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VowpalWabbit/vowpal_wabbit

Vowpal Wabbit is a machine learning system which pushes the frontier of machine learning with techniques such as online, hashing, allreduce, reductions, learning2search, active, and interactive learning.

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C++ CMake .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#active-learning #c-plus-plus #contextual-bandits #cpp #learning-to-search #machine-learning

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-04-29
History: 56 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

8,689

stars

Forks: 1,925
Commits: 10,555 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +3 0.0%

Website GitHub

Project-OSRM/osrm-backend

Open Source Routing Machine - C++ backend

AI dev

Stack

C++ Express pytest CMake npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #cpp17 #isochrones #map-matching #openstreetmap

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-09
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 360 open

7,873

stars

Forks: 3,947
Commits: 9,004 commits
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FEX-Emu/FEX

A fast usermode x86 and x86-64 emulator for Arm64 Linux

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#arm64 #cpp #emulation #emulator #linux #x86

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-16
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 214 open

7,668

stars

Forks: 293
Commits: 14,541 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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endless-sky/endless-sky

Space exploration, trading, and combat game.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#2d-game #adventure-game #arcade-game #c-plus-plus #cpp #endless-sky

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-01
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 914 open

7,431

stars

Forks: 1,273
Commits: 9,881 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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FlaxEngine/FlaxEngine

Flax Engine – multi-platform 3D game engine

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Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-sharp #cpp #engine #flax #flax-engine #flaxengine

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-12-07
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 777 open

6,901

stars

Forks: 701
Commits: 13,930 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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BoomingTech/Piccolo

Piccolo (formerly Pilot) – mini game engine for games104

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#cplusplus #cpp #game-development #game-engine #imgui #physics

Updated: 2024-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-03-20
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 92 open

6,650

stars

Forks: 1,976
Commits: 204 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Slackadays/Clipboard

😎🏖️🐬 Your new, 𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙠𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮 smart clipboard manager

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#bash #cli #clipboard #clipboard-manager #cmd #collaborate

Updated: 2026-05-06
Lists: 5 list mentions
First commit: 2022-11-20
History: 11 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 25 open

5,825

stars

Forks: 175
Commits: 1,890 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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google-deepmind/open_spiel

OpenSpiel is a collection of environments and algorithms for research in general reinforcement learning and search/planning in games.

Stack

C++ Cargo CMake PEP 517

GitHub topics

#cpp #games #multiagent #python #reinforcement-learning

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-28
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 33 open

5,326

stars

Forks: 1,154
Commits: 5,502 commits
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urho3d/urho3d

Game engine

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#2d #3d #3d-graphics #angelscript #cpp #cpp17

Updated: 2023-01-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-02
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 72 open

4,754

stars

Forks: 1,014
Commits: 10,578 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

kaitai-io/kaitai_struct

Kaitai Struct: declarative language to generate binary data parsers in C++ / C# / Go / Java / JavaScript / Lua / Nim / Perl / PHP / Python / Ruby / Rust

Stack

Shell

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #csharp #declarative-language #file-format #go

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-02-20
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 518 open

4,637

stars

Forks: 209
Commits: 1,046 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OpenNMT/CTranslate2

Fast inference engine for Transformer models

Stack

C++ CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#avx #avx2 #cpp #cuda #deep-learning #deep-neural-networks

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 271 open

4,571

stars

Forks: 499
Commits: 2,271 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

danielkrupinski/Osiris

Cross-platform game hack for Counter-Strike 2 with Panorama-based GUI.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cheat #counter-strike #counter-strike-2 #cpp #cpp20 #cs2

Updated: 2026-05-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-28
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 322 open

3,797

stars

Forks: 1,033
Commits: 9,695 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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domoticz/domoticz

Free open source home automation system for Linux, Windows, Raspberry Pi. Supports Z-Wave, Zigbee, MQTT, and 150+ devices.

AI dev

Stack

C++ Express CMake .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#cpp #domoticz #dzvents #energy-monitoring #home-automation #html5

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-11-02
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 42 open

3,787

stars

Forks: 1,162
Commits: 16,026 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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ravenscroftj/turbopilot

Turbopilot is an open source large-language-model based code completion engine that runs locally on CPU

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#code-completion #cpp #language-model #machine-learning

Updated: 2023-09-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-04-09
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 18 open

3,786

stars

Forks: 121
Commits: 304 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CodecrumbsIO/codecrumbs

Learn, design or document codebase by putting breadcrumbs in source code. Live updates, multi-language support and more.

