lattera/glibc
GNU Libc - Extremely old repo used for research purposes years ago. Please do not rely on this repo. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: 5266
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2931
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1976 stars · 961 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A mirror of the GNU C Library (glibc), the standard C library providing the system API for C and C-compatible programs on GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd systems. This particular repository is an outdated copy kept only for historical research and should not be used as a source of the library.
Use cases
- study glibc source code for research
- read the implementation of POSIX functions in C
- research historical libc internals
- understand how the C library interfaces with the Linux kernel
When to choose
- you need to read or research the source of an older glibc snapshot
- you are studying libc internals or historical GNU system code
When to avoid
- you want to build or link against glibc in a real project - use the official GNU glibc repository or your distro's packages
- you need security updates or current platform support
Facets
library · maturity abandoned
programming-language developer-tools operating-systems developer-tools programming-languages c cpp cross-platform c-standard-library glibc posix gnu mirror research-only libc linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/lattera/glibc · fetched 2026-08-28 · aae7b5ad3f0a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| lattera/glibc | main | 10 |
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