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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 9105.3k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C++.

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yaml-cpp
yaml-cppjbeder/yaml-cpp

A YAML 1.2 compliant parser and emitter library for C++.

6.1k2.2kC++
11 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#
1 month ago
TIC-80
TIC-80nesbox/TIC-80

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

6.1k619C
18 days ago
OpenCvSharp
OpenCvSharpshimat/opencvsharp

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

6.0k1.2kC#
1 day ago
MicroQuickJS
MicroQuickJSbellard/mquickjs

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

6.0k235C
1 month ago
opencvsharp
opencvsharpshimat/opencvsharp

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

6.0k1.2kC#
1 day ago
lwan
lwanlpereira/lwan

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

6.0k552C
3 days ago
gdal
gdalOSGeo/gdal

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

6.0k2.9kC++
1 day ago
Ports
Portsledger/ledger

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

6.0k544C++
21 days ago
GraphQL.NET
GraphQL.NETgraphql-dotnet/graphql-dotnet

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

6.0k945C#
1 day ago
CGAL
CGALCGAL/cgal

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

6.0k1.6kC++
1 day ago
HarfBuzz
HarfBuzzharfbuzz/harfbuzz

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

5.9k765C++
3 days ago
stdlib
stdlibstdlib-js/stdlib

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

5.9k1.2kJavaScript
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++
2 months ago
SqlSugar
SqlSugarDotNetNext/SqlSugar

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

5.8k1.4kC#
3 days ago
Event Store
Event StoreEventStore/EventStore

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

5.8k678C#
1 day ago
QOwnNotes
QOwnNotespbek/QOwnNotes

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

5.8k494C++
1 day 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.

5.8k929
1 month ago
TinyXML-2
TinyXML-2leethomason/tinyxml2

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

5.8k2.0kC++
2 months ago
GitHub repository
GitHub repositorycnr-isti-vclab/meshlab

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

5.8k906C++
1 month 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.

5.8k698JavaScript
8 days 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.

5.7k861C#
1 month ago
Luau
Luauluau-lang/luau

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

5.7k609C++
7 days ago
mozjpeg
mozjpegmozilla/mozjpeg

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

5.7k434C
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++
1 day ago
entr
entreradman/entr

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

5.6k123C
27 days ago
MRuby
MRubymruby/mruby

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

5.6k845C
1 day 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
fswatch
fswatchalandipert/fswatch

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

5.6k346C++
2 days ago
Xamarin.Forms
Xamarin.Formsxamarin/Xamarin.Forms

A cross-platform UI toolkit for building native iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS apps with C# and .NET.

5.5k1.8kC#
2 years 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
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
Vita3K
Vita3KVita3K/Vita3K

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

5.5k541C++
1 day ago
SDS
SDSantirez/sds

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

5.5k508C
1 year ago
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