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OpenFodder/openfodder

Open Fodder: An open source port of Cannon Fodder

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#amiga #cannon-fodder #dos #game

Updated: 2026-06-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-06
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

597

stars

Forks: 58
Commits: 1,634 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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shonumi/gbe-plus

DMG/GBC/GBA emulator and experimental NDS emulator.

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-06-23
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-21
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 81 open

595

stars

Forks: 85
Commits: 4,978 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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swl-x/MystiQ

Qt5/C++ FFmpeg Media Converter

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#audio #conversion #converter-encoding #cpp #ffmpeg #ffmpeg-wrapper

Updated: 2024-06-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-14
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 42 open

594

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 551 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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br-sn/CheekyBlinder

Enumerating and removing kernel callbacks using signed vulnerable drivers

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2023-01-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-02
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 5 open

589

stars

Forks: 111
Commits: 12 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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BaumFX/cpp-anti-debug

anti debugging library in c++.

Stack

C++

Updated: 2024-02-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-31
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 3 open

586

stars

Forks: 59
Commits: 27 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Ancurio/mkxp

Free Software implementation of the Ruby Game Scripting System (RGSS)

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#game-engine #game-engine-2d #mkxp #rpg #rpg-maker #rpg-maker-vx

Updated: 2026-01-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-01
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 45 open

584

stars

Forks: 233
Commits: 835 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
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JaCzekanski/Avocado

🥑 PlayStation 1 emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cpp #emulation #emulator #hacktoberfest #playstation #ps1

Updated: 2023-09-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-11
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 59 open

579

stars

Forks: 32
Commits: 895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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Barracudach/CallStack-Spoofer

This tool will allow you to spoof the return addresses of your functions as well as system functions.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#callstack #cpp #game-hacking #reverse-engineering #shellcode #spoofer

Updated: 2022-11-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-08-01
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1 open

575

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 46 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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clauadv/cs2_webradar

undetected counter strike 2 browser based radar cheat

Stack

C++ React Tailwind CSS Vite .NET SDK npm vcpkg

GitHub topics

#cpp #cs2 #reactjs #webradar

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-09-30
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

575

stars

Forks: 121
Commits: 209 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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horsicq/Nauz-File-Detector

Linker/Compiler/Tool detector for Windows, Linux and MacOS.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#detect #hacktoberfest #hacktoberfest2023 #malware-analysis #malware-detection #malware-research

Updated: 2026-07-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-29
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

574

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 12,227 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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BeneficialCode/WinArk

Windows Anti-Rootkit Tool

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-06-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-26
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

564

stars

Forks: 161
Commits: 468 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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alexhude/FRIEND

Flexible Register/Instruction Extender aNd Documentation

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2022-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-11-23
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

562

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 57 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fraunhoferhhi/vvdec

VVdeC, the Fraunhofer Versatile Video Decoder

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#codec #decoder #h266 #video #vvc

Updated: 2026-07-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-07
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
Issues: 11 open

560

stars

Forks: 127
Commits: 606 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mapbox/mapnik-vector-tile

Mapnik implemention of Mapbox Vector Tile specification

Archived

Stack

C++ npm

Updated: 2026-04-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-13
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 19 open

555

stars

Forks: 114
Commits: 1,079 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0x36/Pixel_GPU_Exploit

Android 14 kernel exploit for Pixel7/8 Pro

Stack

C++

Updated: 2024-04-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-03-13
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 12 open

554

stars

Forks: 88
Commits: 5 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

FiYHer/InfinityHookPro

InfinityHookPro Win7 -> Win11 latest

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#driver #hook #infinityhook #kernel #patchguard #rootkit

Updated: 2023-02-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-05
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

554

stars

Forks: 188
Commits: 20 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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osmcode/libosmium

Fast and flexible C++ library for working with OpenStreetMap data.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #openstreetmap

Updated: 2026-04-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-29
History: 6 history points
License: BSL-1.0
Issues: 12 open

550

stars

Forks: 134
Commits: 3,275 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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AcademySoftwareFoundation/openfx

OpenFX effects API

Stack

C++ CMake Conan .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-04-27
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 49 open

548

stars

Forks: 146
Commits: 823 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mapnik/node-mapnik

Bindings to mapnik for node.js

Stack

C++ npm

Updated: 2026-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-11-16
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 104 open

545

stars

Forks: 164
Commits: 3,733 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

openMSX/openMSX

the MSX emulator that aims for perfection

Stack

C++ Meson

GitHub topics

#emulator #emulator-programming #msx #msx-computers #msx-documentation #msx-emulator

Updated: 2026-07-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2001-05-04
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 457 open

539

stars

Forks: 131
Commits: 18,049 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

daylen/stockfish-mac

Beautiful, powerful chess app for the Mac

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#chess #stockfish

Updated: 2024-11-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-08
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 57 open

536

stars

Forks: 114
Commits: 212 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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OatmealDome/dolphin-ios

Dolphin for iOS, reborn

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-06-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-07-12
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 171 open

531

stars

Forks: 86
Commits: 45,164 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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xbmc/inputstream.adaptive

kodi inputstream addon for several manifest types

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-11-06
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

529

stars

Forks: 266
Commits: 2,619 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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redeclipse/base

Base environment for Red Eclipse and associated source files.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#game #game-engine #hacktoberfest #main-project #source-code

Updated: 2026-04-08
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-02-04
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 234 open

527

stars

Forks: 109
Commits: 8,015 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

connormanning/entwine

Entwine - point cloud organization for massive datasets

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-06-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-21
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

523

stars

Forks: 141
Commits: 1,414 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Rangi42/tilemap-studio

A tilemap editor for Game Boy, Color, Advance, DS, and SNES projects. Written in C++ with FLTK.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #fltk #game-boy #game-development #gameboy #gameboy-advance

Updated: 2026-05-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-02
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 25 open

519

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 406 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Cr4sh/KernelForge

A library to develop kernel level Windows payloads for post HVCI era

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#exploit #hvci #hypervisor #kernel #library #rookit

Updated: 2021-05-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-16
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

517

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 32 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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livecode/livecode

LiveCode cross-platform development environment (engine)

Archived

Stack

C++ pip

GitHub topics

#desktop-development #hacktoberfest #livecode #livecode-builder #mobile-development

Updated: 2021-07-30
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-10
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

517

stars

Forks: 223
Commits: 29,436 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

PSI-Rockin/DobieStation

A dog-themed PS2 emulator

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2021-07-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-14
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 52 open

516

stars

Forks: 56
Commits: 1,873 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

IMXNOOBX/cs2-external-esp

Simple external ESP for Counter-Strike 2, after many years, the codebase has been modernized for clarity and ease of use, with a redesigned interface, noticeable performance improvements, and several new quality-of-life features.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#counter-strike-2 #cs2 #esp #external

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-09-04
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

515

stars

Forks: 132
Commits: 775 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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