bminor/glibc
Unofficial mirror of sourceware glibc repository. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 63
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4695
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 225
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1895 stars · 478 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The GNU C Library (glibc), the standard C library for GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd systems, providing the system API for C and C-compatible languages. This repository is an unofficial mirror of the official sourceware glibc repository.
Use cases
- build C programs on Linux
- port glibc to a new architecture
- debug libc behavior on GNU/Linux
- study POSIX API implementation
- contribute patches to glibc
- build a custom Linux toolchain
When to choose
- you need the standard C library runtime for a GNU/Linux system
- you are developing or porting system-level C software
- you want to inspect or patch libc internals
When to avoid
- you want a minimal libc for embedded systems (consider musl or newlib)
- you need a Windows or macOS C library
- you want an official upstream repo rather than a mirror
Facets
library · maturity stable
programming-language concurrency file-system networking math developer-tools operating-systems developer-tools cross-platform c cpp cross-platform glibc c-library libc posix system-library mirror gnu linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/bminor/glibc · fetched 2026-08-28 · 07a439712d3c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| bminor/glibc | main | 10 |
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