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neovim/neovim

Vim-fork focused on extensibility and usability

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Stack

Vim Script CMake

GitHub topics

#api #c #lua #neovim #nvim #text-editor

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2014-01-31
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,910 open

100,864

stars

Forks: 6,944
Commits: 37,110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cocos2d/cocos2d-x

Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#android #c-plus-plus #cocos2d #cocos2d-x #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2025-05-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-07-06
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1,604 open

19,100

stars

Forks: 7,056
Commits: 37,362 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Hammerspoon/hammerspoon

Staggeringly powerful macOS desktop automation with Lua

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods pip

GitHub topics

#automation #hammerspoon #irc #lua #macos #mjolnir

Updated: 2026-02-26
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-12-02
History: 10 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 675 open

15,660

stars

Forks: 691
Commits: 6,937 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

spotify/annoy

Approximate Nearest Neighbors in C++/Python optimized for memory usage and loading/saving to disk

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#approximate-nearest-neighbor-search #c-plus-plus #golang #locality-sensitive-hashing #lua #nearest-neighbor-search

Updated: 2025-10-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2013-02-20
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 76 open

14,257

stars

Forks: 1,224
Commits: 911 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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luanti-org/luanti

Luanti (formerly Minetest) is an open source voxel game-creation platform with easy modding and game creation

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cpp17 #game-engine #lua #luanti #minetest

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-11-26
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,463 open

13,206

stars

Forks: 2,376
Commits: 13,548 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nmap/nmap

Nmap - the Network Mapper. Github mirror of official SVN repository.

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK PEP 517

GitHub topics

#asynchronous #c-plus-plus #libpcap #linux #lua #machine-learning

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-04-11
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 702 open

13,151

stars

Forks: 2,847
Commits: 13,602 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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heroiclabs/nakama

Scalable open-source game backend server: multiplayer, matchmaking, leaderboards, chat, and social features for games.

AI dev

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#backend #cpp #csharp #dotnet #game #game-backend

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-13
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 124 open

12,850

stars

Forks: 1,438
Commits: 1,823 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

brndnmtthws/conky

Light-weight system monitor for X, Wayland, and other things, too

AI dev

Stack

C++ Next.js React Tailwind CSS Bun CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cairo #conky #imlib2 #linux #lua

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-07-20
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 75 open

8,419

stars

Forks: 662
Commits: 4,652 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

silverbulletmd/silverbullet

An open source personal productivity platform built on Markdown, turbo charged with the scripting power of Lua

Stack

TypeScript Axum React Vite Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#end-user-programming #knowledge-management #lua #markdown #note-taking #personal-knowledge-management

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 328 open

5,644

stars

Forks: 437
Commits: 3,410 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mpvnet-player/mpv.net

🎞 mpv.net is a media player for Windows with a modern GUI.

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#audio-player #command-line #dotnet #ffmpeg #gui #javascript

Updated: 2026-02-09
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2017-08-27
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 156 open

5,174

stars

Forks: 213
Commits: 1,211 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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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version-fox/vfox

A cross-platform and extendable version manager with support for Java, Node.js, Golang, Python, Flutter, .NET & more

AI dev

Stack

Go gRPC Go Vite Vue Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#asdf #bash #cli #cmd #cross-platform #development-tools

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-12-09
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 79 open

3,931

stars

Forks: 157
Commits: 619 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

spring/spring

A powerful free cross-platform RTS game engine. - Report issues at https://springrts.com/mantis/

Stack

C++ CMake Maven

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #lua #opengl #real-time-strategy #rts

Updated: 2024-03-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-05-04
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

3,930

stars

Forks: 863
Commits: 28,426 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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%

Website GitHub

tarantool/tarantool

Get your data in RAM. Get compute close to data. Enjoy the performance.

AI dev

Stack

Lua CMake pip

GitHub topics

#appserver #database #disk #in-memory #lua #msgpack

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-08-12
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,655 open

3,648

stars

Forks: 409
Commits: 19,924 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

weechat/weechat

The extensible chat client.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #chat #client #extensible #irc #javascript

Updated: 2026-06-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-09-27
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 440 open

3,341

stars

Forks: 355
Commits: 13,862 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

xyproto/algernon

Small self-contained pure-Go web server with Lua, Teal, Markdown, Ollama, HTTP/2, QUIC, Redis, TypeScript, SQLite and PostgreSQL support ++

AI dev

Stack

JavaScript Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#algernon #build-less #cross-platform #fasthttp #go #http3

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-03-10
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 20 open

3,019

stars

Forks: 146
Commits: 2,824 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

widelands/widelands

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #bsd #c-plus-plus #cmake #floss #game

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2002-02-05
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 570 open

2,865

stars

Forks: 204
Commits: 27,292 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

pkulchenko/ZeroBraneStudio

Lightweight Lua-based IDE for Lua with code completion, syntax highlighting, live coding, remote debugger, and code analyzer; supports Lua 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, LuaJIT and other Lua interpreters on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#debugger #editor #ide #lua #lua-engines #syntax-highlighting

Updated: 2024-05-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-09-03
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 112 open

2,764

stars

Forks: 523
Commits: 4,115 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

rspamd/rspamd

Rapid spam filtering system.

AI dev

Stack

C FastAPI CMake npm pip

GitHub topics

#c #email #lua #rspamd #spam-filter

Updated: 2026-07-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-05-08
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 301 open

2,485

stars

Forks: 478
Commits: 23,824 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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

Website GitHub

Komodo/KomodoEdit

Komodo Edit is a fast and free multi-language code editor. Written in JS, Python, C++ and based on the Mozilla platform.

Stack

Python .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#activestate #cross-platform #debugger #debugger-visualizer #editor #go

Updated: 2023-11-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-09-24
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,189 open

2,200

stars

Forks: 301
Commits: 14,756 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

NatLabRockies/api-umbrella

Open source API management platform

Stack

Ruby Bundler Cargo Go modules

GitHub topics

#api-gateway #api-management #api-manager #lua #luajit #nginx

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-10
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 257 open

2,183

stars

Forks: 375
Commits: 5,350 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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stepmania/stepmania

Advanced rhythm game for Windows, Linux and OS X. Designed for both home and arcade use.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#game #lua #rhythm-game #stepmania

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-10-18
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 572 open

2,076

stars

Forks: 475
Commits: 36,135 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

multitheftauto/mtasa-blue

Multi Theft Auto is a game engine that turns Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas into networked multiplayer.

AI dev

Stack

C++ .NET SDK npm

GitHub topics

#game-engine #game-mod #grand-theft-auto #gtasa #lua #modding

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-11-23
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,018 open

1,800

stars

Forks: 560
Commits: 11,529 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

wheremyfoodat/Panda3DS

HLE 3DS emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#3ds #android #arm #c-plus-plus #emulation #emulator

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-09-15
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 62 open

1,378

stars

Forks: 85
Commits: 2,521 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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

ZeroK-RTS/Zero-K

Open source RTS game running on the Spring/Recoil engine

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #game #gamedev #lua #modding #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-10-06
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,248 open

814

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 20,679 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Planimeter/game-engine-2d

Planimeter Game Engine 2D - LÖVE-based game engine for Lua

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#2d-game-engine #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #grid-sdk #love2d

Updated: 2022-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-08-10
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

751

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 379 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

makspll/bevy_mod_scripting

Bevy Scripting Plugin

AI dev

Stack

Rust Bevy Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#bevy #bevy-engine #game-development #lua #rhai #rust

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-04-30
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 45 open

631

stars

Forks: 57
Commits: 832 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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