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FFTW/fftw3

DO NOT CHECK OUT THESE FILES FROM GITHUB UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. (See below.) observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/FFTW/fftw3 · C · GPL-2.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

62/100

  • Activity 86
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
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: 4917
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 84
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3102 stars · 716 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

FFTW is a widely used C library for computing discrete Fourier transforms (DFTs), known for its speed and adaptive code generation. This repository is the source generator; most users should download official release tarballs from fftw.org instead.

Use cases

  • compute fast fourier transforms in c
  • signal processing fft library
  • spectral analysis of audio or sensor data
  • solve pdes with spectral methods
  • fast convolution and correlation
  • image frequency-domain filtering

When to choose

  • you need a high-performance, well-tested FFT implementation in C/C++
  • you need transforms of arbitrary sizes with multi-dimensional support
  • you want a mature library with bindings in many languages

When to avoid

  • you want to build directly from this GitHub repo - it contains only generated-code generators
  • you need GPU-accelerated FFTs (consider cuFFT)
  • you need a permissive license - FFTW is GPL-2.0 (commercial licenses available)

Facets

library · maturity stable

math developer-tools performance cross-platform windows cpp c cross-platform fft fourier-transform signal-processing numerical-computing scientific-computing algorithms linux macos

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