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tensorflow/tensorflow

An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android CMake CocoaPods Gradle

GitHub topics

#deep-learning #deep-neural-networks #distributed #machine-learning #ml #neural-network

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2015-11-07
History: 20 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 3,346 open

201,061

stars

Forks: 79,636
Commits: 201,315 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +295 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +823 +0.4%

Website GitHub

ggml-org/llama.cpp

LLM inference in C/C++

AI dev

Stack

C++ pytest Svelte SvelteKit Tailwind CSS CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#ggml

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-03-10
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2,549 open

129,725

stars

Forks: 23,823
Commits: 11,223 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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react/react-native

A framework for building native applications using React

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android Electron React React Native Bundler CMake CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#android #app-framework #cross-platform #ios #mobile #mobile-development

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-01-30
History: 136 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,182 open

126,693

stars

Forks: 25,321
Commits: 42,114 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +77 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +93 +0.2%

Website GitHub

facebook/react-native

A framework for building native applications using React

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android Electron React React Native Bundler CMake CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#android #app-framework #cross-platform #ios #mobile #mobile-development

Updated: 2026-06-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-01-30
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,286 open

125,926

stars

Forks: 25,175
Commits: 40,759 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

electron/electron

:electron: Build cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS

AI dev

Stack

C++ Vite npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #chrome #css #electron #html #javascript

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-03-13
History: 18 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 735 open

123,360

stars

Forks: 17,618
Commits: 31,363 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +93 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +64 +0.2%

Website GitHub

godotengine/godot

Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#game-development #game-engine #gamedev #godot #godotengine #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-04-10
History: 16 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18,880 open

118,526

stars

Forks: 27,082
Commits: 87,179 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +291 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +157 +0.2%

Website GitHub

opencv/opencv

Open Source Computer Vision Library

Stack

C++ Starlette CMake Maven pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #computer-vision #deep-learning #image-processing #opencv

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-05-11
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2,779 open

90,758

stars

Forks: 57,015
Commits: 37,706 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bitcoin/bitcoin

Bitcoin Core integration/staging tree

Stack

C++ Qt Cargo CMake pip

GitHub topics

#bitcoin #c-plus-plus #cryptocurrency #cryptography #p2p

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-08-30
History: 20 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 768 open

90,411

stars

Forks: 39,428
Commits: 51,054 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +78 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +53 +0.1%

Website GitHub

nomic-ai/gpt4all

GPT4All: Run Local LLMs on Any Device. Open-source and available for commercial use.

Stack

C++ pytest CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#ai-chat #llm-inference

Updated: 2025-05-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2023-03-25
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 773 open

77,375

stars

Forks: 8,272
Commits: 2,289 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ocornut/imgui

Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#api #cplusplus #framework #game-development #game-engine #gamedev

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2014-07-21
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1,229 open

76,165

stars

Forks: 12,030
Commits: 10,086 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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protocolbuffers/protobuf

Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

Stack

C++ Bundler Cargo CMake

GitHub topics

#marshalling #protobuf #protobuf-runtime #protoc #protocol-buffers #protocol-compiler

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-10
History: 138 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 369 open

72,115

stars

Forks: 16,314
Commits: 24,430 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +12 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +104 +0.4%

Website GitHub

LadybirdBrowser/ladybird

Truly independent web browser

Stack

C++ Qt Cargo CMake PEP 517

GitHub topics

#browser #browser-engine

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-10
History: 137 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 583 open

66,546

stars

Forks: 3,164
Commits: 88,467 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +70 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +857 +1.0%

Website GitHub

WerWolv/ImHex

🔍 A Hex Editor for Reverse Engineers, Programmers and people who value their retinas when working at 3 AM.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#analyzer #binary-analysis #c-plus-plus #cpp #cybersecurity #dark-mode

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-11-10
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 402 open

54,920

stars

Forks: 2,469
Commits: 6,665 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ggml-org/whisper.cpp

Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android Bundler CMake Go modules

GitHub topics

#inference #openai #speech-recognition #speech-to-text #transformer #whisper

Updated: 2026-10-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-09-25
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 351 open

54,181

stars

Forks: 6,206
Commits: 5,454 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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x64dbg/x64dbg

An open-source user mode debugger for Windows. Optimized for reverse engineering and malware analysis.

