Is there a library repository for C?

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Everyone knows that C is very small language, it has just language primitives and almost no standard library (no data structures or algorithms).

Therefore I have a question, how do I find good C libraries for data structures, algorithms and perhaps system programming?

For example, if I need a hash-table, how do I find a good implementation? Or for example, if I need to work with graphs, what do I do?

So far I have been writing everything myself. But my hash table implementation is nowhere good enough. It's very basic.

What do advanced C programmers do with this problem? Do they really write all the libraries again themselves?

Thanks, Boda Cydo.

Most of the programming related internet...c is so pervasive that it has never needed a central repository. Well, that and it predates the world wide web by circa 25 years... — dmckee --- ex-moderator kitten, Jun 28 '10 at 02:59
Yeah but, C++ has STL, Boost, etc, you might expect something similar for pure C libs.. — bobobobo, Jun 28 '10 at 03:01
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3080696/why-there-is-not-a-comprehensive-c-archive-network — jamesdlin, Jun 28 '10 at 03:20

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 28 '10 at 02:58

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GLib.

answered Jun 28 '10 at 02:58

Ken

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 14 '22 at 00:28

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There really isn't anything as "go to" as Boost in C++ (STL doesn't count as its part of the standard).

Beyond GLib, there is APR

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answered Jun 28 '10 at 03:23

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 28 '10 at 02:56

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http://directory.fsf.org/category/clibs/

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Spudd86 · Answer 4 · 2021-04-10T18:45:06.850

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http://ccan.ozlabs.org/

EDIT: CCAN has moved domains to https://ccodearchive.net/

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The link returns 404. A working one is [CCAN link](https://ccodearchive.net/) – Marek Niepiekło Dec 28 '20 at 17:00

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 28 '10 at 03:17

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There isn't any set way.... there's just a proliferation of all kinds of frameworks out there. Often there is different forces on what people want, eg, depending if its for embedded systems, PCs, flavor of OS, or whatever.

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Is there a library repository for C?

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