# mcinglis/c-style

My favorite C programming practices.

Repository: https://github.com/mcinglis/c-style
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/c-style
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2026-01-19T21:14:42+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": 4729, "days_push": 226, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2150, forks 97 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:19.299111+00:00)

## What it is
A personal style guide documenting the author's favorite C programming practices, covering compiler warning flags, correctness, readability, and maintainability conventions. The author has since disavowed the document and points readers to modern resources like the SEI CERT C Coding Standard.

## Use cases
- learn C coding style conventions
- find recommended compiler warning flags for C projects
- improve readability and maintainability of C code
- review best practices for writing correct C software
- compare personal C style rules against a community guide

## When to choose
- you want a concise opinionated set of C style rules to pick and choose from
- you need a starting point for configuring strict compiler warnings in a C build

## When to avoid
- you need an actively endorsed, up-to-date C standard - the author explicitly no longer recommends it
- you want authoritative industry guidance - prefer SEI CERT or OpenSSF hardening guides
- you need tooling rather than prose guidance - use clang-format instead

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: maintenance
- function: documentation, developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: c-programming, coding-style, style-guide, best-practices, compiler-warnings

## Member repositories
- mcinglis/c-style (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.299111+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 2026-08-30T02:50:57.903674+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mcinglis/c-style (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:19.299111+00:00, sha 196325e8c8d9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.