Stack

JavaScript React npm

GitHub topics

#code #cpp #documentation-tool #java #javascript #learning

Updated: 2021-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-05-01
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 29 open

2,713

stars

Forks: 105
Commits: 644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

jlblancoc/nanoflann

nanoflann: a C++11 header-only library for Nearest Neighbor (NN) search with KD-trees

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #kd-trees #nanoflann #point-clouds

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-08-25
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 42 open

2,660

stars

Forks: 526
Commits: 674 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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evanwashere/mitata

benchmark tooling that loves you ❤️

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#benchmark #bun #cpp #deno #graaljs #javascript

Updated: 2025-02-17
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2022-04-17
History: 25 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

2,500

stars

Forks: 37
Commits: 73 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Overload-Technologies/Overload

3D game engine with lua scripting

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #3d-graphics #c-plus-plus #cpp #game-editor #game-engine

Updated: 2026-06-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-13
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 88 open

2,454

stars

Forks: 289
Commits: 609 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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xenia-canary/xenia-canary

Xbox 360 Emulator Research Project

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp #d3d12 #emulation #emulator #ppc

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-01-10
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 134 open

2,375

stars

Forks: 287
Commits: 8,599 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

strato-emu/strato

Run Nintendo Switch homebrew & games on your Android device!

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #c-plus-plus #cpp #emulation #emulator #nintendo

Updated: 2024-09-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-28
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 29 open

2,338

stars

Forks: 292
Commits: 2,207 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

TeamHypersomnia/Hypersomnia

Multiplayer top-down shooter made from scratch in C++. Web version: https://play.hypersomnia.io Made in 🇵🇱

AI dev

Stack

C++ Bundler CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d-game #2d-shooter #browser-game #cpp #editor #free-software

Updated: 2026-06-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-07-12
History: 5 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 13 open

1,598

stars

Forks: 97
Commits: 10,092 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

superpoweredSDK/Low-Latency-Android-iOS-Linux-Windows-tvOS-macOS-Interactive-Audio-Platform

🇸Superpowered Audio, Networking and Cryptographics SDKs. High performance and cross platform on Android, iOS, macOS, tvOS, Linux, Windows and modern web browsers.

Stack

C++ Android Flutter React React Native Bundler CMake CocoaPods

GitHub topics

#aes #android #audio #cpp #cryptography #fft

Updated: 2026-06-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-05-12
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

1,436

stars

Forks: 286
Commits: 133 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

decaf-emu/decaf-emu

Researching Wii U emulation.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#cpp #decaf-emu #emulator #wii-u

Updated: 2024-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-18
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 51 open

1,274

stars

Forks: 145
Commits: 5,222 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

codilime/veles

Binary data analysis and visualization tool

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#cpp #hexeditor #python #qt #reverse-engineering #shaders

Updated: 2019-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-16
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 56 open

1,238

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 637 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

asc-community/MxEngine

C++ open source 3D game engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #cpp #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #mxengine

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-15
History: 2 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 18 open

1,230

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Unvanquished/Unvanquished

Unvanquished is a free and open source FPS/RTS hybrid game powered by the Daemon game engine. Historically based on Tremulous as a continuation with decades of work over it.

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#cpp #daemon-game #fps-game #game #game-development #glm

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-03-29
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 677 open

1,108

stars

Forks: 180
Commits: 14,123 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

natalie-lang/natalie

a work-in-progress Ruby compiler, written in Ruby and C++

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#compiler #cpp #language #ruby

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-12
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

1,033

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 12,488 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Mudlet/Mudlet

⚔️ A cross-platform, open source, and super fast MUD client with scripting in Lua

AI dev

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus-17 #cpp #cross-platform #game #hacktoberfest #linux

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-24
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 578 open

889

stars

Forks: 365
Commits: 7,522 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

es3n1n/obfuscator

PE (and elf now!) bin2bin obfuscator

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#bin2bin #cpp #cpp23 #obfuscation #obfuscator #reverse-engineering

Updated: 2025-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-12-06
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 5 open

848

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 43 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

nspire-emus/firebird

Multi-platform emulator of TI Nspire calculators

Stack

C++ Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #arm #c #calculator #cpp #emulator

Updated: 2026-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-25
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 86 open

833

stars

Forks: 104
Commits: 1,265 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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