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inspircd/inspircd

A high-performance Internet Relay Chat (IRCv3) server for UNIX-like and Windows systems

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #inspircd #internet-relay-chat #irc #irc-protocol #irc-server

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2003-01-23
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 112 open

1,348

stars

Forks: 286
Commits: 17,651 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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adamyaxley/Obfuscate

Guaranteed compile-time string literal obfuscation header-only library for C++14

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#cpp14 #cpp17 #embedded-string-literals #header-only #obfuscate #obfuscate-strings

Updated: 2026-06-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-15
History: 4 history points
License: Unlicense
Issues: 2 open

1,337

stars

Forks: 185
Commits: 90 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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alibaba/rtp-llm

RTP-LLM: Alibaba's high-performance LLM inference engine for diverse applications.

AI dev

Stack

Cuda React Spring Boot Vite Bundler CMake Composer

GitHub topics

#gpt #inference #llama #llm #llm-serving #llmops

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-12-27
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 216 open

1,326

stars

Forks: 270
Commits: 4,752 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ratwithacompiler/OBS-captions-plugin

Closed Captioning OBS plugin using Google Speech Recognition

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2025-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-13
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 82 open

1,321

stars

Forks: 91
Commits: 219 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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hydrogen-music/hydrogen

The advanced drum machine for Linux, macOS, and Windows

AI dev

Stack

C++ pytest Qt CMake Go modules pip

GitHub topics

#audio #drum-machine #jack #midi #music #qt5

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2007-06-18
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 130 open

1,319

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Forks: 182
Commits: 10,032 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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nba-emu/NanoBoyAdvance

A cycle-accurate Nintendo Game Boy Advance emulator.

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#cycle-accurate #emulator #emulator-development #gameboy-advance #gameboy-advance-emulator #gba

Updated: 2026-06-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-12-15
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: Disabled

1,309

stars

Forks: 74
Commits: 1,552 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CE-Programming/CEmu

Third-party TI-84 Plus CE / TI-83 Premium CE emulator, focused on developer features

Stack

C++ Qt CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#calculator #emulation #emulator #ez80 #ti-83-premium-ce #ti-84-plus-ce

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-11-13
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 15 open

1,305

stars

Forks: 90
Commits: 2,693 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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WinDurango/WinDurango

The world's first Xbox One compatibility layer for Windows.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK vcpkg

GitHub topics

#compatibility-layer #emulation #windurango #xb1 #xbox-one

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-01-24
History: 5 history points
License: LGPL-3.0
Issues: 9 open

1,298

stars

Forks: 66
Commits: 265 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sist2app/sist2

Lightning-fast file system indexer and search tool

Stack

C Vite Vue CMake npm vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c #elasticsearch #sqlite #vuejs

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-09-28
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 6 open

1,297

stars

Forks: 78
Commits: 1,008 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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decaf-emu/decaf-emu

Researching Wii U emulation.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#cpp #decaf-emu #emulator #wii-u

Updated: 2024-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-18
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 51 open

1,278

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Forks: 147
Commits: 5,222 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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melpon/wandbox

Social Compilation Service

Stack

TypeScript Axum React Remix Tailwind CSS Cargo CMake npm

Updated: 2026-05-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-02-16
History: 6 history points
License: BSL-1.0
Issues: Disabled

1,265

stars

Forks: 109
Commits: 1,358 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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skylersaleh/SkyEmu

Game Boy Advance, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and DS Emulator

Stack

C Android pytest CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#emulation #emulator #gameboy #gameboy-advance #gameboy-color #gameboy-emulator

Updated: 2026-06-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-05-21
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 258 open

1,250

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 1,076 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

intel/media-driver

Intel Graphics Media Driver to support hardware decode, encode and video processing.

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2026-09-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-11-30
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 266 open

1,245

stars

Forks: 383
Commits: 8,390 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bareos/bareos

Bareos is a cross-network Open Source backup solution (licensed under AGPLv3) which preserves, archives, and recovers data from all major operating systems.

