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alacritty/alacritty

A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#bsd #gpu #linux #macos #opengl #rust

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 7 list mentions
First commit: 2016-02-21
History: 14 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 340 open

64,813

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Forks: 3,524
Commits: 2,488 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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raysan5/raylib

A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK Meson

GitHub topics

#android #c #embedded #esp32 #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-24
History: 3 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 22 open

33,731

stars

Forks: 3,180
Commits: 9,964 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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kovidgoyal/kitty

If you live in the terminal, kitty is made for you! Cross-platform, fast, feature-rich, GPU based.

AI dev

Stack

Python Go modules PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#c #go #golang #golang-application #kitty #kitty-terminal

Updated: 2026-07-01
Lists: 4 list mentions
First commit: 2016-10-14
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

33,699

stars

Forks: 1,405
Commits: 18,459 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners

🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#3d #3d-graphics #game-development #gamedev #glsl #glsl-shader

Updated: 2023-06-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-12
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 18 open

19,745

stars

Forks: 1,476
Commits: 1 commit
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

RPCS3/rpcs3

PlayStation 3 emulator and debugger

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#assembly-language #c #cpp #emulation #emulator #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-11-03
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 1,047 open

19,046

stars

Forks: 2,325
Commits: 19,558 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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kitao/pyxel

A retro game engine for Python

Stack

Rust Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #graphics #html

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-06-10
History: 25 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 8 open

17,585

stars

Forks: 928
Commits: 7,472 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +11 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +20 +0.3%

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bkaradzic/bgfx

Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

Stack

GitHub topics

#d3d11 #d3d12 #directx #directx-11 #directx-12 #engine

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-04
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 289 open

17,261

stars

Forks: 2,108
Commits: 9,348 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

An open source re-implementation of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 🎢

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #discord #game #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2014-04-01
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,582 open

15,928

stars

Forks: 1,829
Commits: 30,241 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SFTtech/openage

Clone of the Age of Empires II engine 🚀

Stack

Python CMake pip

GitHub topics

#age-of-empires #c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp #cpp20 #engine

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-22
History: 25 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 212 open

14,316

stars

Forks: 1,255
Commits: 5,817 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +24 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

isl-org/Open3D

Open3D: A Modern Library for 3D Data Processing

AI dev

Stack

C++ Flask CMake npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#3d #3d-perception #arm #computer-graphics #cpp #cuda

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-28
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 1,364 open

13,789

stars

Forks: 2,586
Commits: 4,248 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

SFML/SFML

Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#audio #c-plus-plus #cross-platform #games #graphics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-05-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-28
History: 3 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 151 open

11,940

stars

Forks: 1,896
Commits: 3,953 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fogleman/Craft

A simple Minecraft clone written in C using modern OpenGL (shaders).

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #game #glsl #minecraft #multiplayer #opengl

Updated: 2024-04-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-09
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 128 open

11,059

stars

Forks: 1,437
Commits: 753 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

stenzek/duckstation

Fast PlayStation 1 emulator for x86-64/AArch32/AArch64/RV64

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#appimage #emulator #enhancements #fast #hardware-renderers #jit-compiler

Updated: 2026-07-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-09
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

10,396

stars

Forks: 935
Commits: 12,093 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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flightlessmango/MangoHud

A Vulkan and OpenGL overlay for monitoring FPS, temperatures, CPU/GPU load and more.

Stack

C Meson pip

GitHub topics

#benchmarking #hud #linux #monitoring #opengl #vulkan

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-01-28
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 305 open

8,829

stars

Forks: 409
Commits: 2,567 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gephi/gephi

Gephi - The Open Graph Viz Platform

Stack

Java Maven Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#graph #graph-analytics #interactive #java #opengl #visualization

Updated: 2026-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-03-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 518 open

6,578

stars

Forks: 1,607
Commits: 9,708 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

mifi/editly

Slick, declarative command line video editing & API

Stack

TypeScript npm

GitHub topics

#animations #cli #clips #command-line #editor #ffmpeg

Updated: 2025-05-12
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2020-04-15
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 80 open

5,446

stars

Forks: 370
Commits: 430 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

Doikki/DKVideoPlayer

Android Video Player. 安卓视频播放器，封装MediaPlayer、ExoPlayer、IjkPlayer。模仿抖音并实现预加载，列表播放，悬浮播放，广告播放，弹幕，视频水印，视频滤镜

Stack

Java Android Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #exoplayer #ffmpeg #filter #ijkplayer #mediaplayer

Updated: 2024-06-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-04-11
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 115 open

5,317

stars

Forks: 1,074
Commits: 534 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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crosire/reshade

A generic post-processing injector for games and video software.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#compiler #d3d11 #d3d12 #d3d9 #glsl #hlsl

Updated: 2026-06-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-15
History: 2 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: Disabled

5,282

stars

Forks: 672
Commits: 5,774 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

panda3d/panda3d

Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU

Stack

C++ pytest CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cross-platform #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-07-03
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2000-10-04
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 358 open

5,171

stars

Forks: 881
Commits: 26,786 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mapbox/mapbox-gl-native

Interactive, thoroughly customizable maps in native Android, iOS, macOS, Node.js, and Qt applications, powered by vector tiles and OpenGL

Archived

Stack

C++ Android Express CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#android #c-plus-plus #geojson #ios #java #macos

Updated: 2023-07-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-07
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 312 open

4,453

stars

Forks: 1,321
Commits: 15,978 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Almamu/linux-wallpaperengine

Wallpaper Engine backgrounds for Linux!

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#linux #opengl #wallpaper-app #wallpaper-engine

Updated: 2026-06-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-05
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 223 open

4,363

stars

Forks: 177
Commits: 627 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine

A modern cross-platform low-level graphics library and rendering framework

Stack

Batchfile CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #d3d11 #d3d12 #directx #directx11 #directx12

Updated: 2026-07-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-21
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 23 open

4,352

stars

Forks: 385
Commits: 2,163 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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

vispy/vispy

Main repository for Vispy

Stack

Python pytest PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#closember #hacktoberfest #opengl #python #visualization

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-02-28
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 384 open

3,574

stars

Forks: 631
Commits: 7,488 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

OpenXRay/xray-16

Improved version of the X-Ray Engine, the game engine used in the world-famous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by GSC Game World. Join OpenXRay! ;)

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #arm64 #cmake #cplusplus #cpp17 #d3d11

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-05
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 281 open

3,519

stars

Forks: 516
Commits: 8,486 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

FunkyFr3sh/cnc-ddraw

GDI, OpenGL and Direct3D 9 re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic 2D games for better compatibility with Windows ME, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10, 11, Wine (Linux/macOS/Android) and Virtual Machines

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#borderless #compatiblity #d3d9 #ddraw #directdraw #directx

Updated: 2025-07-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-10-10
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 96 open

3,324

stars

Forks: 217
Commits: 2,826 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

Celtoys/Remotery

Single C file, Realtime CPU/GPU Profiler with Remote Web Viewer

Stack

GitHub topics

#c #cpu #cuda #d3d11 #d3d12 #gpu

Updated: 2024-08-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-03-12
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 38 open

3,306

stars

Forks: 284
Commits: 973 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

nidorx/matcaps

Huge library of matcap PNG textures organized by color

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#blender-3d #envmap #lighting #litsphere #matcap #non-photorealistic

Updated: 2025-10-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-11-24
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

3,290

stars

Forks: 285
Commits: 55 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SuperTux/supertux

SuperTux source code

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game #games #hacktoberfest #opengl #sdl

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-04-09
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 366 open

3,093

stars

Forks: 588
Commits: 14,591 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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