The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels: aarch64*-*-linux-gnu alpha*-*-linux-gnu arm-*-linux-gnueabi hppa-*-linux-gnu i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu x86_64-*-linux-gnu Can build either x86_64 or x32 ia64-*-linux-gnu m68k-*-linux-gnu microblaze*-*-linux-gnu mips-*-linux-gnu mips64-*-linux-gnu powerpc-*-linux-gnu Hardware or software floating point, BE only. powerpc64*-*-linux-gnu Big-endian and little-endian. s390-*-linux-gnu s390x-*-linux-gnu riscv64-*-linux-gnu sh[34]-*-linux-gnu sparc*-*-linux-gnu sparc64*-*-linux-gnu If you are interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers; see http://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more information.

The current stable version of glibc is 2.43, released on January 23rd, 2026. The current development version of glibc is 2.44, releasing on or around August 1st, 2026.

Unofficial mirror of sourceware glibc repository. Contribute to bminor/glibc development by creating an account on GitHub.

March 2, 2026 - The GNU C Library, known as glibc, originated in 1987 when Roland McGrath, a teenager employed by the Free Software Foundation (FSF), began its development as a component of the GNU Project.[9] [10] This effort addressed the GNU Project's need ...

Linux C Library development. Contribute to andikleen/glibc development by creating an account on GitHub.

You can contact the developer community by emailing the developer list libc-alpha@sourceware.org. The GNU C Library can be found on the main GNU ftp server (download glibc via HTTPS, download glibc via HTTP or download glibc via FTP), and its mirrors; please use a mirror if possible.

Object files for development using standard C libraries. ... The glibc-devel package contains the object files necessary for developing programs which use the standard C libraries (which are used by nearly all programs). If you are developing programs which will use the standard C libraries, ...

The glibc-devel package contains the object files necessary for developing programs which use the standard C libraries (which are used by nearly all programs). If you are developing programs which will use the standard C libraries, your system needs to have these standard object files available ...

In the early to mid 1990s, there was for a while Linux libc, a fork of glibc 1.x created by Linux developers who felt that glibc development at the time was not sufficing for the needs of Linux. Often, this library was referred to (ambiguously) as just "libc".

March 20, 2026 - In 2018, maintainer Raymond Nicholson ... from the glibc source code. It was restored later by Alexandre Oliva after Richard Stallman demanded to have it returned. In 2021, the copyright assignment requirement to the Free Software Foundation was removed from the project. In 1994, the developers of the Linux ...

The GNU C Library supports these configurations for using Linux kernels: aarch64*-*-linux-gnu alpha*-*-linux-gnu arc*-*-linux-gnu arm-*-linux-gnueabi csky-*-linux-gnuabiv2 hppa-*-linux-gnu i[4567]86-*-linux-gnu x86_64-*-linux-gnu Can build either x86_64 or x32 loongarch64-*-linux-gnu Hardware floating point, LE only. m68k-*-linux-gnu microblaze*-*-linux-gnu mips-*-linux-gnu mips64-*-linux-gnu or1k-*-linux-gnu powerpc-*-linux-gnu Hardware or software floating point, BE only. powerpc64*-*-linux-gnu Big-endian and little-endian. s390-*-linux-gnu s390x-*-linux-gnu riscv32-*-linux-gnu riscv64-*-linux-gnu sh[34]-*-linux-gnu sparc*-*-linux-gnu sparc64*-*-linux-gnu If you are interested in doing a port, please contact the glibc maintainers; see https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/ for more information.

April 27, 2026 - Mirror of GNU C library. Contribute to kraj/glibc development by creating an account on GitHub.

2 weeks ago - GNU C Library: sources This package contains the sources and patches which are needed to build glibc.

March 19, 2025 - The glibc library is important because it provides a set of standardized functions that are available on all Linux distributions. This means that as software developers, we can write programs that run on any Linux distribution without having ...

Checkout the latest glibc in development: git clone https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git cd glibc git checkout master · Releases are available by source branch checkout (gitweb) and tarball via ftp. Checkout the latest glibc 2.43 stable release: git clone https://sourceware.org/git/glibc.git cd glibc git checkout release/2.43/master ·

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In the early to mid 1990s, there was for a while Linux libc, a fork of glibc 1.x created by Linux developers who felt that glibc development at the time was not sufficing for the needs of Linux. Often, this library was referred to (ambiguously) as just “libc”. Linux libc released major ...

November 12, 2025 - basically each gcc version comes with a default glibc version, but similar glibc version (belonging to the same major version) can be compatible.

September 13, 2024 - Dive into the state of software documentation for the GNU C library and kernel and explore ways developers can help improve docs.

October 1, 2024 - The glibc community is fairly active, but an in-depth look at the commit log for the last decade (2013-2022; I skipped 2023 and 2024 because measuring attrition gets a bit inaccurate when you don't allow enough time for contributors to make another commit) shows me that we average an attrition of around 48 contributors each year, with around 46 new contributors replacing them.