C++ Astronomy

Open-source C++ projects categorized as Astronomy

Top 11 C++ Astronomy Projects

  • stellarium

    Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows and macOS. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.

    Project mention: Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-13
  • Celestia

    Real-time 3D visualization of space.

    Project mention: Celestia: Real-time 3D visualization of space | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-13

    Celestia is a rare Linux app not on Flathub, but it is available from Fedora's Flatpak repo, which in theory should be usable on any distro: https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia/discussions/1988

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • OpenSpace

    This is the official GitHub repository for OpenSpace: an open source astrovisualization project. For instructions on how to build and run OpenSpace, see the Getting Started Guides on the wiki page at http://docs.openspaceproject.com

    Project mention: Google Earth Equivalent For Space? | /r/Astronomy | 2023-12-11

    If I can throw in another link, since the project is open-source, we can also find us on GitHub https://github.com/OpenSpace/OpenSpace if someone wants to contribute

  • gdl

    GDL - GNU Data Language

  • heyoka

    C++ library for ODE integration via Taylor's method and LLVM

  • SwiftAA

    The most comprehensive collection of accurate astronomical algorithms in (C++, Objective-C and) Swift.

  • DobsonianDSC

    Simple low cost circuit to connect inexpensive optical encoders to a dobsonian telescope

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  • heyoka.py

    Python library for ODE integration via Taylor's method and LLVM

  • SolarCalculator

    Arduino library to calculate the times of sunrise, sunset, solar noon, twilight, the solar position, and more.

  • fips3

    OpenGL-based FITS image viewer

  • vif

    Easy, robust, and fast numerics in C++. (by cschreib)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020). The latest post mention was on 2024-01-13.

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Astronomy projects in C++? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 stellarium 6,538
2 Celestia 1,703
3 OpenSpace 713
4 gdl 257
5 heyoka 188
6 SwiftAA 163
7 DobsonianDSC 75
8 heyoka.py 57
9 SolarCalculator 39
10 fips3 30
11 vif 11
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