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Open-source projects built with C++

There are currently 941 open-source projects built with C++, with a combined total of 8079.1k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C++.

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CNTK - Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit
CNTK - Microsoft Cognitive ToolkitMicrosoft/CNTK

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

17.6k4.2kC++
3 years ago
bRPC
bRPCapache/brpc

An industrial-grade, high-performance RPC framework in C++ for building scalable distributed systems.

17.5k4.1kC++
1 day ago
Mailspring
MailspringFoundry376/Mailspring

A beautiful, fast, and fully open-source desktop mail client for Mac, Windows, and Linux.

17.4k984JavaScript
4 days ago
abseil-cpp
abseil-cppabseil/abseil-cpp

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

17.2k3.0kC++
3 days ago
Clay
Claynicbarker/clay

A high-performance, zero-dependency UI layout library in C with a flexbox-like model and renderer-agnostic output.

17.1k662C
4 days ago
Bgfx
Bgfxbkaradzic/bgfx

A cross-platform, graphics API agnostic rendering library that follows a 'Bring Your Own Engine/Framework' style.

17.0k2.1kC
2 days ago
bgfx
bgfxbkaradzic/bgfx

A cross-platform, graphics API agnostic rendering library that follows a 'Bring Your Own Engine/Framework' style.

17.0k2.1kC
2 days ago
QuestDB
QuestDBquestdb/questdb

An open-source time-series database for high-speed ingestion and low-latency SQL queries.

16.9k1.6kJava
1 day ago
KCP
KCPskywind3000/kcp

A fast and reliable ARQ protocol that reduces latency by 30-40% compared to TCP, at the cost of 10-20% more bandwidth.

16.7k2.6kC
1 year ago
OpenRA
OpenRAOpenRA/OpenRA

A libre real-time strategy game engine for classic Westwood games like Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

16.6k2.9kC#
10 days ago
Sourcetrail
SourcetrailCoatiSoftware/Sourcetrail

A free, cross-platform interactive source explorer for navigating and understanding unfamiliar C, C++, Java, and Python code.

16.4k1.7kC++
4 years ago
gensim
gensimRaRe-Technologies/gensim

A Python library for topic modeling, document indexing, and similarity retrieval with large text corpora.

16.4k4.4kPython
5 months ago
MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit
MaterialDesignInXamlToolkitButchersBoy/MaterialDesignInXamlToolkit

A comprehensive Material Design theme and control library for WPF desktop applications in C# and VB.NET.

16.1k3.5kC#
12 days ago
OpenRCT2
OpenRCT2OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

An open-source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, adding modern features, multiplayer, and cross-platform support.

15.5k1.8kC++
2 days ago
SDL
SDLlibsdl-org/SDL

A cross-platform library for low-level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D.

15.4k2.7kC
2 days ago
dearpygui
dearpyguihoffstadt/DearPyGui

A fast, GPU-accelerated GUI framework for Python with modern themes, plotting, and node editing.

15.4k783C++
7 days ago
Kaldi
Kaldikaldi-asr/kaldi

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

15.4k5.4kShell
7 months ago
RapidJSON
RapidJSONTencent/rapidjson

A fast, header-only JSON parser and generator for C++ with SAX/DOM APIs, optimized for performance and memory efficiency.

15.0k3.6kC++
1 year ago
RapidJSON
RapidJSONTencent/rapidjson

A fast, header-only JSON parser and generator for C++ with SAX/DOM APIs, emphasizing performance and minimal dependencies.

15.0k3.6kC++
1 year ago
RapidJSON
RapidJSONmiloyip/rapidjson

A fast, header-only JSON parser and generator for C++ with SAX and DOM APIs.

15.0k3.6kC++
1 year ago
Xournal++
Xournal++xournalpp/xournalpp

A cross-platform handwriting notetaking application with PDF annotation support, designed for digital pen tablets.

14.7k1.0kC++
4 days ago
Entity Framework Core
Entity Framework Coreaspnet/EntityFramework

A modern object-database mapper for .NET that supports LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations.

14.6k3.4kC#
2 days ago
Entity Framework Core
Entity Framework Coredotnet/efcore

A modern object-database mapper for .NET that supports LINQ queries, change tracking, updates, and schema migrations.

14.6k3.4kC#
1 day ago
Transmission
Transmissiontransmission/transmission

A fast, easy, and free BitTorrent client with native GUI applications, a headless daemon, and a web UI.

14.6k1.4kC++
24 days ago
TextMate
TextMatetextmate/textmate

A graphical text editor for macOS with powerful extensibility and project management features.

14.6k1.7kObjective-C++
1 year ago
ggml
ggmlggerganov/ggml

A low-level tensor library for machine learning with integer quantization, automatic differentiation, and zero runtime allocations.

14.5k1.6kC++
2 days ago
MuseScore
MuseScoremusescore/MuseScore

An open-source music notation software for creating, editing, and printing sheet music with WYSIWYG design.

14.5k3.1kC++
2 days ago
Bullet Physics
Bullet Physicsbulletphysics/bullet3

A real-time collision detection and multi-physics simulation SDK for VR, games, robotics, and machine learning.

14.4k3.1kC++
6 months ago
DLIB
DLIBdavisking/dlib

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

14.4k3.5kC++
26 days ago
Deeplearning4j
Deeplearning4jdeeplearning4j/deeplearning4j

A comprehensive JVM-based deep learning ecosystem for building, training, and deploying models with support for model import and distributed training.

14.2k3.8kJava
22 days ago
webview
webviewzserge/webview

A tiny cross-platform webview library for C/C++ to build modern cross-platform GUIs using native web engines.

14.0k1.1kC++
1 month ago
GitHub repository
GitHub repositorycarla-simulator/carla

An open-source simulator built on Unreal Engine for developing, training, and validating autonomous driving systems.

13.9k4.5kC++
3 days ago
Mosh
Moshmobile-shell/mosh

A remote terminal application that supports intermittent connectivity, roaming, and predictive local echo for better mobile and high-latency usage.

13.8k808C++
1 month ago
MonoGame
MonoGamemono/MonoGame

A .NET framework for creating cross-platform games using C#, re-implementing the discontinued XNA Framework.

13.8k3.1kC#
2 days ago
MonoGame
MonoGameMonoGame/MonoGame

A .NET framework for creating cross-platform games using C#, re-implementing the discontinued XNA Framework.

13.8k3.1kC#
2 days ago
PPSSPP
PPSSPPhrydgard/ppsspp

A fast, portable, and high-level emulator for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) that runs on Android, Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS.

13.7k2.5kC++
2 days ago
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