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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

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Forks: 220
Commits: 7,988 commits
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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

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

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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%
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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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liballeg/allegro5

The official Allegro 5 git repository. Pull requests welcome!

Stack

C Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #audio #c #game-development #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2000-05-14
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 393 open

2,127

stars

Forks: 323
Commits: 12,180 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: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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

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

libretro/Lakka-LibreELEC

Lakka is a lightweight Linux distribution that transforms a small computer into a full blown game console.

Stack

Makefile CMake

GitHub topics

#embedded-systems #emulation #libreelec #libretro #linux #os

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-03-18
History: 6 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 52 open

2,050

stars

Forks: 308
Commits: 48,695 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

ruby-prof/ruby-prof

A ruby profiler. See https://ruby-prof.github.io for more information.

Stack

Ruby Bundler CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-11-12
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 4 open

2,034

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 1,454 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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

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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%

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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

Website GitHub

MediaArea/MediaInfo

Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.

Stack

C++ Android CMake CocoaPods .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-01-18
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 223 open

2,013

stars

Forks: 198
Commits: 2,885 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

google/rekall

Rekall Memory Forensic Framework

Archived

Stack

Python CMake .NET SDK npm

Updated: 2020-10-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-06-29
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

2,006

stars

Forks: 402
Commits: 1,409 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

moveit/moveit2

:robot: MoveIt for ROS 2

Stack

C++ pytest Qt CMake pip

Updated: 2026-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-12
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 396 open

2,003

stars

Forks: 788
Commits: 9,517 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chaos-zhu/easynode

一个多功能Linux&win服务器WEB终端面板(webSSH&webSFTP). 更新通知TG：

AI dev

Stack

Dart Android Express Flutter Vite CMake CocoaPods Dart Pub

Updated: 2026-09-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-06-08
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 20 open

2,000

stars

Forks: 275
Commits: 883 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

LCAV/pyroomacoustics

Pyroomacoustics is a package for audio signal processing for indoor applications. It was developed as a fast prototyping platform for beamforming algorithms in indoor scenarios.

Stack

Python CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#acoustics #adaptive-filtering #audio #beamforming #doa #image-source-model

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-13
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 26 open

1,987

stars

Forks: 499
Commits: 833 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

OtterBrowser/otter-browser

Otter Browser aims to recreate the best aspects of the classic Opera (12.x) UI using Qt5

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#browser #bsd #c-plus-plus #cross-platform #linux #macos

Updated: 2026-10-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-04
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 276 open

1,986

stars

Forks: 283
Commits: 11,038 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

DeaDBeeF-Player/deadbeef

DeaDBeeF Player

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#audio-player #c #cross-platform #customizable-ui #linux-app #mac-app

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-07-03
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 381 open

1,981

stars

Forks: 214
Commits: 12,113 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

cossacklabs/themis

Easy to use cryptographic framework for data protection: secure messaging with forward secrecy and secure data storage. Has unified APIs across 14 platforms.

Stack

C Android Express React React Native Bundler Cargo CMake

GitHub topics

#asymmetric-cryptography #authentication #cryptography #cryptography-library #encryption #golang

Updated: 2026-04-24
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-13
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 31 open

1,978

stars

Forks: 159
Commits: 1,832 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gitahead/gitahead

Understand your Git history!

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-08-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-12
History: 11 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 293 open

1,952

stars

Forks: 252
Commits: 431 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

iaddis/metalnes

Transistor level NES simulation

Stack

JavaScript CMake Conan .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-04-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-18
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 7 open

1,951

stars

Forks: 39
Commits: 7 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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