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Top 10 C++ creative-coding Projects
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OpenFrameworks
openFrameworks is a community-developed cross platform toolkit for creative coding in C++.
Project mention: Ask HN: Who Are Your Favorite Photography and Generative Coding Artists? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-26 -
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libossia
A modern C++, cross-environment distributed object model for creative coding and interaction scoring
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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).
C++ creative-coding discussion
C++ creative-coding related posts
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VVVV – A Hybrid Visual/Textual Development Environment
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Show HN: Demo of Agent Based Model on GPU with CUDA and OpenGL (Windows/Linux)
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Can you make visual art with Pure Data?
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Are there more elegant languages for generative art and creative coding?
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Can I install things like Ofelia via another method other than internet connection?
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Can C++ run live? e.g. like a scripting language such as Lua?
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PortAudio vs PulseAudio vs Pipewire
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Index
What are some of the best open-source creative-coding projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | OpenFrameworks | 10,193 |
| 2 | score | 1,828 |
| 3 | hello_imgui | 781 |
| 4 | Ofelia | 388 |
| 5 | libossia | 219 |
| 6 | BeatDrop | 79 |
| 7 | BeatDrop-Music-Visualizer | 61 |
| 8 | spout-gd | 57 |
| 9 | PRayGround | 41 |
| 10 | surge | 5 |
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