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What are some popular applications that use C? (programming.dev)

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Hey, so I've been searching the web for a while for some popular applications that use C. All that I can find so far is, Git, Vim, Linux, and Unix. I also know the Windows kernel uses it a little bit, but that's it. Does anyone know some popular apps that use C? Doesn't have to be programming related, just an actual app that's written in C? Sorry if this question sounds redundant or anything.

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[–] netchami 21 points 1 year ago

Basically all drivers and kernels.

GNU coreutils, sudo, SVN, curl, vim, etc.

Also things you often use on servers like Bind 9 DNS server, httpd, nginx, the Dovecot mail server and others

If you are looking for an actual application, a big chunk of OBS Studio is written in C