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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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Drip
Dripninjudd/drip

A fast JVM launcher that reduces startup times by keeping pre-initialized JVMs in reserve, then discarding them after use.

1.5k71Shell
5 years ago
Chloe
Chloeshuxinqin/Chloe

A lightweight, high-performance .NET ORM library with LINQ-style querying for multiple databases.

1.5k448C#
1 month ago
Light Mapper
Light Mapperands/lightmapper

A C/C++ single-file library for drop-in lightmap baking using your existing OpenGL renderer.

1.5k138C
3 years ago
You Don't Know Node.js
You Don't Know Node.jsazat-co/you-dont-know-node

An online course and presentation covering core Node.js concepts like event emitters, streams, buffers, clusters, and C++ addons.

1.5k161Python
7 years ago
Vc
VcVcDevel/Vc

A portable C++ library providing SIMD vector types for explicit data-parallel programming with zero-overhead abstractions.

1.5k152C++
2 months ago
Paradox
ParadoxSiliconStudio/xenko

Xenko is a cross-platform game engine with a focus on VR/AR development, now known as Stride.

1.5k337
8 years ago
ngs
ngsngs-lang/ngs

A modern programming language designed specifically for DevOps tasks, offering structured data handling and cloud integration.

1.5k49C
5 days ago
upb
upbprotocolbuffers/upb

A small, fast C implementation of Protocol Buffers for embedded systems and high-performance applications.

1.5k264C
1 year ago
ServiceStack.OrmLite
ServiceStack.OrmLiteServiceStack/ServiceStack.OrmLite

A fast, simple, and typed ORM for .NET with a code-first approach and minimal configuration.

1.5k610C#
3 years ago
Quake3e
Quake3eec-/Quake3e

A modern, optimized Quake III Arena engine with Vulkan and OpenGL renderers, focused on performance, security, and mod compatibility.

1.5k223C
3 days ago
EnvPool
EnvPoolsail-sg/envpool

A C++-based high-performance parallel environment execution engine for vectorized reinforcement learning simulations.

1.5k141C++
7 days ago
OpenDDS
OpenDDSobjectcomputing/OpenDDS

Open-source C++ implementation of the OMG Data Distribution Service (DDS) for building real-time, distributed publish-subscribe systems.

1.5k515C++
18 hours ago
csound
csoundcsound/csound

A sound and music computing system for audio synthesis, processing, and composition.

1.5k210C
8 hours ago
rotors_simulator
rotors_simulatorethz-asl/rotors_simulator

A modular Gazebo simulator for multirotor aerial vehicles (MAVs) with ROS integration.

1.5k789C++
2 years ago
robin-map
robin-mapTessil/robin-map

A C++ header-only library providing fast hash map and hash set implementations using robin hood hashing with open addressing.

1.5k146C++
2 months ago
Polygon Mesh Processing Library
Polygon Mesh Processing Librarypmp-library/pmp-library

A modern C++ library for processing and visualizing polygon surface meshes with efficient data structures and standard algorithms.

1.5k214C++
10 days ago
ExcelDna
ExcelDnaExcel-DNA/ExcelDna

A free library for creating Excel add-ins and user-defined functions using .NET languages like C# and VB.NET.

1.5k292C#
15 days ago
FiniteStateEntropy
FiniteStateEntropyCyan4973/FiniteStateEntropy

A high-speed entropy coding library featuring Huff0 (modern Huffman) and FSE (ANS-based) codecs for fast compression and decompression.

1.5k165C
2 years ago
PHPSpy
PHPSpyadsr/phpspy

A low-overhead sampling profiler for PHP 7+ that works with CLI, Apache, and FPM without requiring code changes.

1.5k70C
11 hours ago
Fetlang
FetlangProperty404/fetlang

A statically typed, procedural esoteric programming language where source code resembles fetish erotica.

1.5k34C++
2 years ago
Microsoft Automatic Graph Layout
Microsoft Automatic Graph LayoutMicrosoft/automatic-graph-layout

A .NET library and toolset for automatic graph layout, visualization, and interactive viewing of graphs.

1.5k319C#
11 days ago
Vogan
VoganSteveDunn/Vogen

A .NET source generator and analyzer that creates validated value objects from primitives to combat primitive obsession.

1.5k93C#
7 days ago
Xamarin.Essentials
Xamarin.Essentialsxamarin/Essentials

A cross-platform API library providing essential native device features for Xamarin mobile applications.

1.5k486C#
2 years ago
uSockets
uSocketsuNetworking/uSockets

A minimal, cross-platform networking library providing optimized TCP, TLS, QUIC, and HTTP3 transports for async applications.

1.5k306C
3 months ago
Minizip
Minizipnmoinvaz/minizip

A modern, cross-platform C library for creating, reading, and modifying ZIP archives with extensive compression and encryption support.

1.5k509C
18 hours ago
minizip-ng
minizip-ngzlib-ng/minizip-ng

A modern, cross-platform C library for creating, reading, and modifying ZIP archives with extensive compression and encryption support.

1.5k509C
18 hours ago
Scientist
Scientistgithub/Scientist.net

A .NET library for safely refactoring critical code paths by comparing old and new implementations in production.

1.5k91C#
9 months ago
yajl-ruby
yajl-rubybrianmario/yajl-ruby

A high-performance streaming JSON parsing and encoding library for Ruby with C bindings to YAJL.

1.5k178C
8 months ago
libfm
libfmsrendle/libfm

A software implementation of factorization machines for estimating interactions between categorical variables in large datasets.

1.5k407C++
6 years ago
libpg_query
libpg_querypganalyze/libpg_query

C library that provides PostgreSQL's SQL parser and scanner as a standalone component for external tools.

1.5k226C
11 days ago
nixd
nixdnix-community/nixd

A feature-rich language server for the Nix language, built on the official Nix C++ libraries.

1.5k78C++
23 hours ago
ShellProgressBar
ShellProgressBarMpdreamz/shellprogressbar

A .NET library for displaying customizable progress bars and child progress bars in console applications.

1.5k138C#
2 years ago
Cpptrace
Cpptracejeremy-rifkin/cpptrace

A simple, portable, and self-contained C++ stacktrace library supporting C++11 and newer on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

1.5k169C++
5 months ago
unordered_dense
unordered_densemartinus/unordered_dense

A fast, densely stored C++17+ hashmap and hashset using robin-hood backward shift deletion, offering near-drop-in replacements for std::unordered_map/set.

1.5k116C++
15 hours ago
Sep
Sepnietras/Sep

A modern, minimal, and high-performance .NET library for reading and writing CSV/TSV files with zero allocations and SIMD-accelerated parsing.

1.5k54C#
7 days ago
parson
parsonkgabis/parson

A lightweight, C89-compatible JSON library with a simple API and dot-notation addressing.

1.5k340C
2 years ago
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