1.nginx / nginx
The official NGINX Open Source repository.
- content-cache
- load-balancer
- reverse-proxy
- web-server
- http
- https
- +9 more
+2,149 stars
from 29,899 · score 7.67
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2.curl / curl
A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, MQTTS, POP3, POP3S, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET, TFTP, WS and WSS. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features
+1,983 stars
from 41,408 · score 7.59
+467 stars
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4.cesanta / mongoose
Embedded web server, with TCP/IP network stack, MQTT and Websocket
+401 stars
from 12,723 · score 6.00
5.openresty / openresty
High Performance Web Platform Based on Nginx and LuaJIT
+389 stars
from 13,726 · score 5.97
+255 stars
from 5,347 · score 5.55
7.alibaba / tengine
A high-performance web server and reverse proxy, 100% compatible with nginx.
- tengine
- nginx
- http3
- quic
- load-balancer
- lua
- +9 more
+241 stars
from 13,176 · score 5.49
8.ibireme / yyjson
The fastest JSON library in C
- json
- c
- portable
- serialization
- deserialization
- cross-platform
- +3 more
+229 stars
from 3,710 · score 5.44
9.EZLippi / Tinyhttpd
TranslatedTinyhttpd is an ultra-lightweight HTTP server of fewer than 500 lines, written by J. David Blackstone in 1999. It is very good for learning and can help us truly understand the essence of server programs. Official website: http://tinyhttpd.sourceforge.net
+164 stars
from 12,049 · score 5.11
+162 stars
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+150 stars
from 11,411 · score 5.02
12.ithewei / libhv
Translated🔥 A network library that is easier to use than libevent/libuv/asio. A c/c++ network library for developing TCP/UDP/SSL/HTTP/WebSocket/MQTT/Redis client/server.
- https
- http-client
- http-server
- websocket
- websocket-client
- websocket-server
- +10 more
+125 stars
from 7,447 · score 4.84
13.warmcat / libwebsockets
canonical libwebsockets.org networking library
- websockets
- c-library
- portable-library
- client-server
- lightweight
- libwebsockets
- +9 more
+117 stars
from 5,234 · score 4.77
+109 stars
from 3,368 · score 4.70
15.zserge / jsmn
Jsmn is a world fastest JSON parser/tokenizer. This is the official repo replacing the old one at Bitbucket
- json-data
- json-string
- parsing
+103 stars
from 4,107 · score 4.64
+78 stars
from 1,082 · score 4.37
+73 stars
from 923 · score 4.30
18.owntracks / recorder
Store and access data published by OwnTracks apps
- owntracks
- mqtt
- geolocation
- json
- http
- websockets
- +1 more
+61 stars
from 1,161 · score 4.13
+57 stars
from 3,317 · score 4.06
20.json-c / json-c
https://github.com/json-c/json-c is the official code repository for json-c. See the wiki for release tarballs for download. API docs at http://json-c.github.io/json-c/
- json
- c
- hacktoberfest
+50 stars
from 3,254 · score 3.93
+50 stars
from 1,118 · score 3.93
22.jeremycw / httpserver.h
Single header library for writing non-blocking HTTP servers in C
+45 stars
from 1,902 · score 3.83
23.boazsegev / facil.io
Your high performance web application C framework
- websocket-server
- http-protocol
- http-parser
- c
- concurrency
- framework
- +7 more
+41 stars
from 2,372 · score 3.74
+38 stars
from 8,035 · score 3.66
+38 stars
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+32 stars
from 3,196 · score 3.50
+32 stars
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+29 stars
from 815 · score 3.40
+22 stars
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+21 stars
from 6,414 · score 3.09
+19 stars
from 3,533 · score 3.00
32.pantoniou / libfyaml
Fully feature complete YAML parser and emitter, supporting the latest YAML spec and passing the full YAML testsuite.
+19 stars
from 328 · score 3.00
+18 stars
from 1,063 · score 2.94
34.hyperrealm / libconfig
C/C++ Library for Processing Structured Configuration Files
+17 stars
from 1,205 · score 2.89
35.Unidata / netcdf-c
Official GitHub repository for netCDF-C libraries and utilities.
- netcdf
- unidata
- unidata-netcdf
- c
- hacktoberfest
+17 stars
from 589 · score 2.89
+16 stars
from 1,016 · score 2.83
37.tbeu / matio
MATLAB MAT File I/O Library with support for MATLAB Class Object System
- matlab
- zlib
- hdf5
- mat-files
- file-format
- c
- +3 more
+16 stars
from 387 · score 2.83
+15 stars
from 985 · score 2.77
+13 stars
from 2,216 · score 2.64
+13 stars
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+12 stars
from 321 · score 2.56
42.cesanta / frozen
JSON parser and generator for C/C++ with scanf/printf like interface. Targeting embedded systems.
+11 stars
from 765 · score 2.48
43.json-parser / json-parser
Very low footprint DOM-style JSON parser written in portable ANSI C
+10 stars
from 1,330 · score 2.40
+10 stars
from 436 · score 2.40
+9 stars
from 925 · score 2.30
+9 stars
from 449 · score 2.30
47.antirez / lua-cmsgpack
A self contained Lua MessagePack C implementation.
+7 stars
from 375 · score 2.08
+5 stars
from 875 · score 1.79
49.jeroen / jsonlite
Simple JSON Parser and Generator for R
+4 stars
from 400 · score 1.61
+3 stars
from 1,515 · score 1.39
+2 stars
from 250 · score 1.10