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C/C++

The "Awesome C/C++" project is a curated collection of resources aimed at developers working with C and C++, two powerful general-purpose programming languages widely used for system programming and embedded applications. This list encompasses a variety of resources including libraries, frameworks, tools, tutorials, and community contributions that cater to both beginners and experienced developers. Users can explore essential libraries for graphics, networking, and data processing, as well as tools for debugging, performance analysis, and code quality. Whether you are looking to deepen your understanding of low-level programming or seeking advanced techniques for optimizing performance, this collection provides a wealth of information and tools to enhance your C/C++ development experience.

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Table of Contents

70 sections · 1212 projects

Standard Libraries

5 projects
C++ Standard Library
en.wikipedia.org
Standard Template Library
en.wikipedia.org
C POSIX library
en.wikipedia.org
ISO C++ Standards Committee
github.com
The GNU C Library
gnu.org

Frameworks

42 projects
abseil-cpp
abseil-cpp

An open-source collection of C++ libraries designed to augment the C++ standard library, derived from Google's production code.

C++17,3132 days ago
Apache C++ Standard Library
stdcxx.apache.org
APR
apr.apache.org
ASL
stlab.adobe.com
AUI
AUI

A cross-platform, high-performance UI toolkit for building hardware-accelerated desktop applications with modern C++20.

C++5671 day ago
Boost Libraries
github.com
Sogou Workflow
Sogou Workflow

A C++ parallel computing and asynchronous networking framework for building high-performance, high-concurrency backend services.

C++14,3653 days ago
CGraph
CGraph

A cross-platform, dependency-free C++ and Python DAG framework for building parallel computational graphs.

C++2,27829 days ago
Cinder
libcinder.org
Coost
Coost

A lightweight, cross-platform C++11 base library providing high-performance utilities like logging, coroutines, JSON, and networking.

C++4,2071 year ago
Cxxomfort
ryan.gulix.cl
DLIB
DLIB

A modern C++ toolkit for machine learning, computer vision, and data analysis applications.

C++14,3931 month ago
EASTL
EASTL

A high-performance C++ template library of containers, algorithms, and iterators for runtime and tool development.

C++9,2586 months ago
ETL
ETL

A C++ template library for embedded systems with fixed-capacity containers and no dynamic memory allocation.

C++3,0351 day ago
ffead-cpp
ffead-cpp

A high-performance C++ web and enterprise application framework with embedded HTTP server, ORM, and support for multiple server backends.

C++7411 year ago
Folly
Folly

A C++20 library from Facebook focused on performance and practicality, complementing std and Boost with components used at scale.

C++30,4071 day ago
FunctionalPlus
FunctionalPlus

A header-only C++14 library for functional programming that helps write concise and readable code by providing pure functions for common operations.

C++2,2884 days ago
GLib
wiki.gnome.org
itlib
itlib

A collection of single-header C++ libraries that extend or provide alternatives to the C++ standard library.

C++2082 months ago
JUCE
JUCE

An open-source cross-platform C++ framework for building desktop, mobile, and audio plugin applications.

C++8,5162 days ago
Kigs framework
Kigs framework

A modular C++ framework for rapid development of cross-platform applications including games, simulators, and viewers.

C++892 years ago
LibSourcey
LibSourcey

A modular C++20 toolkit for real-time media, WebRTC, and networking, built as a lightweight alternative to libwebrtc.

C++1,3629 days ago
libxutils
libxutils

A cross-platform, event-driven C library providing a unified networking stack with HTTP, WebSocket, data structures, and cryptography.

C801 day ago
Loki
loki-lib.sourceforge.net
OpenFrameworks
OpenFrameworks

A community-developed cross-platform C++ toolkit for creative coding and interactive art.

C++10,38411 days ago
PhotonLibOS
PhotonLibOS

A high-performance C++ coroutine library for I/O-intensive applications, featuring user-space threading and support for epoll, io_uring, and DPDK.

C++1,20019 hours ago
Qt
github.com
Reason
code.google.com
ROOT
root.cern.ch
rpp
rpp

A minimal Rust-inspired C++20 standard library replacement focused on fast compilation, debuggability, and explicit code.

