# lattera/glibc

GNU Libc - Extremely old repo used for research purposes years ago. Please do not rely on this repo.

Repository: https://github.com/lattera/glibc
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/glibc
Language: C
License: GPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Archived: true
Last push: 2018-08-24T20:30:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5266, "days_push": 2931, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1976, forks 961 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:01.355033+00:00)

## What it is
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 This particular repository is an outdated copy kept only for historical research and should not be used as a source of the library.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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: programming-language, developer-tools
- domain: operating-systems, developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: c, cpp, cross-platform
- tags: c-standard-library, glibc, posix, gnu, mirror, research-only, libc, linux

## Member repositories
- lattera/glibc (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.355033+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 2026-08-30T03:04:50.571650+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lattera/glibc (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:01.355033+00:00, sha aae7b5ad3f0a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.