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OpenVisualCloud/SVT-HEVC

SVT HEVC encoder. Scalable Video Technology (SVT) is a software-based video coding technology that is highly optimized for Intel® Xeon® processors. Using the open source SVT-HEVC encoder, it is possible to spread video encoding processing across multiple Intel® Xeon® processors to achieve a real advantage of processing efficiency.

Archived

Stack

C CMake Meson

GitHub topics

#h265 #hevc #svt

Updated: 2024-07-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-28
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 46 open

528

stars

Forks: 167
Commits: 372 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 23 open

528

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Forks: 267
Commits: 2,619 commits
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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: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 3 open

527

stars

Forks: 140
Commits: 1,414 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

deltabeard/Peanut-GB

A very fast and portable Game Boy (DMG) emulator single header library written in C99.

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#c #dmg #emulator-library #gameboy #gameboy-emulator

Updated: 2026-01-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-08-24
History: 5 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 46 open

521

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 583 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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xonotic/xonotic

Mirror of https://gitlab.com/xonotic/xonotic - Xonotic (superproject containing build scripts and tools to download other repositories and assets)

Stack

Java CMake Go modules Maven

GitHub topics

#3d-game #afps #cpma #darkplaces #fps-game #game

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-03-18
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

521

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Forks: 65
Commits: 2,279 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Dn-Programming-Core-Management/Dn-FamiTracker

modifications and improvements for 0CC-FamiTracker (based on j0CC-FamiTracker 0.6.3)

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#0cc-famitracker #chiptune #chiptune-tracker #famicom #famitracker #nes

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-02-26
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 137 open

520

stars

Forks: 36
Commits: 2,040 commits
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pfq/PFQ

Functional Network Framework for Multi-Core Architectures

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK

Updated: 2019-05-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-09-16
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 0 open

519

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 3,961 commits
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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: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 52 open

518

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

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bazukas/obs-linuxbrowser

OBS Linux Browser Plugin

Archived

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2020-03-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-03-23
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 15 open

517

stars

Forks: 48
Commits: 131 commits
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Bigfoot71/r3d

3D Extension Library for raylib

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#3d #c #graphics #pbr #r3d #raylib

Updated: 2026-08-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-09
History: 4 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 6 open

514

stars

Forks: 31
Commits: 2,127 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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Meridian59/Meridian59

The MMORPG Meridian 59

Stack

C++ pytest CMake .NET SDK npm

Updated: 2026-08-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-09-15
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 79 open

513

stars

Forks: 266
Commits: 1,515 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SapphireRhodonite/WatermelonDS

Android port of melonDS

Stack

C CMake Gradle Swift Package Manager

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 0 list mentions
First commit: 2018-11-25
History: 6 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 79 open

504

stars

Forks: 15
Commits: 1,043 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +9 +1.8%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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OpenDungeons/OpenDungeons

Open source game inspired by Dungeon Keeper - Dark, damp and dangerous... | *Not actively developed anymore*

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2025-10-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-03-07
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 144 open

503

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 3,551 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ViridianGames/U7Revisited

A replacement engine for Ultima VII The Black Gate (and eventually Serpent Isle) that presents a new camera angle and other improvements.

Stack

Lua CMake .NET SDK Meson

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-07-25
History: 1 history point
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 16 open

501

stars

Forks: 38
Commits: 1,064 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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BrowserOperator/browser-operator-core

Browser Operator - The AI browser with built in Multi-Agent platform! Open source alternative to ChatGPT Atlas, Perplexity Comet, Dia and Microsoft CoPilot Edge Browser

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express CMake npm pip

GitHub topics

#agent-browser #agent-workflow #agentic-ai #agentic-browser #agentic-framework #agentic-workflow

Updated: 2026-03-19
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-04-07
History: 6 history points
License: BSD-3-Clause
Issues: 15 open

499

stars

Forks: 80
Commits: 28,555 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Desbordante/desbordante-core

Desbordante is a high-performance data profiler that is capable of discovering many different patterns in data using various algorithms. It also allows to run data cleaning scenarios using these algorithms. Desbordante has a console version and an easy-to-use web application.

