Awesome

GitHub projects from awesome lists

Search awesome repositories

Search names, descriptions, topics, tags, and stacks, then tune results by ecosystem, freshness, health, and cross-list signal.

Repos indexed
21,464
Awesome lists tracked
149
Current results
195

Find repositories

Start broad, then narrow by ecosystem, freshness, health, and growth.

Unsure which signals matter? Read the repository shortlisting guide.

Clear 1 refinement
Search mode
Tune results
More filters Topics, generated tags, stack, files, age, archive status, and growth.
Ecosystem
Files

Choose a suggestion or use commas to require multiple files.

Health

Uses known first-commit dates.

Momentum
Filters by observed commit-count growth over the repository's latest 7-day capture window. Repositories without a recent baseline are excluded.
Filters by observed GitHub star growth over the repository's latest 7-day capture window. Repositories without a recent baseline are excluded.
Reset filters
195 repos shown
Highlighted

Open highlighted repo slot

Put your repository first

Promote a GitHub repo at the top of Awesome repository list views for 7 days.

gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020

An updated version of GBDK, C compiler, assembler, linker and set of libraries for the Nintendo Gameboy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear.

Stack
GitHub topics
Updated
2026-10-06
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2020-04-04
History
5 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
12 open
Forks
147
Commits
2,587 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
gbdev/rgbds

Rednex Game Boy Development System - An assembly toolchain for the Nintendo Game Boy and Game Boy Color

Updated
2026-10-04
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2009-06-11
History
5 history points
License
MIT
Issues
88 open
Forks
194
Commits
3,773 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
vhelin/wla-dx

WLA DX - Yet Another ANSI C GB-Z80/Z80/Z80N/eZ80/6502/65C02/65CE02/65816/68000/6800/6801/6809/8008/8080/HUC6280/SPC-700/SuperFX/Cx4/SH-2 Multi Platform Cross Assembler Package

Updated
2026-10-07
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-01-16
History
5 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
28 open
Forks
102
Commits
2,020 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
shonumi/gbe-plus

DMG/GBC/GBA emulator and experimental NDS emulator.

Stack
Updated
2026-10-01
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2014-09-21
History
6 history points
License
GPL-2.0
Issues
83 open
Forks
85
Commits
5,080 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
zephray/VerilogBoy

A Pi emulating a GameBoy sounds cheap. What about an FPGA?

Stack
Updated
2022-12-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2018-02-07
History
5 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
5 open
Forks
65
Commits
305 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Rangi42/tilemap-studio

A tilemap editor for Game Boy, Color, Advance, DS, and SNES projects. Written in C++ with FLTK.

Updated
2026-05-02
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2019-08-02
History
5 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
26 open
Forks
46
Commits
406 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
wiz-lang/wiz

A high-level assembly language for writing homebrew software and games on retro console platforms.

Stack
Updated
2025-04-10
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2012-07-12
History
5 history points
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
76 open
Forks
47
Commits
296 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
trash80/Arduinoboy

Official ArduinoBoy Repository for serial MIDI communication to the Nintendo Gameboy.

Stack
Max
Updated
2020-11-16
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2015-07-26
History
5 history points
License
GPL-2.0
Issues
8 open
Forks
53
Commits
72 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
pret/pokemon-reverse-engineering-tools

Tools for building and disassembling Pokémon Red and Pokémon Crystal

Archived
Updated
2022-12-16
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2012-03-06
History
5 history points
License
Unknown
Issues
22 open
Forks
59
Commits
1,269 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
BonsaiDen/Tuff.gb

Tuff - An original game for the Nintendo GameBoy

Stack
Updated
2018-10-27
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2014-01-15
History
5 history points
License
Unknown
Issues
5 open
Forks
11
Commits
516 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history