clibs/clib

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5142 stars · 264 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

clib is a lightweight package manager for the C programming language that installs small, standalone 'micro' C libraries from a git-based registry. It fetches dependencies into your repository so end users don't need clib installed, fitting into any existing C workflow.

Use cases

• install C libraries from the command line
• manage dependencies for a C project
• search for small standalone C packages
• bootstrap a new C project with clib init
• vendor C dependencies into a repo without requiring a package manager
• discover scattered C utility libraries

When to choose

• you want small, decoupled C libraries instead of large frameworks
• you need dependencies checked into your repo so contributors don't need the tool
• you prefer a git-based, zero-registry-server package manager
• you want to add package management to an existing C build workflow with minimal friction

When to avoid

• you need a full-featured dependency resolver with version constraints and lockfiles
• your project relies on large frameworks or system libraries
• you want a central registry with package metadata beyond the wiki listing
• you need binary package distribution rather than source fetching

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

package-manager cli developer-tools developer-tools programming-languages cli cross-platform c package-management dependency-management micro-libraries git-based command-line linux macos

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