C++ live-coding

Open-source C++ projects categorized as live-coding

Top 8 C++ live-coding Projects

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  1. Sonic Pi

    Code. Music. Live.

    Project mention: Building an AI Music Assistant with Sonic Pi and MCP | dev.to | 2025-05-16

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  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. corona

    Solar2D Game Engine main repository (ex Corona SDK)

    Project mention: Antirez/load81: SDL based Lua programming environment for kids similar to Codea | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-10-26
  4. RuntimeCompiledCPlusPlus

    Change C++ code at runtime

    Project mention: ICPP – Running C++ in anywhere like a script | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-08-03
  5. cr

    cr.h: A Simple C Hot Reload Header-only Library

  6. Bonzomatic

    Live shader coding tool and Shader Showdown workhorse (by Gargaj)

  7. jet-live

    c++ hot code reload for linux and macos

  8. SaaSHub

    SaaSHub - Software Alternatives and Reviews. SaaSHub helps you find the best software and product alternatives

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  9. BsodSurvivor

    This project aims to facilitate debugging a kernel driver in windows by adding support for a code change on the fly without reboot/unload, and more!

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 live-coding projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Sonic Pi 11,110
2 corona 2,642
3 RuntimeCompiledCPlusPlus 2,229
4 cr 1,644
5 Bonzomatic 1,414
6 blink 1,129
7 jet-live 424
8 BsodSurvivor 172

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