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Top 12 C++ windows-11 Projects
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It's probably very hardware dependent now, just like it was back then. My calculator opens to interactive in much less than 1 second, but I've got a 9800x3d and fast memory and nvme drive. The other guy saying his start menu takes 8 seconds to open probably has a pretty shit computer.
I definitely got the stupid hourglass in win 95 when trying to open anything, but my understanding of computers at the time was that black ones were faster than beige ones, so my computer was probably shit.
I tried to look up calculator win 95 vids on YouTube, there are a couple. One gets an hourglass - but less than a second, one is instant, one shows the calculator crashing lol.
During this I also found out that Microsoft Calculator is open source: https://github.com/microsoft/calculator
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Project mention: 7-Zip for Windows can now use more than 64 CPU threads for compression | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-09
https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip
It includes the above patches as well as few QoL features.
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ProjectReunion
The Windows App SDK empowers all Windows desktop apps with modern Windows UI, APIs, and platform features, including back-compat support, shipped via NuGet.
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Cronos-Rootkit
Cronos is Windows 10/11 x64 ring 0 rootkit. Cronos is able to hide processes, protect and elevate them with token manipulation.
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Project mention: I built a native Windows Todo app in pure C (278 KB, no frameworks) | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-05-11
Some time ago I put together this example: https://github.com/tringi/win32-dpi
The high DPI support in Windows went through quite an evolution since XP, but mostly to fix what app programmers messed up. You can have nice and crisp XP at 250% dpi if you do things right, e.g.: https://x.com/TheBobPony/status/1733196004881482191/photo/1
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ExplorerFrame
ExplorerFrame is a program that resolves some improper behaviors caused by File Explorer regarding extending DWM frames into its client area.
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QStyleHelper
A Helper class for managing QStyle, QPalette, TitleBar Color on Windows and auto detect color scheme changes.
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OpenQRCode
Open QR Code is an open-source, cross-platform app developed with Flutter, using C, C++, Dart, Skia, Impeller, Java, and Kotlin. It allows users to generate, scan, save, and share QR codes. Available on Android, Windows, and Web, users can easily create and interact with QR codes across platforms.
Open QR Code is an open-source, cross-platform app developed with Flutter, using C, C++, Dart, Skia, Impeller, Java, and Kotlin. It allows users to generate, scan, save, and share QR codes. Available on Android, Windows, and Web, users can easily create and interact with QR codes across platforms.
https://github.com/openlab-x/OpenQRCode
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 windows-11 projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | calculator | 30,567 |
| 2 | NanaZip | 11,725 |
| 3 | ProjectReunion | 4,246 |
| 4 | Cronos-Rootkit | 911 |
| 5 | AccentColorizer | 421 |
| 6 | YourFlyouts | 283 |
| 7 | win32-dpi | 259 |
| 8 | win11-toggle-rounded-corners | 252 |
| 9 | FFmpegInteropX | 221 |
| 10 | ExplorerFrame | 75 |
| 11 | QStyleHelper | 34 |
| 12 | OpenQRCode | 23 |
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