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fooyin/fooyin

A customisable music player

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#alsa #audio #audio-player #chiptune #cpp23 #customizable

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-06-20
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 317 open

2,346

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Forks: 100
Commits: 5,578 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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IENT/YUView

The Free and Open Source Cross Platform YUV Viewer with an advanced analytics toolset

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#analysis #ffmpeg #h265 #hevc #player #raw-video

Updated: 2026-08-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-12-11
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 89 open

2,306

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Forks: 430
Commits: 3,559 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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synfig/synfig

This is the Official source code repository of Synfig Studio animation software

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#2d #animation #c-plus-plus #gtkmm #hacktoberfest #synfig

Updated: 2026-09-20
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2005-03-21
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 724 open

2,301

stars

Forks: 434
Commits: 12,540 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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JACoders/OpenJK

Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #fps #game #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 282 open

2,296

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Forks: 727
Commits: 4,677 commits
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audreyt/node-webworker-threads

Lightweight Web Worker API implementation with native threads

Stack

C++ npm

Updated: 2021-09-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-11-22
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 69 open

2,273

stars

Forks: 145
Commits: 256 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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maplibre/maplibre-native

MapLibre Native - Interactive vector tile maps for iOS, Android and other platforms.

Stack

C++ Android Express Cargo CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#maplibre #maps #vector-tiles

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-07
History: 9 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 637 open

2,269

stars

Forks: 651
Commits: 18,886 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +2 0.0%

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OpenFOAM/OpenFOAM-dev

OpenFOAM Foundation development repository

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-10-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-12-10
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

2,267

stars

Forks: 740
Commits: 9,766 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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mfem/mfem

Lightweight, general, scalable C++ library for finite element methods

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#amr #computational-science #fem #finite-elements #high-order #high-performance-computing

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-07-21
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 301 open

2,265

stars

Forks: 661
Commits: 28,536 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Icinga/icinga2

The core of our monitoring platform with a powerful configuration language and REST API.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cluster #distributed-monitoring #elastic #graphite #graylog #icinga

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-28
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 494 open

2,240

stars

Forks: 621
Commits: 15,006 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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WebODM/OpenSplat

Production-grade 3D gaussian splatting with CPU/GPU support for Windows, Mac and Linux 💦

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d #drones #gaussian #radiance-field #splats #splatting

Updated: 2026-10-02
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2024-01-23
History: 34 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 14 open

2,229

stars

Forks: 222
Commits: 427 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +8 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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rwengine/openrw

OpenRW "Open ReWrite" is an un-official open source recreation of the classic Grand Theft Auto III game executable

Stack

C++ Qt CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #gta #gta3 #linux-game #macosx-game

Updated: 2025-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-29
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 117 open

2,220

stars

Forks: 198
Commits: 2,016 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nmwsharp/polyscope

A C++ & Python viewer for 3D data like meshes and point clouds

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-21
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 127 open

2,217

stars

Forks: 242
Commits: 1,026 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

elfmz/far2l

Linux port of FAR v2

Stack

C++ CMake Go modules

GitHub topics

#filemanager #linux #macos #osx #terminal

Updated: 2026-09-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-08-10
History: 12 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 481 open

2,216

stars

Forks: 220
Commits: 7,988 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenXcom/OpenXcom

Open-source clone of the original X-Com 👽

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game #openxcom-game #sdl #strategy-game-engine #turn-based-combat

Updated: 2026-06-05
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-01-25
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 84 open

2,215

stars

Forks: 579
Commits: 8,414 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

UZDoom/UZDoom

UZDoom is a feature centric port for all Doom engine games, based on GZDoom, adding an advanced renderer and powerful scripting capabilities

Stack

C++ CMake Conan .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-02-24
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 646 open

2,208

stars

Forks: 190
Commits: 23,895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

alibaba/loongcollector

Fast and Lightweight Observability Data Collector

AI dev

Stack

C++ Cobra gRPC Go CMake Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#aliyun #apm #cloud-native #ebpf #kubernetes #log

Updated: 2026-09-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-11-08
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 168 open

2,196

stars

Forks: 451
Commits: 1,409 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0vercl0k/rp

rp++ is a fast C++ ROP gadget finder for PE/ELF/Mach-O x86/x64/ARM/ARM64 binaries.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#binary-exploitation #exploit-development #exploitation-framework #gadget #return-oriented-programming #rop

Updated: 2025-09-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-26
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

2,192

stars

Forks: 275
Commits: 170 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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wheybags/freeablo

[ARCHIVED] Modern reimplementation of the Diablo 1 game engine

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2023-04-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-05-08
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 63 open

2,170

stars

Forks: 196
Commits: 1,751 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CytopiaTeam/Cytopia

:deciduous_tree::house_with_garden::office::evergreen_tree: A city building simulation game

Stack

C++ CMake Conan .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#city-builder #pixel-art #sdl

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-20
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 94 open

2,157

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 2,871 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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znc/znc

Official repository for the ZNC IRC bouncer

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #irc #irc-bouncer #znc

Updated: 2026-09-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2004-08-24
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 386 open

2,125

stars

Forks: 405
Commits: 6,042 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pierotofy/OpenSplat

Production-grade 3D gaussian splatting with CPU/GPU support for Windows, Mac and Linux 🚀

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d #gaussian #radiance-field #splats #splatting

Updated: 2026-05-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-01-23
History: 6 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 54 open

2,121

stars

Forks: 214
Commits: 391 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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milkytracker/MilkyTracker

A Fasttracker II compatible music editor

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#audio #chiptune-tracker #multiplatform #music #tracker-music

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-01-05
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 90 open

2,114

stars

Forks: 187
Commits: 1,084 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

stepmania/stepmania

Advanced rhythm game for Windows, Linux and OS X. Designed for both home and arcade use.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game #lua #rhythm-game #stepmania

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-10-18
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 573 open

2,110

stars

Forks: 480
Commits: 36,144 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

vapoursynth/vapoursynth

A video processing framework with simplicity in mind

Stack

C++ .NET SDK Meson uv

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-09-16
History: 5 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 11 open

2,099

stars

Forks: 182
Commits: 5,226 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TileDB-Inc/TileDB

The Universal Storage Engine

Stack

C++ Cargo CMake pip

GitHub topics

#arrays #data-analysis #data-science #dataframes #dense-data #hdfs

Updated: 2026-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-01
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 114 open

2,089

stars

Forks: 213
Commits: 5,291 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

EKA2L1/EKA2L1

A Symbian OS/N-Gage emulator

Stack

C++ Android Qt CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#cpp17 #emulates #emulation #emulator #games #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-03-22
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 118 open

2,033

stars

Forks: 187
Commits: 6,295 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Inori/GPCS4

A work-in-progress PlayStation 4 emulator.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #gcn #graphics #ps4 #vulkan

Updated: 2023-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-20
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

2,029

stars

Forks: 145
Commits: 1,554 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

chris2511/xca

X Certificate and Key management

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#certificate-authority #certificates #crl #dsa #ec #pkcs11

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2002-02-13
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 130 open

2,021

stars

Forks: 251
Commits: 2,732 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

RPCSX/rpcsx

No description.

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-03
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 10 open

2,021

stars

Forks: 138
Commits: 18,657 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

RetroShare/RetroShare

RetroShare is a Free and Open Source cross-platform, Friend-2-Friend and secure decentralised communication platform.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-11-15
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 360 open

2,017

stars

Forks: 324
Commits: 17,893 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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