AI dev

Stack

C++ FastAPI Qt Vite Vue CMake Composer npm

GitHub topics

#archiving #backup #backup-solution #backup-utility #bareos #ceph

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-02-02
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 71 open

1,244

stars

Forks: 311
Commits: 16,068 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

yvt/openspades

Compatible client of Ace of Spades 0.75

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#ace-of-spades #action-game #c-plus-plus #cmake #cross-platform-game #fps

Updated: 2024-06-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-08-18
History: 7 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 248 open

1,244

stars

Forks: 231
Commits: 2,167 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

colobot/colobot

Source code of open-source Colobot: Gold Edition project developed by Epsitec and TerranovaTeam

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#colobot #colobot-gold #game #programming

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-03-08
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 364 open

1,243

stars

Forks: 209
Commits: 4,404 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

brenocq/implot3d

Immediate Mode 3D Plotting

AI dev

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#3d #gui #imgui #plot #plotting #plotting-library

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-11-16
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 47 open

1,241

stars

Forks: 81
Commits: 485 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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RigsOfRods/rigs-of-rods

Main development repository for Rigs of Rods soft-body physics simulator

Stack

C++ CMake Conan

GitHub topics

#airplanes #boats #cars #physics-simulation #sandbox-game #soft-bodies

Updated: 2026-08-28
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-06-11
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 236 open

1,240

stars

Forks: 210
Commits: 6,702 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

codilime/veles

Binary data analysis and visualization tool

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#cpp #hexeditor #python #qt #reverse-engineering #shaders

Updated: 2019-06-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-16
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 56 open

1,239

stars

Forks: 122
Commits: 637 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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gemrb/gemrb

GemRB is a portable open-source implementation of Bioware’s Infinity Engine.

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #engine #game #game-engine #isometric #python

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2003-10-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 192 open

1,237

stars

Forks: 218
Commits: 28,202 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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asc-community/MxEngine

C++ open source 3D game engine

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#3d-graphics #cpp #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #mxengine

Updated: 2024-04-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-15
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 18 open

1,233

stars

Forks: 73
Commits: 334 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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0xNikilite/oboromi

a proof-of-concept project for a possible Nintendo Switch 2 emulator.

Stack

Rust Cargo CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #proof-of-concept #switch2 #wip

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-06-09
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 0 open

1,228

stars

Forks: 51
Commits: 268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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fastogt/fastonosql

FastoNoSQL is a crossplatform Redis, Memcached, SSDB, LevelDB, RocksDB, UnQLite, LMDB, ForestDB, Pika, Dynomite, KeyDB GUI management tool.

Stack

C++ CMake pip

GitHub topics

#crossplatform-redis #database-gui #dynomite #forestdb #indexeddb #leveldb

Updated: 2023-08-30
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-04-13
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 17 open

1,223

stars

Forks: 100
Commits: 414 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

fraunhoferhhi/vvenc

VVenC, the Fraunhofer Versatile Video Encoder

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#codec #encoder #h266 #video #vvc

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-07
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
Issues: 17 open

1,203

stars

Forks: 229
Commits: 710 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hugeicons/hugeicons

Beautiful, consistent, pixel-perfect icons for every framework. 54,000+ icons (5,400+ free) for React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, React Native, Flutter and more.

Stack

Dart Android Angular Express Flutter CMake Dart Pub Gradle

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2026-06-15
History: 40 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 5 open

1,192

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 13 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

simple64/simple64

Accurate N64 Emulator

Archived

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#emulation #n64

Updated: 2025-02-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 45 open

1,178

stars

Forks: 75
Commits: 983 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

facebookresearch/fairseq2

FAIR Sequence Modeling Toolkit 2

Stack

Python pytest CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#artificial-intelligence #deep-learning #machine-learning #python #pytorch

Updated: 2026-09-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-08-02
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 151 open

1,146

stars

Forks: 145
Commits: 1,459 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Hydr8gon/NooDS

A (hopefully!) speedy DS emulator

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-25
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 98 open

1,146

stars

Forks: 64
Commits: 589 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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TomHarte/CLK

A latency-hating emulator of: the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro and Archimedes, Amstrad CPC, Apple II/II+/IIe and early Macintosh, Atari 2600 and ST, ColecoVision, Enterprise 64/128, Commodore Vic-20 and Amiga, MSX 1/2, Oric 1/Atmos, early PC compatibles, Sega Master System, Sinclair ZX80/81 and ZX Spectrum, Tandy CoCo and Thomson MO5/6.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#acorn-electron #amstrad-cpc #apple2 #appleii #archimedes #atari-st

Updated: 2026-07-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-07-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 91 open

1,139

stars

Forks: 67
Commits: 14,870 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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skmp/reicast-emulator

Reicast was a multiplatform Sega Dreamcast emulator

Archived

Stack

C++ Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

GitHub topics

#aarch64 #armv7 #dreamcast #dynarec #emulator #x86

Updated: 2025-09-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-12-19
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 244 open

1,131

stars

Forks: 346
Commits: 4,015 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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