Top 12 C++ Unix Projects

serenity

240 28,519 10.0 C++

The Serenity Operating System 🐞

Project mention: Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest? | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-09

SerenityOS replicates that look and feel. It is also implemented in a dialect of C++ that adheres to some of the good parts of C++98: https://serenityos.org

LibrePCB

6 2,245 9.5 C++

A powerful, innovative and intuitive EDA suite for everyone!

Project mention: Ask HN: Best open source and/or free EDA tooling | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-28

WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
freac

90 1,270 7.8 C++

The fre:ac audio converter project

Project mention: Did I make a mistake for purchasing music from iTunes Store? | /r/DJs | 2023-12-06

Seconding basically everything that's been said here, but should you ever find yourself in need of a good file converter, I like and use fre:ac (www.freac.org), an open source Swiss army knife for audio formats.

hwinfo

3 370 8.3 C++

cross platform C++ library for hardware information (CPU, RAM, GPU, ...)
InitKit

1 362 0.0 C++

Neo-InitWare is a modular, cross-platform reimplementation of the systemd init system. It is experimental.
PurritoBin

0 189 1.8 C++

fast, minimalistic, encrypted command line paste-bin
osIROSE-new

2 57 0.0 C++

Open Source ROSE online server
InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
ErriezDS3231

1 20 10.0 C++

DS3213 high precision RTC (Real Time Clock) library for Arduino
monomux

1 16 0.0 C++

Monophone Terminal Multiplexer - Less intrusive than tmux, smarter than screen
sockpuppet

2 16 8.2 C++

C++ socket and address library
spacesockets2

1 4 2.6 C++

SpaceSockets2 makes socket programming much easier for C++ developers.
Skogsnet

1 2 6.4 C++

Arduino -> Serial bus -> Unix -> (main) Measuements read from the Serial bus and displayed real time. With Raylib as Visualization for the data.

Project mention: Show HN: Skogsnet – Temperature and Humidity Monitoring | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-01

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). The latest post mention was on 2024-04-09.

C++ Unix related posts

SerenityOS
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Apr 2024
Serenum: OS from scratch to save computers [video]
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jan 2024
SerenityOS – a love letter to '90s user interfaces with a custom Unix-like core
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2023
Screenshots from Windows 95
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Oct 2023
OS development in 2023?
1 project | /r/learnprogramming | 30 Jun 2023
What is the best cpp code you have ever seen?
2 projects | /r/cpp | 8 Jun 2023
Historical workstation desktop interface screenshots
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 5 Jun 2023
A note from our sponsor - WorkOS
workos.com | 20 Apr 2024

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Index

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

	Project	Stars
1	serenity	28,519
2	LibrePCB	2,245
3	freac	1,270
4	hwinfo	370
5	InitKit	362
6	PurritoBin	189
7	osIROSE-new	57
8	ErriezDS3231	20
9	monomux	16
10	sockpuppet	16
11	spacesockets2	4
12	Skogsnet	2