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Open-source projects built with C++

There are currently 986 open-source projects built with C++, with a combined total of 8146.5k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C++.

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Robo 3T
Robo 3TStudio3T/robomongo

A native, cross-platform MongoDB GUI client that embeds the mongo shell for shell-centric database management.

9.4k820C++
3 years ago
Cemu
Cemucemu-project/Cemu

A Wii U emulator that runs most Wii U games and homebrew in a playable state on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

9.3k820C++
2 days ago
openscad
openscadopenscad/openscad

A free software for creating solid 3D CAD models using a script-based approach, focusing on CAD rather than artistic modeling.

9.3k1.5kC++
3 hours ago
GB Studio
GB Studiochrismaltby/gb-studio

A drag-and-drop retro game creator for making Game Boy games, available for Mac, Linux, and Windows.

9.3k555TypeScript
13 hours ago
Stacer
Staceroguzhaninan/Stacer

A Linux system optimizer and monitoring tool with a graphical interface for performance tuning and cleanup.

9.3k634C++
2 years ago
ChakraCore
ChakraCoreMicrosoft/ChakraCore

An open-source JavaScript engine with a C API for embedding JavaScript support into C/C++ projects.

9.2k1.2kJavaScript
2 months ago
EASTL
EASTLelectronicarts/EASTL

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

9.2k1.0kC++
5 months ago
EASTL
EASTLelectronicarts/EASTL

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

9.2k1.0kC++
5 months ago
Seastar
Seastarscylladb/seastar

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

9.2k1.7kC++
1 day ago
Prism Launcher
Prism LauncherPrismLauncher/PrismLauncher

A custom Minecraft launcher for managing multiple installations, mods, and instances with ease.

9.2k1.3kC++
2 days ago
Torch7 Cheat sheet
Torch7 Cheat sheettorch/torch7

A scientific computing framework with wide support for machine learning algorithms, built around multi-dimensional tensor operations.

9.1k2.4kC
1 year ago
go-sqlite3
go-sqlite3mattn/go-sqlite3

A SQLite3 driver for Go that conforms to the built-in database/sql interface.

9.1k1.2kC
10 days ago
async-profiler
async-profilerjvm-profiling-tools/async-profiler

A low overhead sampling profiler for Java that avoids safepoint bias and supports CPU, heap, and native memory profiling.

9.0k970C++
4 days ago
Sysdig Falco
Sysdig Falcofalcosecurity/falco

A cloud native runtime security tool for Linux that detects abnormal behavior and security threats in real-time.

8.9k1.0kC++
15 hours ago
progress
progressXfennec/progress

A Linux tool that shows progress, estimated time, and throughput for coreutils commands like cp, mv, and dd.

8.8k313C
1 year ago
JsonCpp
JsonCppopen-source-parsers/jsoncpp

A mature C++ library for reading, writing, and manipulating JSON data with comment preservation.

8.8k2.7kC++
1 day ago
BigDL
BigDLintel-analytics/BigDL

An LLM acceleration library for Intel XPU (GPU, NPU, CPU) to speed up local inference and finetuning of popular models.

8.8k1.4kPython
2 months ago
Capstone
Capstoneaquynh/capstone

A lightweight multi-architecture disassembly framework for binary analysis and reverse engineering.

8.7k1.7kC
2 days ago
Vowpal Wabbit (VW)
Vowpal Wabbit (VW)VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit

A fast online machine learning system with advanced techniques like hashing, reductions, and contextual bandits.

8.7k1.9kC++
1 month ago
Aeron
Aeronreal-logic/Aeron

High-performance messaging system for reliable UDP unicast, UDP multicast, and IPC transport with predictable low latency.

8.6k1.0kJava
7 hours ago
oat++
oat++oatpp/oatpp

A zero-dependency, portable C++ web framework for building highly scalable and resource-efficient applications.

8.6k1.4kC++
5 months ago
ORB_SLAM3
ORB_SLAM3UZ-SLAMLab/ORB_SLAM3

An accurate open-source library for visual, visual-inertial, and multi-map SLAM supporting monocular, stereo, and RGB-D cameras.

8.5k3.1kC++
1 year ago
neutralinojs
neutralinojsneutralinojs/neutralinojs

A lightweight cross-platform desktop app framework using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS without bundling Chromium.

8.5k520C++
2 days ago
node-sass
node-sasssass/node-sass

Node.js bindings to LibSass for compiling Sass/SCSS to CSS at high speed.

8.5k1.3kC++
1 year ago
binaryen
binaryenWebAssembly/binaryen

A compiler and toolchain infrastructure library for WebAssembly, providing optimization, assembly, disassembly, and conversion utilities.

8.4k851WebAssembly
6 hours ago
Endlessh
Endlesshskeeto/endlessh

An SSH tarpit that slowly sends an endless banner to trap and waste attackers' time.

8.4k306C
1 year ago
GitExtensions
GitExtensionsgitextensions/gitextensions

A standalone UI tool for managing Git repositories with Windows Explorer and Visual Studio integration.

8.4k2.2kC#
2 days ago
ssdb
ssdbideawu/ssdb

A fast, persistent NoSQL database with Redis compatibility, designed for storing collection data on disk.

8.4k1.4kC++
3 years ago
Juce
Jucejuce-framework/JUCE

An open-source cross-platform C++ framework for building desktop/mobile applications and professional audio plug-ins.

8.4k2.0kC++
16 hours ago
Proxygen
Proxygenfacebook/proxygen

A collection of high-performance C++ HTTP libraries for building servers, proxies, and clients, supporting HTTP/1.1 to HTTP/3.

8.3k1.5kC++
2 days ago
JUCE
JUCEjulianstorer/JUCE

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

8.3k2.0kC++
9 days ago
C++ REST SDK
C++ REST SDKMicrosoft/cpprestsdk

A C++ library for cloud-based client-server communication using modern asynchronous APIs.

8.3k1.7kC++
3 days ago
bspwm
bspwmbaskerville/bspwm

A tiling window manager for X11 that organizes windows using a binary space partitioning tree.

8.2k438C
6 months ago
Facebook
Facebookfacebook/facebook-ios-sdk

Integrate Facebook Platform features like Login, Sharing, Analytics, and Graph API into iOS and tvOS applications.

8.0k3.7kSwift
2 days ago
orjson
orjsonijl/orjson

A fast, correct JSON library for Python with native support for dataclasses, datetimes, and numpy.

8.0k303Python
7 days ago
ImageSharp
ImageSharpSixLabors/ImageSharp

A high-performance, fully managed, cross-platform 2D graphics and image processing library for .NET.

8.0k893C#
2 days ago
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