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Top 23 C++ GLFW Projects
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bgfx
Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.
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WebGui
An example demo of IMGUI (Immediate Mode GUI) on the web. Using only WebGL, GLFW and ImGui. Suitable for being compiled to web assembly (WASM).
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borealis
Hardware accelerated, controller and TV oriented UI library for PC and Nintendo Switch (libnx)
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AppSignal
AppSignal knows why the f*#k it crashed. Stop vibe-debugging. Every exception, every backtrace, grouped so you see patterns, not noise.
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ekg
High-performance, descriptor-based, low-latency, memory-safety, multi-platform, modular GPU-accelerated GUI library written for C++. (by vokegpu)
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chip-8
Yet another Chip-8 interpreter, but this time with a beautiful interface 💻 (by gargakshit)
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stylized_snake_game
A cross-platform desktop stylized version of snake game made from scratch in C++/OpenGL.
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VulkanStarter
A template for Vulkan C++ projects with GLFW, GLM and ImGUI using CMake, CI, Conan and doctest
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Physically-based-deferred-shading
First attempt at writing a good looking 3D renderer. Written in C++ using OpenGL on Ubuntu.
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Nikola
A cross-platform framework for window creation, input handling, and rendering using OpenGL 4.5+ (by FrodoAlaska)
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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).
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Trap The Cat GLFW
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Index
What are some of the best open-source GLFW projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | bgfx | 17,465 |
| 2 | glslViewer | 5,324 |
| 3 | magnum | 5,205 |
| 4 | WebGui | 850 |
| 5 | ImPlay | 782 |
| 6 | Physics3D | 327 |
| 7 | borealis | 301 |
| 8 | OpenGL_CMake_Skeleton | 300 |
| 9 | bigger | 241 |
| 10 | ekg | 153 |
| 11 | scop_vulkan | 146 |
| 12 | glfwpp | 122 |
| 13 | lavfi-preview | 115 |
| 14 | BunnyLOD | 78 |
| 15 | N-body | 53 |
| 16 | wase-engine | 53 |
| 17 | chip-8 | 42 |
| 18 | stylized_snake_game | 40 |
| 19 | VulkanStarter | 36 |
| 20 | Physically-based-deferred-shading | 12 |
| 21 | Nikola | 11 |
| 22 | cpp-graphics | 10 |
| 23 | zxShaderViz | 10 |
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