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ZXing

9.9 8.2 L3 Better String VS ZXing

ZXing ("Zebra Crossing") barcode scanning library for Java, Android
stb

9.7 5.5 L2 Better String VS stb

stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

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C++ Format

9.5 9.7 L1 Better String VS C++ Format

A modern formatting library
RE2

8.9 7.6 L1 Better String VS RE2

RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python. It is a C++ library.
HTTP Parser

8.9 0.0 L1 Better String VS HTTP Parser

http request/response parser for c
Cppcheck

8.5 9.9 Better String VS Cppcheck

static analysis of C/C++ code
SDS

8.0 0.0 L2 Better String VS SDS

Simple Dynamic Strings library for C
Klib

8.0 0.4 L4 Better String VS Klib

A standalone and lightweight C library
ZBar

7.9 0.0 L3 Better String VS ZBar

Clone of the mercurial repository http://zbar.hg.sourceforge.net:8000/hgroot/zbar/zbar
American fuzzy lop

7.6 0.0 Better String VS American fuzzy lop

american fuzzy lop - a security-oriented fuzzer
Serial Communication Library

7.3 1.8 L1 Better String VS Serial Communication Library

Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++
PHP-CPP

6.6 5.4 L4 Better String VS PHP-CPP

Library to build PHP extensions with C++
pdqsort

6.4 0.0 Better String VS pdqsort

Pattern-defeating quicksort.
libssh2

6.3 7.6 Better String VS libssh2

the SSH library
Better Enums

5.9 0.8 L5 Better String VS Better Enums

C++ compile-time enum to string, iteration, in a single header file
c-smart-pointers

5.8 0.0 Better String VS c-smart-pointers

Smart pointers for the (GNU) C programming language
Mach7

5.7 1.0 L2 Better String VS Mach7

Functional programming style pattern-matching library for C++
Experimental Boost.DI

5.4 2.2 L3 Better String VS Experimental Boost.DI

DI: C++14 Dependency Injection Library
UNITS

5.1 0.0 L3 Better String VS UNITS

a compile-time, header-only, dimensional analysis and unit conversion library built on c++14 with no dependencies.
stdman

5.0 2.3 Better String VS stdman

Formatted C++20 stdlib man pages (cppreference)
SLRE

4.6 0.0 L3 Better String VS SLRE

Super Light Regexp engine for C/C++
constexpr-8cc

4.6 1.1 L3 Better String VS constexpr-8cc

Compile-time C Compiler implemented as C++14 constant expressions
Stage

4.4 0.0 L1 Better String VS Stage

Mobile robot simulator
cxx-prettyprint

4.3 0.0 L5 Better String VS cxx-prettyprint

A header-only library for C++(0x) that allows automagic pretty-printing of any container.
DynaMix

4.2 2.2 Better String VS DynaMix

:fish_cake: A new take on polymorphism in C++
outcome

4.2 7.6 Better String VS outcome

Provides very lightweight outcome<T> and result<T> (non-Boost edition)
CppVerbalExpressions

3.9 0.0 L5 Better String VS CppVerbalExpressions

C++ regular expressions made easy
libcpuid

3.9 4.3 L2 Better String VS libcpuid

a small C library for x86 CPU detection and feature extraction
value-category-cheatsheet

3.6 0.0 Better String VS value-category-cheatsheet

A C++14 cheat-sheet on lvalues, rvalues, xvalues, and more
kangaru

3.6 6.2 L5 Better String VS kangaru

🦘 A dependency injection container for C++11, C++14 and later
STX

3.6 7.8 Better String VS STX

C++17 & C++ 20 error-handling and utility extensions.
leaf

3.3 7.9 Better String VS leaf

Lightweight Error Augmentation Framework
casacore

3.2 8.6 L1 Better String VS casacore

Suite of C++ libraries for radio astronomy data processing
neither

3.2 0.0 Better String VS neither

Either and Maybe monads for better error-handling in C++ ↔️
libusb

3.0 1.0 Better String VS libusb

Access USB devices from Ruby via libusb-1.x
semver.c

3.0 0.0 L5 Better String VS semver.c

Semantic version in ANSI C
gcc-poison

3.0 0.0 Better String VS gcc-poison

gcc-poison
ub-canaries

2.9 0.0 L4 Better String VS ub-canaries

collection of C/C++ programs that try to get compilers to exploit undefined behavior
StrTk

2.9 0.0 Better String VS StrTk

C++ String Toolkit Library https://www.partow.net/programming/strtk/index.html
libnih

2.7 0.0 L2 Better String VS libnih

NIH Utility Library
Boost.Signals

2.5 4.0 L2 Better String VS Boost.Signals

Boost.org signals2 module
sigslot

2.4 0.0 L5 Better String VS sigslot

C++11 signal/slot implementation
QtVerbalExpressions

2.3 0.0 L5 Better String VS QtVerbalExpressions

This Qt lib is based off of the C++ VerbalExpressions library. [MIT]
access_profiler

2.1 0.0 L5 Better String VS access_profiler

a tool to count accesses to member variables in c++ programs
libsigc++

2.1 0.7 L5 Better String VS libsigc++

A typesafe callback system for standard C++. [LGPL]
FastFormat

2.0 0.0 Better String VS FastFormat

The fastest, most robust C++ formatting library
strf

2.0 6.7 Better String VS strf

Yet another C++ text formatting library.
CommonPP

1.9 0.0 L4 Better String VS CommonPP

Small library helping you with basic stuff like getting metrics out of your code, thread naming, etc.
libevil

1.8 0.0 L4 Better String VS libevil

The Evil License Manager
Scintilla

1.8 0.0 L1 Better String VS Scintilla

A free source code editing component. [MIT]

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The Better String Library

The Better String Library is an abstraction of a string data type which is superior to the C library char buffer string type, or C++'s std::string. Among the features achieved are:

Substantial mitigation of buffer overflow/overrun problems and other failures that result from erroneous usage of the common C string library functions
Significantly simplified string manipulation
High performance interoperability with other source/libraries which expect '\0' terminated char buffers
Improved overall performance of common string operations
Functional equivalency with other more modern languages

The library is totally stand alone, portable (known to work with gcc/g++, MSVC++, Intel C++, WATCOM C/C++, Turbo C, Borland C++, IBM's native CC compiler on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X), high performance, easy to use and is not part of some other collection of data structures. Even the file I/O functions are totally abstracted (so that other stream-like mechanisms, like sockets, can be used.) Nevertheless, it is adequate as a complete replacement of the C string library for string manipulation in any C program.

The library includes a robust C++ wrapper that uses overloaded operators, rich constructors, exceptions, stream I/O and STL to make the CBString struct a natural and powerful string abstraction with more functionality and higher performance than std::string.

Bstrlib is stable, well tested and suitable for any software production environment.