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Top 23 C++ GLFW Projects

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  1. bgfx

    Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

    Project mention: Bgfx: Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic rendering library | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-01-08

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  3. magnum

    Lightweight and modular C++11 graphics middleware for games and data visualization

  4. glslViewer

    Console-based GLSL Sandbox for 2D/3D shaders

  5. 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).

    Project mention: ImRAD is a GUI builder for the ImGui library | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-15

    ImGUI generally runs on GLFW and there is even a port to html5: https://github.com/jnmaloney/WebGui

    ImRAD appears to be based on GLFW as well so one would only have to follow a tutorial: https://uncovergame.com/2015/01/21/porting-a-complete-c-game...

  6. ImPlay

    A Cross-Platform Desktop Media Player

  7. Physics3D

    A 3D physics engine

  8. OpenGL_CMake_Skeleton

    :heart: A ready to use cmake skeleton using GLFW, Glew and glm. :+1:

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  10. borealis

    Hardware accelerated, controller and TV oriented UI library for PC and Nintendo Switch (libnx)

  11. bigger

    bigg (bgfx + imgui + glfw + glm) + utils

  12. scop_vulkan

    A 3D model viewer written C++20 and Vulkan

  13. glfwpp

    GLFW C++ Wrapper - thin, modern, C++17, header-only GLFW wrapper

  14. lavfi-preview

    GUI for libavfilter

    Project mention: GUI for Libavfilter | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-01

  15. BunnyLOD

    Cross platform GLFW based port of Stan Melax's BunnyLOD Easy Mesh Simplification

  16. wase-engine

    A 2D game engine written in C++

  17. stylized_snake_game

    A cross-platform desktop stylized version of snake game made from scratch in C++/OpenGL.

  18. chip-8

    Yet another Chip-8 interpreter, but this time with a beautiful interface 💻

  19. VulkanStarter

    A template for Vulkan C++ projects with GLFW, GLM and ImGUI using CMake, CI, Conan and doctest

  20. N-body

    N-body simulation made with C++ and OpenGL (by MarcVivas)

  21. zxShaderViz

    A useful tool to edit and visualize shaders in real time.

  22. Physically-based-deferred-shading

    First attempt at writing a good looking 3D renderer. Written in C++ using OpenGL on Ubuntu.

  23. cpp-graphics

    C++ 2D Graphics Tests and Examples using SDL2, SFML, GLFW and Dear ImGui

  24. kurve

    Remake of the classic game "Achtung, die Kurve!" in C++ using OpenGL and GLFW (by h-valdes)

  25. surge

    A lightweight, cross-platform C++ creative-coding framework (by Pencilcaseman)

  26. SaaSHub

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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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Index

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

# Project Stars
1 bgfx 15,697
2 magnum 4,965
3 glslViewer 4,953
4 WebGui 741
5 ImPlay 653
6 Physics3D 316
7 OpenGL_CMake_Skeleton 297
8 borealis 278
9 bigger 233
10 scop_vulkan 144
11 glfwpp 100
12 lavfi-preview 94
13 BunnyLOD 77
14 wase-engine 54
15 stylized_snake_game 40
16 chip-8 38
17 VulkanStarter 29
18 N-body 25
19 zxShaderViz 12
20 Physically-based-deferred-shading 11
21 cpp-graphics 10
22 kurve 5
23 surge 5

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