coter

A lightweight, modular C foundation library. Each module is self-contained, has a minimal public API, and is built to be stable rather than feature-complete.

Modules

Module	Description
core	Platform macros, strings, filesystem, time primitives, expected/optional
sync	Mutex, cond, rwlock, semaphore, atomic, event, waitgroup, message queue, pub/sub
thread	Thread create/join, thread pool, job pool, TLS, once
container	Array, vector, list, stack, queue, priority queue, heap
bytes	Byte buffer, ring buffer, segmented buffer, buffer builder
log	Async logger — console / rotating-file / custom handler, producer-consumer architecture
time	Timer, ticker, cron scheduler, datetime formatting
ini	INI config file parser and serializer
opt	Command-line argument parser
encoding	Base64, hex, BCD, binary, JSON (bundled nlohmann/json)
crypto	MD5, SHA-1, generic hash interface
fmt	C++ format support (bundled fmtlib)

Integration

coter uses CMake and can be consumed via FetchContent:

include(FetchContent)

FetchContent_Declare(
  coter
  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/tayne3/coter.git
  GIT_TAG        v0.11.1
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(coter)

target_link_libraries(your_project PRIVATE coter::coter)

Build

cmake -B build
cmake --build build

To run tests:

cmake -B build -DCOTER_BUILD_TEST=ON
cmake --build build
ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure