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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

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Forks: 499
Commits: 2,271 commits
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kripken/ammo.js

Direct port of the Bullet physics engine to JavaScript using Emscripten

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK npm

Updated: 2026-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-05-29
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 175 open

4,543

stars

Forks: 582
Commits: 436 commits
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cyberbotics/webots

Webots Robot Simulator

Stack

C++ .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #ai #autonomous-vehicles #computer-vision #fluid-dynamics #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-05
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 239 open

4,459

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Forks: 2,030
Commits: 15,764 commits
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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
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Website GitHub

PowerDNS/pdns

PowerDNS Authoritative, PowerDNS Recursor, dnsdist

Stack

C++ pytest Cargo Meson pip

GitHub topics

#authoritative #dns #dns-server #dnsdist #hacktoberfest #powerdns

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2002-11-27
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 920 open

4,426

stars

Forks: 1,015
Commits: 35,770 commits
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royshil/obs-backgroundremoval

An OBS plugin for removing background in portrait images (video), making it easy to replace the background when recording or streaming.

AI dev

Stack

C++ Astro Vite CMake npm pip

GitHub topics

#background-segmentation #computer-vision #image-segmentation #libobs #mac-osx #obs

Updated: 2026-07-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-07
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 37 open

4,418

stars

Forks: 281
Commits: 458 commits
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Website GitHub

dcajasn/Riskfolio-Lib

Portfolio Optimization in Python

Stack

C++ CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#asset-allocation #convex-optimization #cvar-optimization #cvxpy #drawdown-model #duration-matching

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-03-02
History: 3 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 3 open

4,374

stars

Forks: 688
Commits: 409 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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apache/kvrocks

Apache Kvrocks is a distributed key value NoSQL database that uses RocksDB as storage engine and is compatible with Redis protocol.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake Go modules

GitHub topics

#database #distributed #kv #namespace #redis #redis-cluster

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-08-15
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 240 open

4,366

stars

Forks: 638
Commits: 2,196 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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

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memgraph/memgraph

High-performance open-source in-memory graph database for GraphRAG, AI memory, agentic AI, and real-time graph analytics. Cypher-compatible, built in C++.

Stack

C++ pytest Cargo CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#ai #ai-agents #ai-memory #context-graph #cypher #enterprise-context

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-06-18
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 768 open

4,272

stars

Forks: 249
Commits: 5,092 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

nuttyartist/notes

Fast and beautiful note-taking app written in C++. Write down your thoughts.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #cross-platform #gui #local-first #markdown #note-managment

Updated: 2026-05-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2015-12-25
History: 7 history points
License: MPL-2.0
Issues: 137 open

4,257

stars

Forks: 380
Commits: 1,288 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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clementine-player/Clementine

:tangerine: Clementine Music Player

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #linux #mac #music #qt #windows

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-12-24
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2,440 open

4,227

stars

Forks: 726
Commits: 8,355 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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sbarex/SourceCodeSyntaxHighlight

Quick Look extension for highlight source code files on macOS 10.15 and later.

Stack

C++ Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#quicklook-extension #quicklook-plugin

Updated: 2026-04-14
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-10-15
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 78 open

4,181

stars

Forks: 98
Commits: 242 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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facebookincubator/velox

A composable and fully extensible C++ execution engine library for data management systems.

AI dev

Stack

C++ React CMake npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#data-management #query-processing

Updated: 2026-07-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-08-09
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,495 open

4,172

stars

Forks: 1,547
Commits: 13,534 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fxsound2/fxsound-app

FxSound application and DSP source code

AI dev

Stack

C++ .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-11-14
History: 5 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 156 open

4,105

stars

Forks: 325
Commits: 381 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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JoseExposito/touchegg

Linux multi-touch gesture recognizer

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#gesture-recognition #libinput #linux #multi-touch #touchpad #touchscreen

Updated: 2025-06-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-23
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 38 open

4,101

stars

Forks: 184
Commits: 673 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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google/oboe

Oboe is a C++ library that makes it easy to build high-performance audio apps on Android.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#android #audio #oboe

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-07-11
History: 3 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 157 open

4,075

stars

Forks: 627
Commits: 2,145 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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univrsal/input-overlay

Show keyboard, gamepad and mouse input on stream

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#input #keyboard #obs #overlay #plugin

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-08-11
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 23 open

4,073

stars

Forks: 301
Commits: 1,155 commits
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RawTherapee/RawTherapee

A powerful cross-platform raw photo processing program

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#photography #raw #rawtherapee

Updated: 2026-07-18
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2010-01-01
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1,016 open

4,067

stars

Forks: 404
Commits: 12,972 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Website GitHub

kuzudb/kuzu

Embedded property graph database built for speed. Vector search and full-text search built in. Implements Cypher.

Archived

Stack

C++ Cargo CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cypher #database #embeddable #embedded #graph #graph-database

Updated: 2025-10-10
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2020-09-26
History: 56 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 329 open

4,024

stars

Forks: 505
Commits: 5,231 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +8 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

Motion-Project/motion

Motion, a software motion detector. Home page: https://motion-project.github.io/

Stack

C++

Updated: 2026-06-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-12-27
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 1 open

4,015

stars

Forks: 558
Commits: 2,371 commits
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mapnik/mapnik

Mapnik is an open source toolkit for developing mapping applications

Stack

C++ Qt CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#beautiful-maps #c-plus-plus #cartography #gis #mapnik #mapping

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-02-18
History: 6 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 727 open

3,944

stars

Forks: 840
Commits: 14,366 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: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

facebookarchive/scribe

Scribe is a server for aggregating log data streamed in real time from a large number of servers.

Archived

Stack

C++ pip

Updated: 2020-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-10-23
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

3,912

stars

Forks: 773
Commits: 118 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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giuspen/cherrytree

cherrytree

Stack

C++ CMake pip

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2010-11-18
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 952 open

3,905

stars

Forks: 510
Commits: 4,547 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

introlab/rtabmap

RTAB-Map library and standalone application

Stack

C++ CMake Swift Package Manager vcpkg

GitHub topics

#android #ios #localization #mapping #project-tango #robotics

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-02-17
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 583 open

3,876

stars

Forks: 939
Commits: 3,664 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Warzone2100/warzone2100

Command the forces of The Project in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has been nearly destroyed by nuclear missiles. A 100% free and open source real-time strategy game for Windows, macOS, Linux, BSD+

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake pip vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #campaign #cheats #cmake #freebsd #game

Updated: 2026-07-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-01-18
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 576 open

3,870

stars

Forks: 605
Commits: 21,830 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

visualboyadvance-m/visualboyadvance-m

The continuing development of the legendary VBA gameboy advance emulator.

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-07-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-10-30
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 234 open

3,866

stars

Forks: 365
Commits: 4,717 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

newsboat/newsboat

An RSS/Atom feed reader for text terminals

Stack

C++ Cargo

GitHub topics

#atom-feed-reader #newsbeuter #rss-feed-reader

Updated: 2026-07-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2006-11-09
History: 6 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 408 open

3,865

stars

Forks: 250
Commits: 8,928 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

AntiMicroX/antimicrox

Graphical program used to map keyboard buttons and mouse controls to a gamepad. Useful for playing games with no gamepad support.

Stack

C++ Qt CMake

GitHub topics

#controller #gamepad #gamepad-api #games #gaming #keyboard-emulation

Updated: 2026-06-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-30
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 170 open

3,857

stars

Forks: 238
Commits: 3,060 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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