C++2141 year ago
SaneCppLibraries
SaneCppLibraries

A set of C++ platform abstraction libraries for macOS, Windows, and Linux, designed for fast compile times and minimal dependencies.

C++6221 day ago
Seastar
Seastar

A high-performance, event-driven C++ framework for building asynchronous, non-blocking server-side applications.

C++9,2541 day ago
sfl library
sfl library

A header-only C++11/20 library providing specialized containers like static_vector, small_vector, and flat_map for performance and embedded use.

C++1572 months ago
Siv3D
Siv3D

A C++20 framework for creative coding, enabling 2D/3D games, media art, visualizers, and simulators across Windows, macOS, Linux, and the Web.

C++1,17223 days ago
STLport
stlport.org
STXXL
stxxl.sourceforge.net
tbox
tbox

A glib-like cross-platform C library providing modules for streams, coroutines, containers, algorithms, and more to simplify C development.

C5,1121 month ago
Ultimate++
ultimatepp.org
Windows Template Library
sourceforge.net
WUI
WUI

A cross-platform C++17 library for creating graphical user interfaces with a minimalist API.

C++662 months ago
xtd
xtd

A modern C++20 framework for building cross-platform console, GUI (WinForms-like), and unit test applications.

C++1,1531 day ago
Yomm2
Yomm2

A C++17 library implementing fast, open multi-methods to solve the Expression Problem, now superseded by Boost.OpenMethod.

C++3824 months ago

Artificial Intelligence

15 projects
ANNetGPGPU
ANNetGPGPU

A GPU-accelerated (CUDA) C++ template library for building and training artificial neural networks, including self-organizing maps and back-propagation networks.

C++1134 years ago
btsk
btsk

A C# library for implementing behavior trees in game AI, providing a modular framework for creating complex NPC behaviors.

C++4853 years ago
Evolving Objects
eodev.sourceforge.net
frugally-deep
frugally-deep

A lightweight header-only C++ library for running Keras (TensorFlow) models without linking against TensorFlow.

C++1,1251 month ago
Genann
Genann

A minimal, well-tested library for training and using feedforward artificial neural networks in ANSI C.

C2,2641 year ago
MXnet - Lightweight, Portable, Flexible Distributed/Mobile Deep Learning framework
MXnet - Lightweight, Portable, Flexible Distributed/Mobile Deep Learning framework

A flexible and efficient deep learning framework that mixes symbolic and imperative programming for heterogeneous distributed systems.

C++20,8072 years ago
PyTorch - Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GPU acceleration
PyTorch - Tensors and Dynamic neural networks in Python with strong GPU acceleration

A Python package for tensor computation with GPU acceleration and dynamic neural networks built on a tape-based autograd system.

Python100,59018 hours ago
flashlight
flashlight

A fast, flexible C++ standalone library for machine learning with high-performance defaults and total internal modifiability.

C++5,4413 months ago
Recast & Detour
Recast & Detour

Industry-standard navigation-mesh generation and pathfinding toolset for games, powering AI navigation in Unity, Unreal, and Godot.

C++7,7553 months ago
Tensorflow - Open source software library for numerical computation using data flow graphs
Tensorflow - Open source software library for numerical computation using data flow graphs

An end-to-end open source platform for machine learning with a comprehensive ecosystem of tools and libraries.

C++195,60917 hours ago
oneDNN
oneDNN

An open-source cross-platform performance library of basic building blocks for deep learning applications, optimized for CPUs and GPUs.

C++4,00218 hours ago
CNTK - Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit
CNTK - Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit

A unified deep learning toolkit for describing neural networks as computational graphs, supporting feed-forward DNNs, CNNs, and RNNs/LSTMs.

C++17,5983 years ago
tiny-dnn
tiny-dnn

A header-only, dependency-free deep learning framework in C++14 for embedded systems and IoT devices.

C++6,0144 years ago
Veles - Samsung Distributed machine learning platform
Veles - Samsung Distributed machine learning platform

A distributed platform for rapid deep learning application development with neural network engine and Hadoop integration.

