# bminor/glibc

Unofficial mirror of sourceware glibc repository.

Repository: https://github.com/bminor/glibc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/bminor-glibc
Homepage: https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=glibc.git
Language: C
License: LGPL-2.1
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-01-21T02:05:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 63, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4695, "days_push": 225, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1895, forks 478 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:50.791205+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: programming-language, concurrency, file-system, networking, math, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: c, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: glibc, c-library, libc, posix, system-library, mirror, gnu, linux

## Member repositories
- bminor/glibc (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:50.791205+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:12:51.160161+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bminor/glibc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:50.791205+00:00, sha 07a439712d3c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.