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Open-source projects built with C++

There are currently 2487 open-source projects built with C++, with a combined total of 8991.3k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C++.

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wasm2c
wasm2cWebAssembly/wabt

A suite of command-line tools for manipulating WebAssembly files, including conversion between binary and text formats.

8.0k810C++
3 days ago
ImageSharp
ImageSharpSixLabors/ImageSharp

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

8.0k893C#
13 days ago
VVVVV
VVVVVTerryCavanagh/vvvvvv

Open-source release of the 2010 indie puzzle-platformer VVVVVV, where you flip gravity instead of jumping.

8.0k594ActionScript
25 days ago
VVVVVV
VVVVVVTerryCavanagh/VVVVVV

Open-source C++/SDL2 source code for the 2010 indie puzzle-platformer game VVVVVV.

8.0k594ActionScript
25 days ago
Squirrel
Squirrelsquirrel/squirrel.windows

An installation and update framework for Windows desktop apps that works like ClickOnce but better.

8.0k1.0kC++
1 year ago
libimobiledevice
libimobiledevicelibimobiledevice/libimobiledevice

A cross-platform library implementing native protocols to communicate with iOS devices without proprietary dependencies.

8.0k1.5kC
18 days ago
NodeMCU
NodeMCUnodemcu/nodemcu-firmware

Lua-based interactive firmware for ESP8266, ESP8285, and ESP32 microcontrollers, enabling easy IoT development.

7.9k3.1kC
1 day ago
node.bcrypt.js
node.bcrypt.jsncb000gt/node.bcrypt.js

A native Node.js library for hashing passwords using the bcrypt algorithm with async support and security best practices.

7.8k551C++
1 month ago
No More Secrets
No More Secretsbartobri/no-more-secrets

A command line tool that recreates the famous data decryption effect from the 1992 movie Sneakers.

7.8k305C
5 months ago
osrm-backend
osrm-backendProject-OSRM/osrm-backend

A high-performance routing engine written in C++ that provides route, trip, and navigation services using OpenStreetMap data.

7.8k3.9kC++
1 day ago
GuiLite
GuiLiteidea4good/GuiLite

A header-only GUI library with only 4,000 lines of C++ code, designed for cross-platform and embedded systems.

7.7k833C++
7 months ago
MeshOptimizer
MeshOptimizerzeux/meshoptimizer

A mesh optimization library that makes 3D meshes smaller and faster to render through vertex/index optimization, simplification, and compression.

7.7k638C++
3 days ago
WebSocket++
WebSocket++zaphoyd/websocketpp

A header-only C++ library implementing RFC6455 WebSocket Protocol for client/server functionality.

7.7k2.1kC++
1 month ago
Snapcast
Snapcastsnapcast/snapcast

A client-server audio player that synchronizes multiple clients for perfectly synced multiroom audio playback.

7.7k537C++
3 months ago
Snapcast
Snapcastbadaix/snapcast

A client-server audio player that synchronizes multiple clients for perfectly synced multiroom audio playback.

7.7k537C++
3 months ago
Windows UI Library
Windows UI Librarymicrosoft/microsoft-ui-xaml

A modern UI framework with rich controls and Fluent Design for building high-performance Windows applications.

7.7k836C++
1 day ago
Stride
Stridestride3d/stride

An open-source C# game engine for realistic rendering and VR, featuring a visual editor and cross-platform support.

7.6k1.1kC#
1 day ago
bubblewrap
bubblewrapcontainers/bubblewrap

A low-level unprivileged sandboxing tool for Linux that creates container environments without requiring root privileges.

7.5k345C
6 days ago
libhv
libhvithewei/libhv

A cross-platform, high-performance C/C++ network library with simpler APIs for TCP/UDP/SSL/HTTP/WebSocket/MQTT client/server development.

7.5k1.4kC
16 days ago
QOI
QOIphoboslab/qoi

A simple, fast, lossless image format with compression comparable to PNG and a single-file C/C++ library.

7.5k377C
11 days ago
OpenBLAS
OpenBLASxianyi/OpenBLAS

An optimized open-source implementation of the Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) library for high-performance scientific computing.

7.5k1.7kC
3 days ago
Firejail
Firejailnetblue30/firejail

A lightweight SUID sandbox for Linux that uses namespaces, seccomp-bpf, and capabilities to restrict application access.

7.4k667C
7 days ago
de4dot
de4dot0xd4d/de4dot

A .NET deobfuscator and unpacker that restores assemblies obfuscated by tools like Dotfuscator, SmartAssembly, and .NET Reactor.

7.4k2.8kC#
5 years ago
Moloch
Molochaol/moloch

An open-source, large-scale network packet capture, indexing, and analysis system for security and network monitoring.

7.4k1.2kC
3 days ago
Arkime
Arkimearkime/arkime

An open-source, large-scale network packet capture, indexing, and analysis system with a web interface.

7.4k1.2kC
3 days ago
NSwag
NSwagRSuter/NSwag

A Swagger/OpenAPI toolchain for .NET, ASP.NET Core, and TypeScript that generates specifications and client code.

7.3k1.4kC#
10 days ago
Draco
Dracogoogle/draco

A library for compressing and decompressing 3D geometric meshes and point clouds to improve storage and transmission.

7.3k1.1kC++
21 days ago
UniRx
UniRxneuecc/UniRx

A reactive programming library for Unity that ports .NET Reactive Extensions with Unity-specific utilities and cross-platform support.

7.3k888C#
2 years ago
QuantLib
QuantLiblballabio/quantlib

A free/open-source C++ library for modeling, trading, and risk management in quantitative finance.

7.2k2.2kC++
4 days ago
ArduinoJson
ArduinoJsonbblanchon/ArduinoJson

A C++ JSON library for Arduino and IoT devices, focusing on efficiency and minimal resource usage.

7.2k1.2kC++
12 days ago
wxWidgets
wxWidgetswxWidgets/wxWidgets

A free, open-source C++ framework for building native-looking GUI applications across Windows, macOS, and Unix platforms.

7.2k1.9kC++
2 days ago
Cello
Celloorangeduck/Cello

A library that brings higher-level programming features like generic data structures, polymorphism, and garbage collection to C.

7.1k387C
1 year ago
Wicked Engine
Wicked Engineturanszkij/WickedEngine

An open-source C++ 3D engine with modern graphics, featuring a standalone editor, Lua scripting, and cross-platform support.

7.1k753C
1 day ago
HandyControl
HandyControlHandyOrg/HandyControl

A collection of simple and commonly used WPF controls and styles for .NET desktop applications.

7.1k1.2kC#
2 days ago
language-ext
language-extlouthy/language-ext

A C# functional programming framework that provides monads, immutable collections, effects, and concurrency tools to write declarative, robust code.

7.1k451C#
1 month ago
πfs
πfsphilipl/pifs

A filesystem that stores data by referencing positions in the mathematical constant π instead of using physical storage space.

6.9k291C
2 months ago
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