Stack

C++ CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#binary-analysis #ctf #cybersecurity #debugger #debugging #disassembler

Updated: 2026-10-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-11-14
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 572 open

49,760

stars

Forks: 2,854
Commits: 6,377 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

grpc/grpc

C++ based gRPC (C++, Python, Ruby, Objective-C, PHP, C#)

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android Bundler CMake CocoaPods

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-22
History: 19 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,358 open

45,383

stars

Forks: 11,376
Commits: 59,096 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +17 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +31 +0.1%

Website GitHub

zen-browser/desktop

Welcome to a calmer internet

Stack

C++ Cargo CMake npm

GitHub topics

#firefox #firefox-based #firefox-browser #zen-browser

Updated: 2026-09-26
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2024-03-28
History: 9 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 711 open

44,609

stars

Forks: 1,776
Commits: 7,046 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aria2/aria2

aria2 is a lightweight multi-protocol & multi-source, cross platform download utility operated in command-line. It supports HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, SFTP, BitTorrent and Metalink.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#bittorrent #cpp11 #download #ftp #http #metalink

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-02-17
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,178 open

42,675

stars

Forks: 3,934
Commits: 5,447 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

duckdb/duckdb

DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake uv

GitHub topics

#analytics #database #embedded-database #olap #sql

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-07-13
History: 19 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 894 open

42,211

stars

Forks: 3,947
Commits: 89,158 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +126 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +1,893 +2.2%

Website GitHub

LizardByte/Sunshine

Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.

AI dev

Stack

C++ Qt Vite Vue CMake npm uv

GitHub topics

#cpm #cpp #docker #flathub-pkg #game-stream #game-streaming

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2019-12-03
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 175 open

41,604

stars

Forks: 2,161
Commits: 3,656 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

facebookresearch/faiss

A library for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors.

Stack

C++ CMake PEP 517 pip

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-22
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 322 open

40,882

stars

Forks: 4,518
Commits: 2,286 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

qbittorrent/qBittorrent

qBittorrent BitTorrent client

AI dev

Stack

C++ pytest CMake npm uv

GitHub topics

#bittorrent #bittorrent-client #c-plus-plus #crossplatform #torrent #torrent-client

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 6 list mentions
First commit: 2006-09-30
History: 14 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2,700 open

40,279

stars

Forks: 4,883
Commits: 13,939 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

microsoft/BitNet

Official inference framework for 1-bit LLMs

Stack

C++ Flask CMake pip

Updated: 2026-07-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-10-17
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 327 open

40,232

stars

Forks: 3,724
Commits: 110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

aseprite/aseprite

Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Stack

C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#animated-sprites #animation #aseprite #c-plus-plus #cpp #draw

Updated: 2026-09-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-09-18
History: 11 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2,005 open

39,601

stars

Forks: 9,063
Commits: 10,697 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

google/leveldb

LevelDB is a fast key-value storage library written at Google that provides an ordered mapping from string keys to string values.

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2011-03-02
History: 16 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 423 open

39,496

stars

Forks: 8,229
Commits: 449 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +10 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

hyprwm/Hyprland

Hyprland is an independent, highly customizable, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#compositor #cpp26 #wayland #wayland-compositor

Updated: 2026-09-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-16
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 197 open

38,432

stars

Forks: 1,976
Commits: 7,800 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

google-ai-edge/mediapipe

Cross-platform, customizable ML solutions for live and streaming media.

Stack

C++ Android CocoaPods Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#android #audio-processing #c-plus-plus #calculator #computer-vision #deep-learning

Updated: 2026-09-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-16
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 541 open

36,893

stars

Forks: 6,156
Commits: 5,643 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aristocratos/btop

A monitor of resources

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2021-05-06
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 574 open

34,930

stars

Forks: 1,203
Commits: 1,668 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

BVLC/caffe

Caffe: a fast open framework for deep learning.

Stack

C++ Flask Tornado CMake pip

GitHub topics

#deep-learning #machine-learning #vision

Updated: 2024-07-31
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-09-12
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,175 open

34,551

stars

Forks: 18,402
Commits: 4,156 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

CMU-Perceptual-Computing-Lab/openpose

OpenPose: Real-time multi-person keypoint detection library for body, face, hands, and foot estimation

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#caffe #computer-vision #cpp #cvpr-2017 #deep-learning #face

Updated: 2024-08-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-04-24
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 359 open

34,454

stars

Forks: 8,040
Commits: 716 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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