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    Pairings can be used for all kinds of advanced cryptographic schemes such as Encryption (Identity-based, Attribute-based, Predicate-based, etc.), Signatures, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, etc. It is in no particular order.
PBC
Provides multiple types of Elliptic Curve groups with appropriate pairings on top of them. Code repository resides here.
License: LGPL

Language: C

Thesis: On the Implementation of Pairing-Based Cryptography by Ben Lynn (2007)
RELIC Toolkit
License: LGPL v2.1

Language: C
TinyPBC
License: Unlicensed

Language: nesC
MIRACL
License: AGPL v3 or later, proprietary possible
Language: C, C++ (wrapper)
TEPLA (University of Tsukuba Elliptic Curve and Pairing Library)
License: 3-clause BSD

Language: C

Paper: Software Implementation of a Pairing Function for Public Key Cryptosystems by Kanbara, Yusuke; Teruya, Tadanori; Kanayama, Naoki; Nishide, Takashi; Okamoto, Eiji (2015)
Charm
Uses PBC (or MIRACL or RELIC)
License: LGPL v3

Language: Python
jPBC
Uses PBC for performance, but is also full implemented in Java. Code can be found on SourceForge.
License: LGPL v3

Language: Java
arcanum-pbc under the arcanum umbrella
Repackaged from jPBC.
License: LGPL

Language: Java
ate-pairing
License: 3-clause BSD

Language: C++, Java (wrapper)

Paper: High-Speed Software Implementation of the Optimal Ate Pairing over Barreto-Naehrig Curves by Jean-Luc Beuchat, Jorge Enrique González Díaz, Shigeo Mitsunari, Eiji Okamoto, Francisco Rodríguez-Henríquez, Tadanori Teruya (2010)
Tate Pairing in Intel® Integrated Performance Primitives (Intel® IPP)
License: Commercial

Language: C/C++
gezel-elliptic-curve-crypto (Backup)
Contains hardware-accelerated pairings.
License: ?/unlicensed

Language: VHDL + C++
java-pairing
Implementation of etaT, Tate, modified Tate and Hyper Elliptic Pairings.
License: ?/unlicensed

Language: Java
NEON optimized pairing
Pairing with use of NEON instruction set for ARMv7+. Instantiation through ABE.
License: Public Domain

Language: C + Assembler(NEON)

Platform: ARMv7
ow_on_android
Contains an etaT pairing implementation here.
License: propietary
Language: Java
libsnark
Contains an "edwards" pairing implementation here.
License: MIT

Language: C++
cryptosage
CryptoSage contains many crypto primitives built on top of SageMath.
License: ?/unlicensed

Language: Python
jspairings
Pure JavaScript implementation for Eta, Ate, Tate pairings.
License: ?/unlicensed

Language: JavaScript
bnpairings
License: GPL v2
Language: Java
bouncycastle-ext
Pairings on top of BouncyCastle.
License: GPL v3
Language: Java
FiniteFieldComputations
Efficient Pairings for NEON.
License: ?

Language: C + ASM_446/ASM_638

Platform: ARMv7 & ARMv8
Thesis: Efficient Implementations of Pairing-BasedCryptography on Embedded Systems
TinyPairing
Efficient Pairings for wireless sensors.
License: LGPL v?

Language: nesC

Platform: TinyOS
Paper: TinyPairing: A Fast and Lightweight Pairing-Based Cryptographic Library for Wireless Sensor Networks
PBC through CPABE in Priv.io
The Priv.io project uses CPABE in JavaScript and compiled it to JavaScript from C using Emscripten.
License: ?

Language: JavaScript/asm.js

Platform: Any JavaScript interpreter
Code:

compiled code
usage of CPABE

DCLXVI: Pairing computation on AMD64 processors
License: Public Domain

Language: C+QHASM
Code: dclxvi-20130329.tar.bz2

Paper: New software speed records for cryptographic pairings
Patched code: agl/dclxvi for use in agl/pond (a Go library)
bn
License: MIT or Apache 2.0

Language: Rust
Notes:

Asymmetric pairing over Barreto-Naehrig curve

Pairing-based cryptography for Go
License: GPL 3.0 or LGPL 3.0
Language: Go
Notes:

Wrapper around PBC (libpbc)

Crypt::PBC
License: LGPL
Language: Perl
Notes:

Wrapper around PBC (libpbc)

ibejs
License: AGPL 3.0
Language: JavaScript
Notes:

This IBE implementation contains a PBC implementation

bn256
License: BSD-style

Language: Go
Notes:

256 bit Barreto-Naehrig curve for 128 bit security

herumi/mcl
License: BSD 3-clause

Language: ASM

Langauge bindings: C++, Java, C#
Notes:

Based on herumi/ate-pairing
Ate pairing over BN254

arybczak/haskell-mcl
License: BSD 3-clause

Language: Haskell
ECCelerate
Java crypto provider and offers pairings over Barreto-Naehrig curves (Type-2 and Type-3).
License: commercial, special free license agreements for research and teaching available

Language: Java, JCE