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Open-source projects built with C++

There are currently 3036 open-source projects built with C++, with a combined total of 9201.8k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C++.

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MicroQuickJS
MicroQuickJSbellard/mquickjs

A JavaScript engine for embedded systems requiring as little as 10 kB of RAM, implementing a stricter ES5 subset.

6.1k238C
2 months ago
Azul
Azulfschutt/azul

A free, functional, reactive GUI framework for building native desktop applications in Rust, C, and C++.

6.1k227Rust
2 days ago
TIC-80
TIC-80nesbox/TIC-80

A fantasy computer for making, playing, and sharing tiny retro games with built-in development tools.

6.1k629C
1 month ago
opencvsharp
opencvsharpshimat/opencvsharp

A cross-platform .NET wrapper for OpenCV, providing image processing and computer vision functionality for .NET applications.

6.1k1.2kC#
8 days ago
OpenCvSharp
OpenCvSharpshimat/opencvsharp

A cross-platform .NET wrapper for OpenCV, providing image processing and computer vision functionality for .NET applications.

6.1k1.2kC#
8 days ago
Websocket-Sharp
Websocket-Sharpsta/websocket-sharp

A C# implementation of the WebSocket protocol providing both client and server functionality with RFC 6455 compliance.

6.1k1.7kC#
29 days ago
HarfBuzz
HarfBuzzharfbuzz/harfbuzz

A robust, high-performance text shaping engine and font platform supporting OpenType and Apple Advanced Typography.

6.0k772C++
4 days ago
gdal
gdalOSGeo/gdal

An open-source translator library for raster and vector geospatial data formats.

6.0k2.9kC++
1 day ago
lwan
lwanlpereira/lwan

A high-performance, scalable, and experimental HTTP server written in C, designed for efficiency and portability.

6.0k552C
5 days ago
CGAL
CGALCGAL/cgal

A C++ library providing efficient and reliable algorithms for computational geometry problems.

6.0k1.6kC++
5 days ago
Ports
Portsledger/ledger

A powerful double-entry accounting system accessed entirely from the UNIX command line, using plain text files for data storage.

6.0k546C++
4 days ago
GraphQL.NET
GraphQL.NETgraphql-dotnet/graphql-dotnet

A .NET implementation of the GraphQL specification for building GraphQL APIs and servers.

6.0k945C#
8 days ago
ROS 2 Wiki
ROS 2 Wikiros2/ros2

A set of open-source software libraries and tools for building robot applications, from drivers to algorithms.

6.0k951
2 days ago
stdlib
stdlibstdlib-js/stdlib

A standard library for JavaScript and TypeScript with an emphasis on numerical and scientific computation.

5.9k1.3kJavaScript
1 day ago
htop
htophishamhm/htop

An interactive process viewer for Unix systems that provides a better alternative to the traditional 'top' command.

5.9k572C
5 years ago
Clipboard
ClipboardSlackadays/Clipboard

A fast, feature-packed, and user-friendly clipboard manager for the terminal with infinite clipboards and history.

5.9k176C++
3 months ago
QOwnNotes
QOwnNotespbek/QOwnNotes

A plain-text file notepad and todo-list manager with Markdown support and Nextcloud/ownCloud integration.

5.9k499C++
2 days ago
Event Store
Event StoreEventStore/EventStore

An event-native database platform engineered for modern software applications and event-driven architectures.

5.8k680C#
4 days ago
SqlSugar
SqlSugarDotNetNext/SqlSugar

A high-performance, multi-database compatible .NET ORM framework with low-code features and enterprise-ready solutions.

5.8k1.4kC#
13 days ago
Luau
Luauluau-lang/luau

A fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua, used by Roblox and game developers.

5.8k628C++
3 days ago
GitHub repository
GitHub repositorycnr-isti-vclab/meshlab

An open-source, portable system for processing and editing unstructured 3D triangular meshes from 3D scanning.

5.8k914C++
6 days ago
TinyXML-2
TinyXML-2leethomason/tinyxml2

A simple, small, efficient C++ XML parser that can be easily integrated into other programs.

5.8k2.0kC++
3 months ago
letsencrypt-win-simple
letsencrypt-win-simpleLone-Coder/letsencrypt-win-simple

A simple yet powerful ACMEv2 client for Windows to automate SSL/TLS certificate creation, installation, and renewal.

5.8k870C#
2 months ago
RIOT
RIOTRIOT-OS/RIOT

An open-source microcontroller operating system designed for energy-efficient, real-time IoT devices with a small memory footprint.

5.8k2.1kC
1 day ago
nodegit
nodegitnodegit/nodegit

Native Node.js bindings to the libgit2 library, enabling Git operations in JavaScript.

5.8k701JavaScript
1 month ago
mozjpeg
mozjpegmozilla/mozjpeg

A JPEG encoder library that improves compression efficiency for higher quality and smaller file sizes.

5.7k435C
1 year ago
mlpack
mlpackmlpack/mlpack

A fast, header-only C++ machine learning library with bindings for Python, R, Julia, and Go.

5.7k1.7kC++
3 days ago
Vita3K
Vita3KVita3K/Vita3K

An experimental PlayStation Vita emulator for Windows, Linux, macOS, and Android.

5.7k576C++
22 days ago
entr
entreradman/entr

A utility for running arbitrary commands when files change using kqueue or inotify without polling.

5.7k124C
2 months ago
MRuby
MRubymruby/mruby

A lightweight Ruby implementation designed for embedding and linking within applications, with ISO standard compliance.

5.6k851C
1 day ago
fswatch
fswatchalandipert/fswatch

A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends for macOS, BSD, Solaris, Linux, Windows, and stat-based polling.

5.6k346C++
1 month ago
leela-zero
leela-zeroleela-zero/leela-zero

An open-source Go engine that replicates AlphaGo Zero's architecture, learning solely through self-play without human knowledge.

5.6k1.0kC++
2 years ago
LIEF
LIEFlief-project/LIEF

A cross-platform library to parse, modify, and abstract executable formats like ELF, PE, and Mach-O.

5.6k748C++
2 days ago
SDS
SDSantirez/sds

A C library for heap-allocated strings that are binary safe, efficient, and compatible with standard C string functions.

5.5k511C
1 year ago
MSBuild
MSBuilddotnet/msbuild

The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the XML-based build platform for .NET and Visual Studio applications.

5.5k1.4kC#
1 day ago
msbuild
msbuildMicrosoft/msbuild

The Microsoft Build Engine (MSBuild) is the open-source build platform for .NET and Visual Studio applications.

5.5k1.4kC#
1 day ago
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