u8

Do not like ICU? Here is a basic UTF-8 library on C.

Please, see u8.h for more details.

Features

• UTF-8 aware string manipulation functions
• Rune (Unicode character) navigation and comparison
• String searching and length calculation
• Invalid UTF-8 sequence sanitization
• Lightweight and focused on UTF-8 basics

Building

Prerequisites

• CMake 3.10 or higher
• C compiler (GCC, Clang, MSVC)
• Conan 2.x package manager

Build Instructions

# 1. Create build directory and install dependencies
mkdir build && cd build
conan install .. --build=missing

# 2. Configure with CMake
cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=conan_toolchain.cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release

# 3. Build the library and tests
make

# 4. Run tests
./u8_cunit

To clean the build:

rm -rf build

Build Output

• libu8.a - Static library
• u8_cunit - Unit test executable

Dependencies

• CUnit - Unit testing framework (managed via Conan)