C++9172 years ago
Kaldi
Kaldi

A comprehensive open-source toolkit for speech recognition research and development.

Shell15,4028 months ago

Asynchronous Event Loop

8 projects
C++ Actor Framework
C++ Actor Framework

An open-source C++ framework implementing the Actor Model for building scalable, high-performance concurrent and distributed applications.

C++3,4221 day ago
Ichor
Ichor

A C++20 microservice bootstrapping framework focused on dependency injection, event queueing, and thread confinement for high-performance, low-latency applications.

C++2333 months ago
libev
libev.schmorp.de
libevent
libevent.org
libhv
libhv

A cross-platform, high-performance C/C++ network library with simpler APIs for TCP/UDP/SSL/HTTP/WebSocket/MQTT client/server development.

C7,51516 days ago
libuv
libuv

A multi-platform support library focused on asynchronous I/O, originally developed for Node.js.

C26,8975 days ago
uvw
uvw

A header-only, event-based C++17 wrapper for libuv that provides a modern API while staying true to libuv's original interface.

C++2,0435 months ago
uv-cpp
uv-cpp

A C++11 wrapper for libuv providing a simple interface and high-performance networking with TCP, UDP, HTTP, DNS, and timer support.

C++8396 months ago

Audio

25 projects
Amplitude Audio SDK
Amplitude Audio SDK

A cross-platform audio engine optimized for games, featuring spatial audio, data-driven configuration, and a plugin architecture.

C++768 days ago
aubio
aubio

A library for audio and music analysis, detecting events like onsets, pitch, tempo, and beats in audio signals.

C3,7121 month ago
AudioFile
AudioFile

A simple header-only C++ library for reading and writing WAV and AIFF audio files.

C++1,1367 months ago
audioFlux
audioFlux

A deep learning library for audio and music analysis, providing time-frequency transforms and feature extraction for tasks like classification and MIR.

C3,3163 months ago
dr_libs
dr_libs

Public domain, single-file audio decoding libraries for C/C++ supporting FLAC, MP3, and WAV.

C1,74929 days ago
FMOD
fmod.org
KFR
kfrlib.com
LAME
lame.sourceforge.io
libsndfile
libsndfile

A C library for reading and writing sound files containing sampled audio data.

C1,7035 months ago
libsoundio
libsoundio

A C library for cross-platform real-time audio input and output, supporting JACK, PulseAudio, ALSA, CoreAudio, and WASAPI.

C2,0881 year ago
Maximilian
Maximilian

A cross-platform C++ audio synthesis and signal processing library with JavaScript bindings for music DSP applications.

C++1,6871 year ago
OpenAL
openal.org
Miniaudio
Miniaudio

A single-file C audio library for playback, capture, and processing with no external dependencies.

C6,87229 days ago
ni-media
ni-media

A modern C++ library for reading and writing audio streams with idiomatic STL integration.

C++2541 year ago
Opus
opus-codec.org
PortAudio
portaudio.com
SELA
SELA

A simple, open-source lossless audio codec with good compression ratios, written in C++.

C++2176 years ago
SoLoud
SoLoud

A free, portable C/C++ audio engine for games with minimal dependencies and simple API.

C2,1171 year ago
Speex
speex.org
Tonic
Tonic

A C++ library for fast and easy audio synthesis with clean syntax and intuitive signal processing operators.

C++5541 year ago
Vorbis
xiph.org
minimp3
minimp3

A minimalistic, single-header MP3 decoder library focused on small size, speed, and ISO conformance.

C1,9112 months ago
Verovio
Verovio

A fast, portable library for engraving MEI, MusicXML, and Humdrum music scores into SVG images.

C++8711 day ago
Wav2Letter++
Wav2Letter++

Facebook AI Research's automatic speech recognition toolkit for end-to-end ASR with modern neural architectures.

C++6,4454 months ago
PocketSphinx
PocketSphinx

A lightweight, open-source continuous speech recognition engine for embedded and offline applications.

C4,3102 days ago