C++ Terrain

Open-source C++ projects categorized as Terrain

Top 12 C++ Terrain Projects

  1. Terrain3D

    A high performance, editable terrain system for Godot 4.

    Project mention: MTerrain: Optimized terrain system and editor for Godot | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-06

    Anyone know how this compares to Terrain3D?

    https://github.com/TokisanGames/Terrain3D

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  3. VoxelPluginFreeLegacy

    Voxel Plugin Legacy for Unreal Engine

  4. Unreal-Engine-Guide

    Unreal Engine 5 Guide. Learn to develop games for Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, Android, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch.

  5. spot_mini_mini

    Dynamics and Domain Randomized Gait Modulation with Bezier Curves for Sim-to-Real Legged Locomotion.

  6. SimpleHydrology

    Procedural Hydrology / River / Lake Simulation

  7. stuntrally

    NOTE: development in stuntrally3 repo. 3D racing game based on VDrift and OGRE with own Track Editor. The main repository with Stunt Rally 2.x sources and data.

    Project mention: The issue of anti-cheat on Linux | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-08-23
  8. UE5VoxelTutorial

    A collection of voxel mesh generation algorithms

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  10. TileMapEditor3D

    Tile map editor 3D with 3D terrains

  11. Noise

    A procedural function that generates dendritic patterns and is locally computable. (by mgaillard)

  12. terraingen

    GPU Terrain generator and erosion simulator (by Ono-Sendai)

    Project mention: Simulating Water over Terrain | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-06

    I also released something similar recently, with random heightfield generation and sediment transport and erosion too: https://github.com/Ono-Sendai/terraingen

  13. SimpleTectonics

    Procedural Plate Tectonics using Clustered Convection

  14. Infinity-World

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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C++ Terrain related posts

  • MTerrain: Optimized terrain system and editor for Godot

    3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 May 2025
  • Terrain3D: High performance, editable terrain system for Godot 4

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 20 Nov 2024
  • Is it possible to hide faces of a cube that player cant see?(optimization)

    2 projects | /r/godot | 8 Dec 2023
  • How can I make a procedural terrain using a seed?

    2 projects | /r/unrealengine | 4 May 2023
  • Vpainter on godot4: what am i missing ?

    5 projects | /r/godot | 25 Apr 2023
  • Is unreal/unity efficient for a voxel game that has infinite, destructible and procedural world gen (like minecraft)?

    1 project | /r/VoxelGameDev | 18 Apr 2023
  • procedural generation for underground geology

    1 project | /r/proceduralgeneration | 20 Mar 2023
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Index

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

# Project Stars
1 Terrain3D 3,226
2 VoxelPluginFreeLegacy 1,653
3 Unreal-Engine-Guide 1,330
4 spot_mini_mini 869
5 SimpleHydrology 667
6 stuntrally 629
7 UE5VoxelTutorial 141
8 TileMapEditor3D 114
9 Noise 82
10 terraingen 44
11 SimpleTectonics 22
12 Infinity-World 6

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