27 open source tools under LGPL-3.0

All 27 projects licensed under LGPL-3.0, ranked by GitHub stars. Activity and language shown per project; data refreshed nightly.

tools 27 languages 10 license LGPL-3.0
01 vnote ★ 13K

A pleasant note-taking platform in native C++.

last push5 hours ago languageC++ categoryProductivity & Utilities
02 bigbluebutton ★ 9.3K

A complete web conferencing system for virtual classes and more!

last push5 hours ago languageTypeScript categoryBusiness Software
03 PI-Desktop ★ 7.6K

Local-first AI coding agent desktop: Electron + Rust host core + pi Agent Harness + user-installable plugins

last push7 hours ago languageTypeScript categoryAI & Machine Learning
04 chafa ★ 5.4K

📺🗿 Terminal graphics for the 21st century.

last push23 hours ago languageC categoryMiscellaneous
05 dramatiq ★ 5.3K

A fast and reliable background task processing library for Python 3.

last push5 days ago languagePython categoryBusiness Software
06 apkstudio ★ 4.7K

Open-source, cross platform Qt6 based IDE for reverse-engineering Android application packages. It features a friendly IDE-like layout including code editor wit

last push6 days ago languageC++ categoryDeveloper Tools
07 joshuto ★ 3.7K

ranger-like terminal file manager written in Rust

last push8 days ago languageRust categoryProductivity & Utilities
08 schemaspy ★ 3.7K

Database documentation built easy

last push8 months ago languageHTML categoryContent & Publishing
09 find-sec-bugs ★ 2.5K

The SpotBugs plugin for security audits of Java web applications and Android applications. (Also work with Kotlin, Groovy and Scala projects)

last push25 hours ago languageJava categorySecurity & Privacy
10 rsyslog ★ 2.3K

High-performance log ingestion and ETL engine

last push5 hours ago languageC categoryInfrastructure & Operations
11 cryfs ★ 2.3K

Cryptographic filesystem for the cloud

last push3 days ago languageRust categoryProductivity & Utilities
12 daptin ★ 1.9K

Self-hosted application server for schema-driven APIs, identity, files, automation, integrations, realtime, metering, and protocols.

last push11 hours ago languageGo categoryContent & Publishing
13 webterminal ★ 1.7K

ssh rdp vnc telnet sftp bastion/jump web putty xshell terminal jumpserver audit realtime monitor rz/sz 堡垒机 云桌面 linux devops sftp websocket file management rz/s

last push10 days ago languagePython categoryBusiness Software
14 jsxgraph ★ 1.5K

JSXGraph is a cross-browser library for interactive geometry, function plotting, charting, and data visualization in a web browser.

last push5 days ago languageJavaScript categoryData & Analytics
15 jasperreports ★ 1.4K

JasperReports® - Free Java Reporting Library

last push35 hours ago languageJava categoryData & Analytics
16 cwe_checker ★ 1.4K

cwe_checker finds vulnerable patterns in binary executables

last push1 months ago languageRust categorySecurity & Privacy
17 jsreport ★ 1.3K

javascript based business reporting platform :rocket:

last push6 days ago languageJavaScript categoryData & Analytics
18 phing ★ 1.2K

PHing Is Not GNU make; it's a PHP project build system or build tool based on Apache Ant.

last push8 days ago languagePHP categoryDeveloper Tools
19 EMS-ESP32 ★ 1.1K

ESP32 firmware to read and control EMS and Heatronic compatible equipment such as boilers, thermostats, solar modules, and heat pumps

last push6 hours ago languageC++ categoryMiscellaneous
20 sidequest ★ 1.0K

Redis-free background jobs for Node.js. Persist jobs in your existing Postgres, MySQL, SQLite, or MongoDB. A distributed, durable BullMQ alternative with a buil

last push14 days ago languageTypeScript categoryInfrastructure & Operations
21 ArrowDL ★ 853

ArrowDL (Arrow Downloader) is a download manager for Windows, MacOS and Linux

last push6 months ago languageC++ categoryData & Analytics
22 PyPtt ★ 734

The best PTT library

last push32 hours ago languagePython categoryData & Analytics
23 waterius ★ 683

Передача показаний воды по Wi-Fi. Watermeter Wi-Fi transmitter.

last push6 hours ago languageC++ categoryMiscellaneous
24 PowerNukkitX ★ 683

Open-source, feature-rich Minecraft: Bedrock Edition server written in Java. Supports custom items, blocks, entities, full vanilla commands, advanced mob AI, an

last push6 hours ago languageJava categoryMiscellaneous
25 backend.ai ★ 677

Backend.AI is a streamlined, container-based computing cluster platform that hosts popular computing/ML frameworks and diverse programming languages, with plugg

last push5 hours ago languagePython categoryDeveloper Tools
26 privado ★ 665

Open Source Static Scanning tool to detect data flows in your code, find data security vulnerabilities & generate accurate Play Store Data Safety Report.

last push3 days ago languagePython categoryBusiness Software
27 charm ★ 650

Charm: A Framework for Rapidly Prototyping Cryptosystems

last push2 months ago languagePython categoryMiscellaneous

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Frequently asked questions

What can I do with LGPL-3.0-licensed code?

You can link it into proprietary software without releasing your own source.

What does the LGPL-3.0 licence require?

You must let users replace the LGPL component and share any changes you make to it.

What does LGPL-3.0 prohibit?

You cannot relicense the LGPL part itself. LGPL-3.0 is not the only option — GPL-3.0, which extends to the whole combined work is the nearest licence in common use.

Which open source projects use the LGPL-3.0 licence?

27 projects in this registry use LGPL-3.0, with 77,309 GitHub stars between them across 10 languages. The most-adopted is vnote with 13,029 stars, and 25 of the 27 received a commit in the last 90 days.