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mruby
Lightweight Ruby
mruby is a lightweight implementation of the Ruby programming language designed for embedding and integration into applications, particularly in resource-constrained environments such as embedded systems or game engines. It maintains compatibility with modern Ruby syntax while offering a significantly reduced footprint compared to the standard Ruby interpreter. The system includes its own virtual machine, bytecode compiler, and interactive shell, enabling developers to write, compile, and... -
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SkiffOS
Any Linux distribution, anywhere
SkiffOS is a lightweight, containerized operating system optimized for embedded systems, edge devices, and single-board computers like the Raspberry Pi. It integrates Buildroot and Docker to create minimal, reproducible OS images that boot directly into a containerized user environment. SkiffOS supports running full Linux distros or custom applications in containers, providing both performance and modularity. -
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JerryScript
Ultra-lightweight JavaScript engine for the Internet of Things
JerryScript is a lightweight JavaScript engine for resource-constrained devices such as microcontrollers. It can run on devices with less than 64 KB of RAM and less than 200 KB of flash memory. -
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Riley's Graphics library FrameWork
A cross platform lightweight single-header simple-to-use library
RGFW (Really Good Framework) is a lightweight, C-based windowing and input library designed to be a minimal alternative to frameworks like GLFW or SDL. It supports OpenGL context creation, input handling, and simple file dialogs while staying highly portable and dependency-free. RGFW is ideal for developers who want tight control over their environment or want to build cross-platform applications with a tiny footprint. It’s particularly suited to educational, experimental, or embedded... -
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retro-go
Retro emulation for the ODROID-GO and other ESP32 devices
retro-go is a lightweight, embedded-focused emulator frontend and launcher designed specifically for microcontroller-based handheld devices, particularly those built on ESP32 hardware. It integrates multiple classic console emulators into a single unified interface, enabling portable retro gaming on low-power devices with limited memory and processing capabilities. The project emphasizes efficiency and optimization, adapting emulation cores to run within the strict constraints of embedded... -
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libjuice
JUICE is a UDP Interactive Connectivity Establishment library
libjuice is a lightweight C library implementing the ICE (Interactive Connectivity Establishment) protocol, facilitating peer-to-peer connectivity through NAT traversal. It's particularly useful for applications requiring direct UDP communication, such as VoIP or real-time media streaming, where establishing a direct connection between peers is essential. -
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FTLDNS
The Pi-hole FTL engine
Network-wide ad blocking via your own Linux hardware. FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole®'s Web interface. Fast, stats are read directly from memory by coupling our codebase closely with dnsmasq. Versatile, upstream changes to dnsmasq can quickly be merged in without much conflict. Lightweight, runs smoothly with minimal hardware and software requirements such as Raspberry Pi Zero. -
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shadowsocks-libev
Bug-fix-only libev port of shadowsocks
Shadowsocks-libev is a lightweight secured SOCKS5 proxy for embedded devices and low-end boxes. Shadowsocks-libev is written in pure C and depends on libev. It's designed to be a lightweight implementation of shadowsocks protocol, in order to keep the resource usage as low as possible. Snap is the recommended way to install the latest binaries. You can build shadowsocks-libev and all its dependencies by script. -
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jq
Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
jq is like sed for JSON data - you can use it to slice, filter, map and transform structured data with the same ease that sed, awk, grep and friends let you play with text. jq is written in portable C, and it has zero runtime dependencies. You can download a single binary, scp it to a far away machine of the same type, and expect it to work. jq can mangle the data format that you have into the one that you want with very little effort, and the program to do so is often shorter and simpler... -
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Matroska Server Mk2
The streaming solution to end all streaming problems
Matroska Server Mk2 is a media streaming server designed to serve MKV video files over a network with minimal configuration. It enables on-demand streaming of video content, making it suitable for personal media servers or lightweight distribution systems. The project focuses on efficient file serving and compatibility with common media players. It supports handling large video files while maintaining smooth playback performance. The implementation emphasizes simplicity and ease of... -
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Capstone
Capstone disassembly/disassembler framework
Capstone is a disassembly framework with the target of becoming the ultimate disasm engine for binary analysis and reversing in the security community. Created by Nguyen Anh Quynh, then developed and maintained by a small community, Capstone offers some unparalleled features. Support multiple hardware architectures: ARM, ARM64 (ARMv8), Ethereum VM, M68K, Mips, MOS65XX, PPC, Sparc, SystemZ, TMS320C64X, M680X, XCore and X86 (including X86_64). Having clean/simple/lightweight/intuitive... -
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Pony OS
My Little Unix: Kernels are Magic
ponyos is a lightweight, UNIX-like operating system developed as a personal hobby project by the creator of ToaruOS. It features a monolithic kernel written in C and aims for a POSIX-compliant environment with a built-from-scratch userland. ponyos includes a graphical interface, dynamic linker, shared libraries, and a package manager. It’s designed for fun, experimentation, and as a platform to learn and play with operating system internals, with surprisingly advanced features given its... -
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Toxic
A Tox-based instant messaging and video chat client
