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EUA/wxHexEditor

wxHexEditor official GIT repo

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#disk #editor #hex #hex-editor #linux #mac

Updated: 2024-06-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2008-06-15
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 83 open

618

stars

Forks: 133
Commits: 733 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Website GitHub

heremaps/tin-terrain

A command-line tool for converting heightmaps in GeoTIFF format into tiled optimized meshes.

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake Pipenv

GitHub topics

#3d #c-plus-plus #cesium #cesium-terrain #geotiff #mesh-generation

Updated: 2023-03-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-11
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 28 open

613

stars

Forks: 131
Commits: 86 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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mwpenny/portal64-still-alive

A demake of Portal for the Nintendo 64

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-02-27
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 25 open

609

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Forks: 51
Commits: 2,059 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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vhelin/wla-dx

WLA DX - Yet Another ANSI C GB-Z80/Z80/Z80N/eZ80/6502/65C02/65CE02/65816/68000/6800/6801/6809/8008/8080/HUC6280/SPC-700/SuperFX/Cx4/SH-2 Multi Platform Cross Assembler Package

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK pip

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-16
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 27 open

607

stars

Forks: 103
Commits: 2,013 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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binji/binjgb

Gameboy emulator implemented in C, that also runs in the browser

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #gameboy #gameboy-emulator #gb-emulator #wasm #webassembly

Updated: 2026-07-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-05-28
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 14 open

605

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 622 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Martinsos/edlib

Lightweight, super fast C/C++ (& Python) library for sequence alignment using edit (Levenshtein) distance.

Stack

C++ CMake Meson pip

GitHub topics

#alignment-path #bioinformatics #c-plus-plus #edit-distance #levehnstein-distance #library

Updated: 2025-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-01-19
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 68 open

602

stars

Forks: 173
Commits: 262 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

bitmovin/libdash

MPEG-DASH Access Library - Official ISO/IEC MPEG-DASH Reference Implementation

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2022-12-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-01-15
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 27 open

601

stars

Forks: 170
Commits: 434 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

OpenFodder/openfodder

Open Fodder: An open source port of Cannon Fodder

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#amiga #cannon-fodder #dos #game

Updated: 2026-08-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-12-06
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

601

stars

Forks: 57
Commits: 1,634 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

libSDL2pp/libSDL2pp

C++ bindings/wrapper for SDL2

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #gamedev #graphics #sdl #sdl-image #sdl-mixer

Updated: 2025-03-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-09-05
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 43 open

600

stars

Forks: 92
Commits: 820 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mnemosyne-proj/mnemosyne

Mnemosyne: efficient learning with powerful digital flash-cards.

Stack

Python Android pytest CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#education #flashcard-application #flashcards #learning

Updated: 2026-04-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-02-09
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 24 open

599

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 2,847 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

shonumi/gbe-plus

DMG/GBC/GBA emulator and experimental NDS emulator.

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2014-09-21
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 81 open

599

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 5,042 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ZhouWeikuan/cocos2d

cocos2d for android, based on cocos2d-android-0.82, and now ported from cocos2d-iphone 0.99.4. The googlecode address is here: http://code.google.com/p/cocos2d-android-1/ . There are several demos to watch.

Stack

Java CMake Maven

Updated: 2012-10-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-05-31
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 49 open

598

stars

Forks: 285
Commits: 248 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 45 open

587

stars

Forks: 244
Commits: 835 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dyne/frei0r

A large collection of free and portable video plugins

AI dev

Stack

C Vite Vue CMake npm

GitHub topics

#dyne #linux #osx #plugins #video-effects #video-filtering

Updated: 2026-06-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-10-30
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 28 open

583

stars

Forks: 112
Commits: 874 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 59 open

583

stars

Forks: 34
Commits: 895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

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: 2026-08-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-11-29
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

582

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 12,508 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

fifengine/fifengine

FIFE is a multi-platform isometric game engine

Stack

C++ pytest CMake pip uv

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-01-08
History: 1 history point
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 18 open

580

stars

Forks: 77
Commits: 4,531 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

nasa/ogma

Generator of runtime monitors for flight and robotics applications.

Stack

Haskell CMake

GitHub topics

#assurance #autonomy #cfs #embedded-systems #flight-software #fprime

Updated: 2026-08-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-06-19
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 4 open

573

stars

Forks: 56
Commits: 1,819 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

AcademySoftwareFoundation/openfx

OpenFX effects API

Stack

C++ CMake Conan .NET SDK

Updated: 2026-07-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2004-04-27
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 46 open

570

stars

Forks: 152
Commits: 832 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

OpenHEVC/openHEVC

HEVC decoder

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2023-06-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-11-03
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 29 open

570

stars

Forks: 194
Commits: 2,075 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

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: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

563

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: 2026-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-09-07
History: 4 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
Issues: 11 open

561

stars

Forks: 129
Commits: 616 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hedgewars/hw

Official Hedgewars mirror for GitHub!

Stack

Lua Cargo CMake

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-08-21
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: Disabled

555

stars

Forks: 124
Commits: 15,895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

osmcode/libosmium

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

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c-plus-plus #openstreetmap

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-07-29
History: 7 history points
License: BSL-1.0
Issues: 12 open

551

stars

Forks: 133
Commits: 3,294 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

X-DataInitiative/tick

Module for statistical learning, with a particular emphasis on time-dependent modelling

Stack

Python pytest CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#machine-learning #modelling #optimization #point-process #python #statistics

Updated: 2026-06-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-30
History: 8 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 86 open

551

stars

Forks: 118
Commits: 426 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Explorerlowi/ESP32_AI_LLM

本项目使用esp32、esp32s3接入Chatgpt、Claude、讯飞星火、豆包等15款大模型，实现语音对话聊天，支持语音唤醒、连续对话、音乐播放等功能，同时外接了一块显示屏实时显示对话的内容。

Stack

C CMake pip

Updated: 2024-12-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-07-01
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 15 open

550

stars

Forks: 109
Commits: 39 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

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: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 175 open

547

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 45,164 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

shlomif/fortune-mod

Implementation of the Unix fortune command for displaying a random quotation, for Linux and other systems.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#floss #fortune #fortune-cookie #fortune-mod #foss #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-04-02
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

540

stars

Forks: 72
Commits: 826 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

DavidVivancos/Neuraxon

Neuraxon Paper With Code

Stack

Python CMake pip

Updated: 2026-09-14
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2025-11-06
History: 108 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 0 open

533

stars

Forks: 16
Commits: 225 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +2 +0.9%

GitHub

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: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-02-04
History: 8 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 236 open

533

stars

Forks: 113
Commits: 8,015 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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