Stack

C++ CMake PEP 517

GitHub topics

#anomaly-detection #correlations #data-analytics #data-cleaning #data-cleansing #data-engineering

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-07-08
History: 10 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 93 open

498

stars

Forks: 101
Commits: 2,124 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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apache/sedona-db

A single-node analytical database engine with geospatial as a first-class citizen

Stack

Rust pytest Cargo CMake PEP 517

GitHub topics

#c #database #geospatial #hacktoberfest #python #r

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2025-01-14
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 135 open

497

stars

Forks: 60
Commits: 941 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

dalerank/Akhenaten

Pharaoh (1999, open source engine)

AI dev

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle npm

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-24
History: 1 history point
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 10 open

495

stars

Forks: 41
Commits: 10,074 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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OpenOrienteering/mapper

OpenOrienteering Mapper is a software for creating maps for the orienteering sport.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#geospatial #mapping #maps #orienteering #qt

Updated: 2026-07-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-10-04
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 557 open

495

stars

Forks: 138
Commits: 7,361 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

arcships/light-ocr

Fast, offline OCR for Node.js & C++. PP-OCRv6 with Core ML / WebGPU hardware acceleration — recognize text in images with confidence scores & coordinates. npm: @arcships/light-ocr

AI dev

Stack

C++ Express CMake npm

GitHub topics

#apple-silicon #computer-vision #coreml #cpp17 #d3d12 #image-processing

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2026-07-14
History: 2 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

490

stars

Forks: 41
Commits: 145 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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jiixyj/libebur128

A library implementing the EBU R128 loudness standard.

Stack

C CMake

Updated: 2023-06-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-01-07
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 38 open

490

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 839 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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cwida/duckpgq-extension

DuckDB extension that adds support for SQL/PGQ and graph algorithms

Stack

C++ CMake vcpkg

GitHub topics

#graph #relational-databases #sql

Updated: 2026-08-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-02
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 32 open

487

stars

Forks: 36
Commits: 1,519 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

mupen64plus-ae/mupen64plus-ae

Mupen64Plus Android Edition (AE) is a front end of Mupen64Plus for Android. (Not officially supported by the Mupen64Plus team)

Stack

C Android CMake .NET SDK Gradle

Updated: 2026-08-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-10-02
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 79 open

485

stars

Forks: 127
Commits: 6,849 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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D7EAD/liboai

A C++17 library to access the entire OpenAI API.

Archived

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#ai #api #artificial-intelligence #chatgpt #chatgpt-api #chatgpt3

Updated: 2025-12-20
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-12-23
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

479

stars

Forks: 91
Commits: 434 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

allkern/iris

Sony PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows, Linux and macOS

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#emulator #playstation-2

Updated: 2026-08-24
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-10-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 11 open

470

stars

Forks: 21
Commits: 821 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Atostek/RustDDS

Rust implementation of Data Distribution Service

Stack

Rust Cargo CMake

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-06-15
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 26 open

463

stars

Forks: 84
Commits: 2,044 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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microsoft/mssql-python

Microsoft Python Driver for SQL Server

AI dev

Stack

Python pytest CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#microsoft #microsoft-sql-server #python #sql-server

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-11-20
History: 9 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 61 open

463

stars

Forks: 54
Commits: 544 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

SamoZ256/hydra

A Nintendo Switch emulator for macOS

Stack

C++ CMake

Updated: 2026-09-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-02-05
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 8 open

463

stars

Forks: 24
Commits: 1,427 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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freeminer/freeminer

Freeminer is an open source sandbox game inspired by Minecraft.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle pip

GitHub topics

#game #minecraft

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-11-26
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 67 open

462

stars

Forks: 89
Commits: 20,475 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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Website GitHub

evanrolfe/trayce_gui

No description.

Stack

Dart Flutter gRPC Go Shelf CMake CocoaPods Dart Pub

Updated: 2025-09-10
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2024-01-06
History: 8 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 2 open

459

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 119 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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