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wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS

HLE 3DS emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#3ds #android #arm #c-plus-plus #emulation #emulator

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-15
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 67 open

1,404

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 2,528 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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gerbera/gerbera

UPnP Media Server for 2026: Stream your digital media through your home network and consume it on all kinds of UPnP supporting devices 📱💻📺

Stack

C++ Express CMake Conan npm

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cmake #dlna #dlna-server #duktape #flac

Updated: 2026-09-13
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2005-04-14
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 55 open

1,394

stars

Forks: 225
Commits: 6,077 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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openbabel/openbabel

Open Babel is a chemical toolbox designed to speak the many languages of chemical data.

Stack

C++ CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #chemical-data #chemical-toolbox #cheminformatics #chemistry

Updated: 2026-09-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-11-27
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 579 open

1,386

stars

Forks: 487
Commits: 6,625 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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inspircd/inspircd

A high-performance Internet Relay Chat (IRCv3) server for UNIX-like and Windows systems

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #inspircd #internet-relay-chat #irc #irc-protocol #irc-server

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-01-23
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 112 open

1,348

stars

Forks: 286
Commits: 17,651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Harrison1/unrealcpp

Unreal Engine 4 C++ examples

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #ue4 #unreal #unreal-engine #unreal-engine-4 #unrealengine

Updated: 2024-11-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-09
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

1,302

stars

Forks: 224
Commits: 42 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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gemrb/gemrb

GemRB is a portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #engine #game #game-engine #isometric #python

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-10-02
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 183 open

1,255

stars

Forks: 224
Commits: 28,309 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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yvt/openspades

Compatible client of Ace of Spades 0.75

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#ace-of-spades #action-game #c-plus-plus #cmake #cross-platform-game #fps

Updated: 2024-06-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-18
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 248 open

1,246

stars

Forks: 234
Commits: 2,167 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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arx/ArxLibertatis

Cross-platform port of Arx Fatalis, a first-person role-playing game

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#arx-fatalis #c-plus-plus #cmake #cross-platform #dungeon-crawler #game

Updated: 2024-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-15
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

1,096

stars

Forks: 153
Commits: 21,738 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CasparCG/server

CasparCG Server is a Windows and Linux software used to play out professional graphics, audio and video to multiple outputs. It has been in 24/7 broadcast production since 2006. Ready-to-use downloads are available under the Releases tab https://casparcg.com.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#broadcast #broadcasting #c-plus-plus #casparcg #casparcg-server #graphics

Updated: 2026-09-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-09-14
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 269 open

1,090

stars

Forks: 316
Commits: 4,225 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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confluentinc/librdkafka

The Apache Kafka C/C++ library

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#apache-kafka #c #c-plus-plus #consumer #high-performance #kafka

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-09-19
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 616 open

1,067

stars

Forks: 3,272
Commits: 4,754 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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uroni/urbackup_backend

UrBackup - Client/Server Open Source Network Backup for Windows, MacOS and Linux

Stack

C Android React Vite CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#backup #backup-solution #c-plus-plus #freebsd #linux #windows

Updated: 2026-08-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2011-01-06
History: 9 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

900

stars

Forks: 169
Commits: 6,141 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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luispedro/mahotas

Computer Vision in Python

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest Meson PEP 517

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #computer-vision #numpy #python #python-2 #python-3

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2008-08-12
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 16 open

890

stars

Forks: 151
Commits: 1,405 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +31 +2.3%

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tangrams/tangram-es

2D and 3D map renderer using OpenGL ES

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle vcpkg

GitHub topics

#3d-map #android #c-plus-plus #indic-scripts #ios #linux

Updated: 2024-01-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-08-27
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 177 open

874

stars

Forks: 246
Commits: 7,080 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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akumuli/Akumuli

Time-series database

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #database #metrics #time-series #time-series-database #tsdb

Updated: 2022-08-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-05-08
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 63 open

838

stars

Forks: 85
Commits: 2,362 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

punesemu/puNES

Qt-based Nintendo Entertaiment System emulator and NSF/NSF2/NSFe Music Player (Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Windows)

