Newlib

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Project Summary

Newlib is a C library intended for use on embedded systems. It is a conglomeration of several library parts, all under free software licenses that make them easily usable on embedded products.

Newlib is only available in source form. It can be compiled for a wide array of processors, and will usually work on any architecture with the addition of a few low-level routines.

Newlib is the C Library used by Cygwin and RTEMS.

In a Nutshell, Newlib...

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has had 43,274 commits made by 516 contributors
representing 1,976,159 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with a well-commented source code
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
with stable Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 562 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in May, 1999
ending with its most recent commit 14 days ago

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