# GNOME/glib

Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib

Repository: https://github.com/GNOME/glib
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/glib
Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-26T11:24:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5204, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1761, forks 583 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:32.731830+00:00)

## What it is
GLib is the low-level core C library underpinning GTK and GNOME, providing data structures, an object system (GObject), an event loop, threads, and portability wrappers. It also includes GIO for file and I/O abstractions and GModule for dynamic loading.

## Use cases
- build cross-platform C applications with portable OS abstractions
- use an event loop and main context for async I/O in C
- implement an object system with signals and properties in C
- handle files, streams, and IPC portably with GIO
- load plugins dynamically at runtime
- build GTK or GNOME applications on a common foundation

## When to choose
- writing C or C++ desktop or system software, especially GTK/GNOME-based
- you need mature, battle-tested cross-platform primitives in C
- you want GObject-based APIs with introspection for other languages

## When to avoid
- building lightweight apps where a large core library dependency is overkill
- pure Rust/Go/Python projects with native standard libraries
- you need a UI toolkit itself rather than the core layer

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: concurrency, file-system, plugin-system, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform, operating-systems
- platform: windows, c, cross-platform
- tags: glib, gobject, gio, event-loop, core-library, gnome, gtk, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- GNOME/glib (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.731830+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 2026-08-30T03:27:03.499536+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/GNOME/glib (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:32.731830+00:00, sha a106235e39a2)
  - homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib (fetched 2026-08-29T11:05:22.576804+00:00, sha 02771811d65e)
  - site_page: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T11:05:22.579131+00:00, sha 45955d4e6c0e)
  - site_page: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/blob/main/NEWS (fetched 2026-08-29T11:05:22.580683+00:00, sha 4b4e8fead74a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.