zpl-c/zpl

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1071 stars · 49 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

zpl is a C99 cross-platform, header-only library that provides a set of commonly needed utilities for C/C++ development, replacing and extending the C standard library. It includes modules for memory management, collections, JSON5/CSV parsing, math, hashing, threading, coroutines, file handling, and TAR archiving.

Use cases

• parse 5 files in c without dependencies
• read and write csv files in c
• pack and unpack tar archives in memory
• replace the c standard library with better helpers
• run a thread pool or coroutines in c
• hash data with common algorithms in c
• allocate memory with custom strategies in c
• write cross-platform c code for windows linux android and ios

When to choose

• you want a single-header, dependency-free utility library for C or C++
• you need JSON5, CSV, or TAR support without pulling large libraries
• you target many platforms including web (Emscripten), mobile, and desktop
• you want a batteries-included stdlib replacement for game or systems programming

When to avoid

• you need a fully standard-compliant, battle-tested standard library
• your project requires a permissively simple license and the NOASSERTION license is a concern
• you need specialized, deeply optimized libraries for a single domain like JSON or math
• you work in a language other than C/C++

Facets

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serialization parser csv math concurrency file-system compression cli developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform files cross-platform windows wasm c cpp header-only c99 5 tar thread-pool coroutines hashing memory-management single-header standard-library-replacement algorithms linux macos android ios

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