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12 projects Ranked by: Age + Consistent Commits

Projects that have survived 10+ years and power modern computing - languages, kernels, and essential infrastructure.

torvalds/linux

Linux kernel source tree - the foundation of countless operating systems

185.0k 55.0k 33+ yrs C

git/git

Git Source Code Mirror - the distributed version control system

53.0k 26.0k 19+ yrs C

curl/curl

A command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax

36.0k 6.5k 28+ yrs C

vim/vim

The official Vim repository - the ubiquitous text editor

37.0k 5.5k 33+ yrs Vim Script

python/cpython

The Python programming language - one of the most popular languages

64.0k 30.0k 33+ yrs Python

postgres/postgres

PostgreSQL - The most advanced open source relational database

17.0k 4.7k 28+ yrs C

nodejs/node

Node.js JavaScript runtime - server-side JavaScript execution

108.0k 30.0k 15+ yrs JavaScript

php/php-src

The PHP Interpreter - powering billions of websites

38.0k 8.2k 30+ yrs C

ruby/ruby

The Ruby Programming Language - optimized for programmer happiness

22.0k 5.3k 31+ yrs Ruby

nginx/nginx

The NGINX web server - powers 34% of all websites

25.0k 7.0k 22+ yrs C

apache/httpd

Apache HTTP Server - the most popular web server

4.0k 2.1k 29+ yrs C

openssl/openssl

OpenSSL - cryptography and SSL/TLS toolkit

26.0k 10.5k 26+ yrs C
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