Show HN: Ttar 2.4 KB freestanding TAR archiver written in C, no Libc

Category: cli-tool

Tags: tar, archiver, c, syscall, minimal

Score: 3.8/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 5, Documentation: 3, Utility: 3)

A minimal TAR archiver written in C that uses Linux syscalls directly without libc, resulting in a 2.4KB binary. It demonstrates a purist approach to small utilities but lacks documentation and real-world use cases.

Target audience: backend devs, embedded devs

Repository: https://github.com/Ferki-git-creator/ttar-tiny-tar-archivist · C · GPL-3.0

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