21,772 stars

opa334/TrollStore

Jailed iOS app that can install IPAs permanently with arbitary entitlements and root helpers because it trolls Apple

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Stars21,772
21,717 stars

gentilkiwi/mimikatz

A little tool to play with Windows security

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Stars21,717
21,717 stars

jarun/nnn

n³ The unorthodox terminal file manager

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Stars21,717
21,521 stars

postgres/postgres

Mirror of the official PostgreSQL GIT repository. Note that this is just a *mirror* - we don't work with pull requests on github. To contribute, please see https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Submitting_a_Patch

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Stars21,521
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