Stack

C Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#6502 #c #c-plus-plus #clang #d3d9 #emulation

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-04-30
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 59 open

826

stars

Forks: 48
Commits: 2,392 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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libspatialindex/libspatialindex

C++ implementation of R*-tree, an MVR-tree and a TPR-tree with C API

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #spatial-indexing

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-08-01
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 26 open

801

stars

Forks: 211
Commits: 667 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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jubatus/jubatus

Framework and Library for Distributed Online Machine Learning

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #distributed #machine-learning #ml

Updated: 2019-05-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-25
History: 9 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 4 open

706

stars

Forks: 140
Commits: 3,453 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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stuntrally/stuntrally

NOTE: development in stuntrally3 repo. 3D racing game based on VDrift and OGRE with own Track Editor. The main repository with Stunt Rally 2.x sources and data.

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#3d #bullet-physics #c-plus-plus #car #cmake #cpp

Updated: 2024-08-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-19
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 22 open

646

stars

Forks: 132
Commits: 6,132 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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heremaps/tin-terrain

A command-line tool for converting heightmaps in GeoTIFF format into tiled optimized meshes.

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake Pipenv

GitHub topics

#3d #c-plus-plus #cesium #cesium-terrain #geotiff #mesh-generation

Updated: 2023-03-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-09-11
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

612

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 86 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Martinsos/edlib

Lightweight, super fast C/C++ (& Python) library for sequence alignment using edit (Levenshtein) distance.

Stack

C++ CMake Meson pip

GitHub topics

#alignment-path #bioinformatics #c-plus-plus #edit-distance #levehnstein-distance #library

Updated: 2025-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-19
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 68 open

607

stars

Forks: 174
Commits: 262 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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libSDL2pp/libSDL2pp

C++ bindings/wrapper for SDL2

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #gamedev #graphics #sdl #sdl-image #sdl-mixer

Updated: 2025-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-05
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 43 open

599

stars

Forks: 93
Commits: 820 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

osmcode/libosmium

Fast and flexible C++ library for working with OpenStreetMap data.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #openstreetmap

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-29
History: 8 history points
License: BSL-1.0
Issues: 12 open

557

stars

Forks: 134
Commits: 3,313 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Rangi42/tilemap-studio

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

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #fltk #game-boy #game-development #gameboy #gameboy-advance

Updated: 2026-05-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-02
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 26 open

536

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 406 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

topology-tool-kit/ttk

TTK - Topological Data Analysis and Visualization - Source Code

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #contour-tree #discrete-morse-theory #merge-tree #morse-smale-complex #paraview

Updated: 2026-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-05
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 24 open

481

stars

Forks: 131
Commits: 9,172 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

gadomski/cpd

C++ implementation of the Coherent Point Drift point set registration algorithm.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpd #pointcloud #registration

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-18
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 17 open

443

stars

Forks: 124
Commits: 483 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

juzzlin/DustRacing2D

Dust Racing 2D is a traditional top-down car racing game including a level editor.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #car #cplusplus-17 #game #level-editor #linux-app

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-14
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 42 open

334

stars

Forks: 80
Commits: 2,166 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

seedhartha/reone

Game engine capable of running KotOR and TSL

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #kotor #kotor2

Updated: 2025-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-02
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

311

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 3,118 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

stohrendorf/CroftEngine

An open-source Tomb Raider 1 engine remake

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game #linux #modernization #opengl #reimplementation

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-12
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 4 open

310

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 4,842 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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H-uru/Plasma

Cyan Worlds's Plasma game engine

Stack

C++ CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #hacktoberfest #myst #plasma #uru

Updated: 2026-10-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-03-12
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 137 open

236

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 6,844 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gerstrong/Commander-Genius

Modern Interpreter for the Commander Keen (Vorticon Dreams and Galaxy) and also Cosmos Cosmic Adventure games. This is a mirror repo: The main gitlab repository is at: https://gitlab.com/Dringgstein/Commander-Genius

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #commander #dos #keen #lua

Updated: 2026-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-06-06
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

223

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 6,571 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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