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Open-source projects built with CMake

There are currently 959 open-source projects built with CMake, with a combined total of 3114.5k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is C++.

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modern-cmake-sample
modern-cmake-samplepabloariasal/modern-cmake-sample

A sample project demonstrating modern CMake best practices using targets for a library and executable.

67867CMake
5 years ago
BigARTM
BigARTMbigartm/bigartm

A fast, open-source platform for topic modeling using Additive Regularization of Topic Models (ARTM).

674121C++
4 months ago
curlcpp
curlcppJosephP91/curlcpp

An object-oriented C++ wrapper for libcurl that simplifies HTTP requests and network operations.

673179C++
2 months ago
rust-sfml
rust-sfmljeremyletang/rust-sfml

Rust bindings for the Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML), enabling multimedia application development.

67092Rust
7 days ago
WebChimera.js
WebChimera.jsRSATom/WebChimera.js

A libvlc binding for Electron that enables native video playback in desktop applications.

667107C++
4 years ago
tokudb-engine
tokudb-engineTokutek/tokudb-engine

A high-performance, write-optimized, compressing transactional storage engine for Percona Server and MySQL.

663128C++
10 years ago
Ponder
Ponderbillyquith/ponder

A C++ runtime reflection library with Lua binding and JSON/XML serialization capabilities.

66298C++
3 years ago
Meta
Metaskypjack/meta

A header-only, non-intrusive, macro-free runtime reflection system for C++17 and later.

65452C++
1 year ago
HARFANG 3D
HARFANG 3Dharfang3d/harfang3d

A cross-platform, multi-language 3D engine for real-time visualization, supporting C++, Python, Lua, and Go.

65268C++
2 years ago
CCTZ
CCTZgoogle/cctz

A C++ library for translating between absolute and civil times using time zone rules, extending the <chrono> library.

650170C++
1 month ago
reproc
reprocDaanDeMeyer/reproc

A cross-platform C/C++ library for starting, stopping, and communicating with external programs via their standard streams.

64280C
1 month ago
bmv2
bmv2p4lang/behavioral-model

A reference software switch that interprets P4 programs for developing, testing, and debugging P4 data planes.

641391C++
5 days ago
pptk
pptkheremaps/pptk

A Python package for visualizing and processing 2D/3D point clouds with interactive rendering and parallelized queries.

633112C++
5 years ago
CSF
CSFjianboqi/CSF

An airborne LiDAR point cloud ground filtering method based on cloth simulation for bare earth extraction.

632148C++
9 months ago
vg-renderer
vg-rendererjdryg/vg-renderer

A vector graphics renderer for bgfx with improved performance and batching, inspired by NanoVG and ImDrawList.

63260C
24 days ago
Quantum
Quantumbloomberg/quantum

A scalable C++ coroutine framework for highly parallelized CPU-bound and IO-bound workloads.

630106C++
2 months ago
Conformance Tests (CTS)
Conformance Tests (CTS)KhronosGroup/Vulkan-CTS

Khronos Conformance Testing Suite for Vulkan, OpenGL, OpenGL ES, EGL, and Vulkan SC APIs.

624349C++
2 days ago
cpp-project
cpp-projectbsamseth/cpp-project

A modern C++ project boilerplate with CMake, testing, CI/CD, and coverage reporting.

622126CMake
2 years ago
Reaction
Reactionlumia431/reaction

A lightweight, header-only, high-performance reactive programming framework for C++20, bringing React/Vue-style dataflow to native applications.

61873C++
6 months ago
Koala Engine
Koala Enginephisko/kengine

A C++20 game engine built on EnTT's Entity-Component-System architecture, focusing on ease-of-use, runtime extensibility, and compile-time type safety.

61733C++
3 years ago
GLFM
GLFMbrackeen/glfm

A C API for mobile and web app development with OpenGL ES and Metal, inspired by GLFW.

61781C
1 year ago
ros1_bridge
ros1_bridgeros2/ros1_bridge

A network bridge enabling bidirectional message and service communication between ROS 1 and ROS 2 systems.

616362C++
6 months ago
Spice-up
Spice-upPhilip-Scott/Spice-up

A modern Linux desktop application for creating simple and beautiful presentations with templates, shapes, and PDF export.

61033Vala
4 years ago
AMD's Anvil
AMD's AnvilGPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/Anvil

A cross-platform object-oriented framework for Vulkan that simplifies development while maintaining API transparency.

61060C++
2 years ago
SObjectizer
SObjectizerStiffstream/sobjectizer

A small, mature C++ framework implementing Actor, Publish-Subscribe, and CSP models to simplify concurrent and multithreaded application development.

60854C++
1 day ago
blah
blahNoelFB/blah

A minimal 2D C++ game framework focused on simplicity, portability, and easy building with few dependencies.

60454C++
3 years ago
Binjgb
Binjgbbinji/binjgb

A simple, cycle-accurate Game Boy and Game Boy Color emulator written in C that runs natively and in the browser via WebAssembly.

60169C
12 days ago
wla-dx
wla-dxvhelin/wla-dx

A multi-platform cross assembler package supporting 16+ classic CPU architectures for retro development.

597105Assembly
6 days ago
Tufão
Tufãovinipsmaker/tufao

An asynchronous web framework for C++ built on top of Qt, featuring high performance and modern HTTP support.

596182C++
4 years ago
mcl_3dl
mcl_3dlat-wat/mcl_3dl

A ROS node for probabilistic 3-D/6-DOF localization of mobile robots using 3-D LIDAR pointclouds and Monte Carlo localization.

595123C++
5 months ago
LibSDL2pp
LibSDL2pplibSDL2pp/libSDL2pp

A C++ wrapper library for SDL2 and its satellite libraries, providing RAII, exceptions, and modern C++ idioms.

59592C++
1 year ago
YARP (Yet Another Robot Platform)
YARP (Yet Another Robot Platform)robotology/yarp

A library and toolkit for communication and device interfaces in robotics, from humanoids to embedded devices.

594213C++
4 days ago
edlib
edlibMartinsos/edlib

A lightweight, super fast C/C++ and Python library for sequence alignment using edit (Levenshtein) distance.

593171C++
1 year ago
Jinja2С++
Jinja2С++jinja2cpp/Jinja2Cpp

A C++ implementation of the Jinja2 Python template engine for dynamic HTML pages and source code generation.

592114C++
2 months ago
gbe-plus
gbe-plusshonumi/gbe-plus

A portable Game Boy emulator focused on full hardware emulation including peripherals, with experimental Nintendo DS support.

59083C++
1 day ago
Channel
Channelandreiavrammsd/cpp-channel

A C++11 header-only thread-safe container (synchronized queue) for sharing data between threads with customizable storage.

58439C++
10 months ago
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