Top 9 C++ led-matrix Projects

MD_MAX72XX

1 2 347 4.0 C++

LED Matrix Library
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animartrix

2 4 76 6.5 C++

High fidelity & high-res LED animations for microcontrollers with hardware FPU (Teensy 4.x, 3.5, 3.6 & ESP32 S3)
MatrixFireFast

3 3 41 0.0 C++

A fire simulation for LED matrix displays on Arduino/ESP8266/ESP32 using the FastLED library.
arduino-nixie

4 2 26 0.0 C++

Digital clock code for Arduino Nano and Nano 33 IoT, to drive nixie or LED matrix displays
svitrix-firmware

5 1 21 3.2 C++

Project mention: Show HN: Svitrix – open-source firmware for Ulanzi TC001 pixel clock | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-08
hl-alyx-glove

6 1 19 0.0 C++

Firmware and Hardware for a Half-Life: Alyx Gravity Glove Replica
HUB75Enano

7 1 18 2.9 C++

Arduino nano library to use a 128x64 LED matrix with ICND2153, STP1612PW05, FM6124C or similar chipsets and shift registers for row addressing.
tetrix

8 1 13 0.0 C++

Tetris with Adafruit 16x32 RGB Matrix Led Panel and Arduino Uno
twsu-arcade-coder-esp32

9 1 13 0.4 C++

Custom library which covers all key operations for the Arcade Coder by Tech Will Save Us (an ewaste 12x12 RGB button matrix controlled by an on board ESP32 microcontroller)

Project mention: Conway's Game of Life, in real life | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-19

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

#	Project	Stars
1	MD_MAX72XX	347
2	animartrix	76
3	MatrixFireFast	41
4	arduino-nixie	26
5	svitrix-firmware	21
6	hl-alyx-glove	19
7	HUB75Enano	18
8	tetrix	13
9	twsu-arcade-coder-esp32	13

C++ led-matrix

Top 9 C++ led-matrix Projects

C++ led-matrix discussion

C++ led-matrix related posts

New QMK LED Matrix effect I’ve been working on.

3 torches connected in our ghost corridor !

I need help with the MD_MAX72xx Module

Real-Life Gravity Glove. Finished version.

My first project, a WIP. Found this canvas on sale for cheap and had to do something with it! Not my code, source and info in comments.

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