Top 23 C++ C Projects

• FlatBuffers

  8 16,367 9.3 C++

  FlatBuffers: Memory Efficient Serialization Library

  

  Project mention: I made an NBT-based data format, but a little more general purpose | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-06-16

  FlatBuffers -- encoding is not as compact as protocol buffers, but encoding / decoding is faster

• Sourcetrail

  11 11,507 7.4 C++

  Sourcetrail - free and open-source interactive source explorer

  

  Project mention: Is there a way I can visualize all the function calls made while running the project(C++) in a graphical way? | reddit.com/r/cpp | 2021-06-15

  Sourcetrail used to cost money but now it’s free I think.

• Scout APM

  Sponsored scoutapm.com

  Scout APM - Leading-edge performance monitoring starting at $39/month. Scout APM uses tracing logic that ties bottlenecks to source code so you know the exact line of code causing performance issues and can get back to building a great product faster.

• OpenRCT2

  40 9,548 9.9 C++

  An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 🎢

  

  Project mention: Build fails at 100% | reddit.com/r/openrct2 | 2021-06-15

  I followed this guide and reinstalled all the packages. It works now :)

• Apache Thrift

  2 8,434 8.9 C++

  Apache Thrift

  

  Project mention: proposal: expression to create pointer to simple types #45624 | reddit.com/r/golang | 2021-04-18

• GuiLite

  1 5,497 6.7 C++

  ✔️The smallest header-only GUI library(4 KLOC) for all platforms

  Project mention: Deeply understand your GitHub/GitLab project | reddit.com/r/github | 2021-01-17

  You can get source code here

• fswatch

  8 3,811 0.5 C++

  A cross-platform file change monitor with multiple backends: Apple OS X File System Events, *BSD kqueue, Solaris/Illumos File Events Notification, Linux inotify, Microsoft Windows and a stat()-based backend.

  Project mention: Random file appeared on my mac desktop then disappeared instantly. | reddit.com/r/techsupport | 2021-04-21

  Theoretically, you could use something like fswatch and make a simple one-liner like fswatch ~/Desktop | xargs -I{} cp {} ~/caught-files

• nghttp2

  1 3,744 7.4 C++

  nghttp2 - HTTP/2 C Library and tools

  

  Project mention: How To Configure NGINX With SSL and HTTP/2 | dev.to | 2021-05-11

  In this section, I'll use an open-source HTTP client named Nghttp2 for testing the server.

• SaaSHub

  Sponsored www.saashub.com

  SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

• ArrayFire

  1 3,521 8.1 C++

  ArrayFire: a general purpose GPU library.

  

  Project mention: Arrayfire progressive performance decline? | reddit.com/r/rust | 2021-06-09

  Your Problem may be the lazy evaluation, see this issue: https://github.com/arrayfire/arrayfire/issues/1709

• Cppcheck

  3 3,521 9.9 C++

  static analysis of C/C++ code

  Project mention: How to detect stack corruption in embedded c?? | reddit.com/r/embedded | 2021-04-27

• harfbuzz

  5 1,983 9.6 C++

  HarfBuzz text shaping engine

  

  Project mention: Software rendering vector graphic fonts? | reddit.com/r/GraphicsProgramming | 2021-04-22

• Teeworlds

  0 1,601 8.6 C++

  A retro multiplayer shooter

  

• OpenJK

  3 1,591 5.9 C++

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

  

  Project mention: Compiling OpenJK | reddit.com/r/linux_gaming | 2021-01-23

  I am hoping he is referring to this :) https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK Which is an open source version of the starwars jedi knight academy games.

• faust

  5 1,439 9.6 C++

  Functional programming language for signal processing and sound synthesis (by grame-cncm)

  

  Project mention: Looking for a project to combine cs and music? | reddit.com/r/audioengineering | 2021-06-09

  If you have really no clue on what to do and it's a fairly small project, I think I would personally build something with Faust: https://faust.grame.fr/

• ccache

  7 1,230 9.5 C++

  ccache – a fast compiler cache

  

  Project mention: 15-20 minute compile time? How could Tarn Adams (or we) fix this? (Any expert devs know how to speed up C compiles?) | reddit.com/r/dwarffortress | 2021-06-07

  he could use this ccache as it cache all the files that didn't get changed so it won't get recompiled

• cmake-cookbook

  1 1,217 0.2 C++

  CMake Cookbook recipes.

  

  Project mention: Getting started with cmake (and the rest of the linux ecosystem) | reddit.com/r/cpp_questions | 2021-03-10

• enkiTS

  3 1,123 4.7 C++

  A permissively licensed C and C++ Task Scheduler for creating parallel programs. Requires C++11 support.

  Project mention: Hacker News top posts: Apr 4, 2021 | reddit.com/r/hackerdigest | 2021-04-04

  enkiTS: A C and C++ Task Scheduler for creating parallel programs\ (15 comments)

• cr

  1 874 0.3 C++

  cr.h: A Simple C Hot Reload Header-only Library (by fungos)

  Project mention: What are good Lua alternatives as an embeddable language? | reddit.com/r/gamedev | 2021-01-17

  Depends on your use case, but I would second the option of just hot reloading c++. I have been experimenting with that (using cr.h) and its great - as long as you make sure your compile and link times are fast enough.

• color_coded

  1 845 0.7 C++

  A vim plugin for libclang-based highlighting of C, C++, ObjC

  Project mention: Full syntax highlighting for C++ | reddit.com/r/vim | 2021-04-07

  Install this C++ highlighting via Vundle https://github.com/jeaye/color_coded

• ImGuiColorTextEdit

  1 792 0.0 C++

  Colorizing text editor for ImGui

  Project mention: Show HN: Virtual breadboard in your desktop browser, inspired by Ben Eater 6502 | news.ycombinator.com | 2021-01-19

  The text editor is this one https://github.com/BalazsJako/ImGuiColorTextEdit, it's listed on the third-party attributions page (https://www.tejotron.com/thirdparty.html)

• slop

  2 671 0.4 C++

  slop (Select Operation) is an application that queries for a selection from the user and prints the region to stdout. (by naelstrof)

  Project mention: Slurp alternative for Xorg. | reddit.com/r/linuxquestions | 2021-04-02

• mull

  1 562 8.9 C++

  Practical mutation testing tool for C and C++

  

  Project mention: Ask HN: Show me your Half Baked project | news.ycombinator.com | 2021-01-09

  Not really half-baked, but not ready for the prime time either:

  Mull[0] is a tool for mutation testing of C and C++ projects. The goal of mutation testing is to show the gaps in the semantic coverage

  [0] https://github.com/mull-project/mull

• geos

  1 521 9.6 C++

  Geometry Engine, Open Source [MIRROR] (by libgeos)

  

  Project mention: A new way to make maps with OpenStreetMap | news.ycombinator.com | 2021-04-23

• dsd

  2 478 0.7 C++

  Digital Speech Decoder

  Project mention: Snap package for DSD | reddit.com/r/RTLSDR | 2021-05-12

  To update the cmake files to better find portaudio; https://github.com/szechyjs/dsd/blob/master/cmake/FindLibPortAudio.cmake

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