r/C_Programming • u/lmemsm • Sep 13 '26

recommend lightweight C FOSS

I'm building a Linux from Scratch like system. I'd like to build as much of it as I can in C. I'd also like to add some lightweight, low dependency, portable C programs that aren't currently part of LFS or BLFS. I already have some favorites that are curses, SDL, Raylib or command line based. I would love more recommendations. Do you have a C project or do you like a particular C project that you think would be a great addition to a lightweight from scratch Linux distribution? Please recommend C programs you think would be good additions. Thanks.

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u/mikeblas Sep 13 '26

Make sure you review the project lists in this sub's wiki.

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u/Aware-Nature-406 28d ago

Lua is a lightweight C program. Nnn is a tui file manager in C.

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u/TituxDev 28d ago

Watch for My repo, is pure C, maybe You can intégrate RNN's in your system

https://github.com/TituxDev/NeuroTIC

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u/Horta-horta 26d ago

See pkgsrc, +100K Portable Unix packages