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ryanmelt/qtbindings

An easy to install gem version of the Ruby bindings to Qt

Stack

C++ Bundler CMake

Updated: 2021-02-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-07-30
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

336

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 182 commits
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xlgames-inc/XLE

XLE -- the "hackable" 3D game rendering engine

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2022-05-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 1999-12-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 5 open

336

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 6,572 commits
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juzzlin/DustRacing2D

Dust Racing 2D is a traditional top-down car racing game including a level editor.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #car #cplusplus-17 #game #level-editor #linux-app

Updated: 2026-08-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-14
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 42 open

334

stars

Forks: 80
Commits: 2,166 commits
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NetSys/bess

BESS: Berkeley Extensible Software Switch

Stack

C++ Flask pip

Updated: 2022-12-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-08-24
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 90 open

333

stars

Forks: 156
Commits: 2,976 commits
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videogamepreservation/dukenukem3d

Duke Nukem 3D (1996) by 3D Realms Entertainment, Inc.

Archived

Stack

C++

Updated: 2013-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-18
History: 1 history point
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

330

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 1 commit
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ywelsch/duckdb-prql

PRQL as a DuckDB extension

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

Updated: 2026-05-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-16
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

330

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 75 commits
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connorjaydunn/BinaryShield

An x86-64 Code Virtualizer

Stack

C++

Updated: 2024-09-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-09-23
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

329

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 5 commits
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grayj/Jedi-Outcast

Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast

Stack

C++

Updated: 2013-04-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-04
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

319

stars

Forks: 120
Commits: 2 commits
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cloudpilot-emu/cloudpilot-emu

A PalmOS emulator for the web

Stack

C++ Angular npm Pipenv Yarn

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-04
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 28 open

318

stars

Forks: 35
Commits: 2,980 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

jhasse/jngl

Easy to use cross-platform 2D game library for C++

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #cross-platform #game-engine #game-engine-2d #gamedev #ios

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-08-01
History: 4 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 11 open

317

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 3,211 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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can1357/hvdetecc

Collection of hypervisor detections

Stack

C++

Updated: 2024-09-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-09-24
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

315

stars

Forks: 26
Commits: 3 commits
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kmhofmann/selene

A C++17 image representation, processing and I/O library.

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#cplusplus #cpp #cpp11 #cpp14 #cpp17 #image

Updated: 2022-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-19
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 1 open

314

stars

Forks: 18
Commits: 487 commits
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seedhartha/reone

Game engine capable of running KotOR and TSL

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game-engine #kotor #kotor2

Updated: 2025-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-08-02
History: 1 history point
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

311

stars

Forks: 40
Commits: 3,118 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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stohrendorf/CroftEngine

An open-source Tomb Raider 1 engine remake

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #game #linux #modernization #opengl #reimplementation

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-12
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 4 open

310

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 4,842 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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cMiraka/Shadow-Regions-Research

External Base for researching Shadow Regions in Valorant

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#external #guardedregions #research #shadowregions #valorant #vanguard

Updated: 2026-03-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-08-16
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

307

stars

Forks: 87
Commits: 36 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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isciences/exactextractr

R package for fast and accurate raster zonal statistics

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#gis #r #raster #rcpp

Updated: 2026-06-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-06-12
History: 7 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 18 open

307

stars

Forks: 30
Commits: 425 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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MaddTheSane/perian

QuickTime plug-in for multiple codecs by using ffmpeg.

Archived

Stack

C++

Updated: 2018-05-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-06-15
History: 8 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 9 open

307

stars

Forks: 25
Commits: 1,367 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

TwoSevenOneT/CreateProcessAsPPL

This is the loader that supports running a program with Protected Process Light (PPL) protection functionality.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-05-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-08-23
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 0 open

305

stars

Forks: 45
Commits: 9 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ikhoeyZX/Vita3K-Android

Public releases and CI for the Vita3K Android app

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-01-28
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 38 open

299

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 6,631 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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openlierox/openlierox

OpenLieroX - Liero clone / Worms realtime / 2D shooter

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-10-24
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 202 open

295

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 8,721 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

SysRay/psOff_public

Playstation 4 Emulator for Windows

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#emulation #playstation-4 #ps4 #vulkan

Updated: 2024-10-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-02-27
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

295

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 1,059 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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IntelSDM/RustDMACheat

Small DMA Cheat For Rust

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#cheat #cpp #dma #external #hack #pcileech

Updated: 2024-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-12-05
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

289

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 103 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Query-farm/httpserver

DuckDB HTTP API Server and Query Interface in a Community Extension

Stack

C++ pytest CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#api #api-server #community-extension #duckdb #extension #http-server

Updated: 2026-09-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-08
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 12 open

285

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 94 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

cdapio/tigon

High Throughput Real-time Stream Processing Framework

Archived

Stack

C++ Maven

Updated: 2017-04-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-09-05
History: 116 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1 open

284

stars

Forks: 33
Commits: 646 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

adamhlt/ImGui-Standalone

D3D11 ImGui External (x86 / x64) - EXE / DLL ImGui External Menu

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#d3d11 #dll #external #gui #imgui #winapi

Updated: 2023-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-04-26
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

283

stars

Forks: 49
Commits: 18 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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1hAck-0/UE4-Cheat-Source-Code

This a small cheat menu for Sword With Sauce (a UE4 game) that I made in a week or so. The reason why I am sharing the project is that it is probably one of the best sources to learn UE game hacking from. The project has many comments.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#aimbot #c #cheat #code #cpp #engine

Updated: 2022-01-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-01-08
History: 4 history points
License: CC0-1.0
Issues: 2 open

279

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 3 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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febeling/rb-libsvm

Ruby language bindings for LIBSVM

Stack

C++ Bundler

GitHub topics

#libsvm #machine-learning #ml #ruby #ruby-bindings #ruby-language-bindings

Updated: 2023-12-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-11-19
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 2 open

279

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 246 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Borked3DS/Borked3DS

An experimental Nintendo 3DS Emulator based off of Citra.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2025-04-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-08-30
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 21 open

278

stars

Forks: 19
Commits: 11,382 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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badhive/stitch

Rewrite and obfuscate code in compiled binaries

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2025-12-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-07-13
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

277

stars

Forks: 23
Commits: 69 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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bruhmoment21/UniversalHookX

Universal graphical hook for Windows apps.

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#directx #graphics #hook #hooking #imgui #opengl

Updated: 2024-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-06-15
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

275

stars

Forks: 55
Commits: 58 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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