...It’s lightweight, fast, and ideal for use in low-resource or remote systems. -
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repmgr
A lightweight replication manager for PostgreSQL (Postgres)
repmgr is a management tool for PostgreSQL replication, providing monitoring, failover, and administrative capabilities for streaming replication setups. It simplifies the configuration of primary/standby clusters and automates failover processes for high availability. repmgr is widely used in production environments where database resilience and minimal downtime are critical. -
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Arduino core support for STM32
STM32 core support for Arduino
This repo adds the support of STM32 MCU in Arduino IDE. This porting is based on STM32Cube MCU Packages including the HAL hardware abstraction layer, enabling portability between different STM32 devices via standardized API calls. The Low-Layer (LL) APIs, a lightweight, optimized, expert-oriented set of APIs designed for both performance and runtime efficiency. CMSIS device definition for STM32. Arduino.cc IDE allows to add easily new board thanks the "Boards Managers". More information... -
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NPainter
Fast and simple digital painting software
NPainter is a fast and simple digital painting software, currently a work in progress, aiming to provide essential painting tools for artists. -
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mGBA
mGBA Game Boy Advance Emulator
mGBA is a high-performance, open-source emulator designed to accurately replicate the behavior of the Game Boy Advance hardware while maintaining fast execution across a wide range of devices. The project was created with the goal of improving both accuracy and speed compared to earlier emulators, achieving a balance that allows games to run reliably even on lower-end systems. It supports not only Game Boy Advance titles but also Game Boy and Game Boy Color games, making it a versatile... -
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pg_cron
Run periodic jobs in PostgreSQL
pg_cron is a PostgreSQL extension that allows SQL jobs to be scheduled using cron syntax. It runs inside the database server and lets users automate routine tasks like VACUUM, backups, and custom SQL scripts. Jobs are managed via SQL commands and can run on the same schedule format as standard UNIX cron, making it powerful and easy to use for database administrators and developers alike. -
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Crosvm
The Chrome OS Virtual Machine Monitor
crosvm (ChromeOS Virtual Machine Monitor) is a secure, lightweight virtual machine monitor built on top of the Linux KVM hypervisor. Developed for ChromeOS, it is designed to isolate and execute Linux and Android guests efficiently while maintaining strong security boundaries. Unlike general-purpose emulators like QEMU, crosvm avoids full hardware emulation and focuses on modern paravirtualized I/O using the virtio standard, reducing complexity and attack surface. ... -
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OpenHardwareMonitor
Free open source tool for real-time PC hardware sensor monitoring
Open Hardware Monitor is a free and open source hardware monitoring application designed primarily for personal computers. It provides real-time insights into key system metrics such as temperatures, fan speeds, voltages, load percentages, and clock speeds by reading directly from sensors embedded in CPUs, GPUs, motherboards, and storage devices. The tool supports a wide range of sensor hardware found on modern systems, including Intel and AMD processors, NVIDIA and AMD graphics cards, SMART... -
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txiki.js
A tiny JavaScript runtime
txiki.js is a lightweight and modern JavaScript runtime designed to provide a compact yet powerful alternative to larger runtimes like Node.js and Deno. It is built on top of QuickJS-ng as its JavaScript engine and uses libuv for asynchronous I/O and system-level operations, allowing it to support a wide range of platform capabilities. The runtime aims to implement modern ECMAScript standards while aligning with WinterCG specifications, making it suitable for both server-side and scripting... -
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MicroQuickJS
Public repository of the Micro QuickJS Javascript Engine
MicroQuickJS (MQuickJS) is a compact JavaScript engine designed specifically for embedded systems where memory and storage are extremely limited. Its primary goal is to compile and run JavaScript programs using minimal RAM, making it suitable for microcontrollers and constrained devices that cannot host a full-featured runtime. The engine is intentionally small in ROM footprint while still providing practical performance comparable to lightweight desktop-grade embeddable engines in its... -
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Dunst
Lightweight and customizable notification daemon
Dunst is a lightweight replacement for the notification daemons provided by most desktop environments. It’s very customizable, isn’t dependent on any toolkits, and therefore fits into those window manager-centric setups we all love to customize to perfection. Customize fonts, icons, timeouts, and more. Are you unhappy with the default shortcuts and colors? No worries, you can change these all with a simple configuration file tweak. Change the look or behavior of notifications matching a... -
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LVGL
Powerful and easy-to-use embedded GUI library with many widgets
Powerful and easy-to-use embedded GUI library with many widgets, advanced visual effects (opacity, antialiasing, animations), and low memory requirements (16K RAM, 64K Flash). LVGL provides everything you need to create an embedded GUI with easy-to-use graphical elements, beautiful visual effects, and a low memory footprint. LVGL is an open-source graphics library providing everything you need to create an embedded GUI with easy-to-use graphical elements, beautiful visual effects, and a low... -
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MIR
A lightweight JIT compiler based on MIR
MIR means Medium Internal Representation. MIR project goal is to provide a basis to implement fast and lightweight interpreters and JITs. Plans to try MIR light-weight JIT first for CRuby or/and MRuby implementation. Each module can contain functions and declarations and data. Each function has a signature (parameters and return types), local variables (including function arguments) and instructions. Each local variable has a type which can be only a 64-bit integer, float, double, or long...
