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Top C Compilers repositories on GitHub

Front-ends, back-ends, and language toolchains. Filtered to projects whose primary language is C.

Ranked by stars across 248 C repositories tagged compiler. Refreshed daily.

  1. 1
    DoctorWkt/acwj★ 13,411 · ⑂ 1,201

    A Compiler Writing Journey

    • compiler
    • lexical-analysis
    • parsing
    • c
  2. 2
    zenc-lang/zenc★ 4,311 · ⑂ 222

    Write like a high-level language, run like C.

    • c
    • compiler
    • lsp
    • open-source
    • programming-languages
    • repl
  3. 3
    quickjs-zh/QuickJS★ 3,517 · ⑂ 310

    QuickJS是一个小型并且可嵌入的Javascript引擎，它支持ES2020规范，包括模块，异步生成器和代理器。

    • quickjs
    • compiler
    • javascript
    • c
    • zh
    • javascript-engine
  4. 4
    emojicode/emojicode★ 3,415 · ⑂ 168

    😀😜🔂 World’s only programming language that’s bursting with emojis

    • emojicode
    • emojis
    • programming-language
    • language
    • compiler
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    TinyCC/tinycc★ 3,034 · ⑂ 565

    Unofficial mirror of mob development branch

    • compiler
    • c
    • jit
    • tcc
    • tinycc
  7. 6
    vnmakarov/mir★ 2,656 · ⑂ 179

    A lightweight JIT compiler based on MIR (Medium Internal Representation) and C11 JIT compiler and interpreter based on MIR

    • jit-compiler
    • compiler
    • interpreter
    • intermediate-representation
    • c
    • x86-64
  8. 7
    nature-lang/nature★ 2,252 · ⑂ 64

    The Nature Programming Language

    • language
    • nature
    • compiler
    • programming-language
    • hacktoberfest
    • c
  9. 8
    vtereshkov/umka-lang★ 2,106 · ⑂ 75

    Umka: a statically typed embeddable scripting language

    • programming-language
    • scripting-language
    • compiler
    • interpreter
    • virtual-machine
    • cross-platform
  10. 9
    Zaneham/Booth★ 1,749 · ⑂ 92

    Open-source CUDA, Triton and HIP compiler targeting multiple GPU and CPU architectures.

    • c99
    • compiler
    • cuda
    • gpu
    • ml
    • triton
  11. 10
    pmq20/ruby-packer★ 1,590 · ⑂ 99

    Packing your Ruby application into a single executable.

    • ruby
    • windows
    • squashfs
    • rubyc
    • ruby-packer
    • compiler
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    alexfru/SmallerC★ 1,578 · ⑂ 177

    Simple C compiler

    • c-compiler
    • compiler
    • dos
    • x86
    • mips
    • self-hosting
  14. 12
    ring-lang/ring★ 1,464 · ⑂ 434

    A simple, lightweight, flexible, embeddable, portable and multi-paradigm dynamic programming language for developing applications, tools, and domain-specific languages

    • programming-language
    • compiler
    • virtual-machine
    • ring
    • language
    • ring-programming-language
  15. 13
    sysprog21/shecc★ 1,393 · ⑂ 170

    A self-hosting and educational C optimizing compiler

    • arm
    • armv7
    • compiler
    • self-hosting
    • c
    • linux
  16. 14
    RealNeGate/Cuik★ 1,300 · ⑂ 47

    A Modern C11 compiler (STILL EARLY)

    • compiler
    • c-language
    • c-lang
  17. 15
    Jamesbarford/holyc-lang★ 1,165 · ⑂ 75

    HolyC compiler & transpiler

    • c
    • compiler
    • holyc
    • templeos
    • programming
    • programming-language
  18. 16
    jserv/amacc★ 1,061 · ⑂ 161

    Small C Compiler generating ELF executable Arm architecture, supporting JIT execution

    • compiler
    • c
    • arm
    • armv7a
    • jit-compiler
    • linux
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    XWHQSJ/ebooks★ 1,031 · ⑂ 397

    A repository for ebooks， including C, C plus plus, Linux Kernel, Compiler, OS, Algorithm, Security, Database, Network, ML and DL

    • ebooks
    • algorithm
    • linux-kernel
    • cpp
    • c
    • compiler
  21. 18
    larmel/lacc★ 991 · ⑂ 79

    A simple, self-hosting C compiler

    • c
    • compiler
  22. 19
    katef/libfsm★ 985 · ⑂ 57

    DFA regular expression library & friends

    • fsm
    • regex
    • lexer-generator
    • regexp
    • regexes
    • regex-validator
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