Glib
GLib
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib
Basis for projects such as GTK and GNOME
GLib is the low-level core library that forms the basis for projects such as GTK and GNOME. It provides data structure handling for C, portability wrappers, and interfaces for such runtime functionality as an event loop, threads, dynamic loading, and an object system.
GLib provides the core application building blocks for libraries and applications written in C. It provides the core object system used in GNOME, the main loop implementation, and a large set of utility functions for strings and common data structures.
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https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.87/glib-2.87.2.tar.xz
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released on 19 January 2026
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somewhat chaotic confusing on GLib repo, taken copyright from Debian.
Leaders and contributors
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| VCS Repository Webview | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/ | |
| Debian (Ref) (R) | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/glib2.0 | |
| Bug Tracking | https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/-/issues | |
| Download | https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/ | |
| Perl (Ref) | https://metacpan.org/release/Glib |
Software prerequisites
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Weak prerequisite | libiconv |
| Weak prerequisite | gettext (for message catalog handling) |
| Required to build | make |
| Required to build | pkg-config |
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