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C

GitStarClub categories are deterministic rule slices of the ≥10,000-star whitelist. They are not a complete GitHub language or topic catalog.

How is the C ranking generated?

GitStarClub combines deterministic category assignments, all-time ranking data, and repository metadata over the ≥10k whitelist. The page is not a complete GitHub language or topic listing, and it does not call live search or AI. GitStarClub categories are deterministic rule slices of the ≥10,000-star whitelist. They are not a complete GitHub language or topic catalog. Category counts come from GitStarClub's own category data: deterministic rules over repository metadata, not live search or AI.

Answer capsule

As of August 23, 2026, GitStarClub tracks 294 repositories in C. torvalds/linux leads with 243.9k total stars, followed by ollama/ollama and Genymobile/scrcpy. This category ranking uses deterministic category assignments, all-time ranking data, and repository metadata. - GitStarClub

Data as of
August 23, 2026
Source
GitStarClub

Top repositories

1-100 of 294

C repositories by current stars

  1. 1
    C
  2. 2
    ollama/ollama179.2k
    Go
  3. 5
    C++
  4. 6
    neovim/neovim101.9k
    Vim Script
  5. 7
    C++
  6. 8
    Go
  7. 9
    C
  8. 10
    redis/redis76.1k
    C
  9. 12
    Python
  10. 15
    C
  11. 16
    git/git62.7k
    C
  12. 19
    C++
  13. 20
    Julia
  14. 21
    tmux/tmux48.8k
    C
  15. 22
    curl/curl42.7k
    C
  16. 23
    HTML
  17. 24
    vim/vim40.8k
    Vim Script
  18. 25
    wg/wrk40.4k
    C
  19. 26
    php/php-src40.3k
    C
  20. 28
    LLVM
  21. 30
    C
  22. 31
    C
  23. 32
    jqlang/jq35.5k
    C
  24. 33
    Python
  25. 34
    nothings/stb34.5k
    C
  26. 35
    C
  27. 36
    C++
  28. 38
    C++
  29. 39
    Python
  30. 42
    numpy/numpy32.6k
    Python
  31. 43
    Assembly
  32. 45
    C
  33. 47
    nginx/nginx31.5k
    C
  34. 48
    Cuda
  35. 49
    C
  36. 51
    Java
  37. 52
    asmvik/yabai29.5k
    C
  38. 53
    C++
  39. 54
    C++
  40. 56
    C
  41. 57
    C
  42. 59
    libuv/libuv27.1k
    C
  43. 61
    C
  44. 62
    C++
  45. 64
    C
  46. 65
    C
  47. 68
    C
  48. 69
    Python
  49. 72
    Go
  50. 73
    Go
  51. 75
    C
  52. 77
    lvgl/lvgl24.5k
    C
  53. 80
    Tencent/ncnn23.7k
    C++
  54. 81
    ruby/ruby23.7k
    Ruby
  55. 82
    C++
  56. 83
    copy/v8623.4k
    JavaScript
  57. 85
    Python
  58. 87
    iovisor/bcc22.6k
    C
  59. 90
    C
  60. 92
    C++
  61. 93
    Objective-C
  62. 96
    jarun/nnn21.8k
    C
  63. 98
    antirez/ds421.7k
    C
  64. 100
    C
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Frequently asked questions

What repositories are included in C?

As of August 23, 2026, C includes 294 repositories from GitStarClub's ≥10k whitelist — a deterministic rule slice, not a complete GitHub catalog.

Which repository leads C?

torvalds/linux leads C with 243.9k total stars.

Which repository follows torvalds/linux in C?

ollama/ollama follows in C with 179.2k total stars.

How is the C ranking generated?

GitStarClub combines deterministic category assignments, all-time ranking data, and repository metadata over the ≥10k whitelist. The page is not a complete GitHub language or topic listing, and it does not call live search or AI.