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jgraph/drawio-desktop

Official electron build of draw.io

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Stack

JavaScript Electron npm

GitHub topics

#diagram-editor #electron-app #graphics #javascript-applications

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2017-02-21
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 6 open

62,543

stars

Forks: 5,747
Commits: 1,212 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
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aseprite/aseprite

Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)

Stack

C++ CMake npm

GitHub topics

#animated-sprites #animation #aseprite #c-plus-plus #cpp #draw

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2007-09-18
History: 10 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1,993 open

38,608

stars

Forks: 8,611
Commits: 10,662 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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raysan5/raylib

A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

Stack

C CMake .NET SDK Meson

GitHub topics

#android #c #embedded #esp32 #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-10-24
History: 5 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 25 open

34,421

stars

Forks: 3,246
Commits: 10,092 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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iced-rs/iced

A cross-platform GUI library for Rust, inspired by Elm

Stack

Rust Warp Cargo

GitHub topics

#elm #graphics #gui #interface #renderer-agnostic #rust

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-29
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 476 open

31,220

stars

Forks: 1,644
Commits: 6,874 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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GraphiteEditor/Graphite

Community-built comprehensive 2D content creation appplication for graphic design, digital art, and interactive real-time motion graphics powered by a node-based procedural graphics engine

Stack

Rust Svelte Vite Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#2d-graphics #animation #art #creative-coding #design #graphic-design

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2020-04-26
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 557 open

27,134

stars

Forks: 1,245
Commits: 3,032 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners

🎮 A step-by-step guide to implementing SSAO, depth of field, lighting, normal mapping, and more for your 3D game.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#3d #3d-graphics #game-development #gamedev #glsl #glsl-shader

Updated: 2023-06-25
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2019-05-12
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 18 open

19,859

stars

Forks: 1,480
Commits: 1 commit
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

kitao/pyxel

A retro game engine for Python

Stack

Rust pytest Tailwind CSS Cargo npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#game #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #graphics #html

Updated: 2026-09-06
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-06-10
History: 43 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 9 open

17,839

stars

Forks: 932
Commits: 7,482 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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bkaradzic/bgfx

Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

Stack

C++

GitHub topics

#d3d11 #d3d12 #directx #directx-11 #directx-12 #engine

Updated: 2026-08-29
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2012-04-04
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 285 open

17,444

stars

Forks: 2,131
Commits: 9,451 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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hoffstadt/DearPyGui

Dear PyGui: A fast and powerful Graphical User Interface Toolkit for Python with minimal dependencies

Stack

C++ CMake PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#cpp #cross-platform #dearpygui #graphics #gui #imgui

Updated: 2026-05-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-05-28
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 329 open

15,584

stars

Forks: 784
Commits: 3,052 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

MonoGame/MonoGame

One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games.

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Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d #c-sharp #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #game-development

Updated: 2026-08-26
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2009-09-02
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 752 open

14,345

stars

Forks: 3,104
Commits: 13,714 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

antvis/G2

📊 The concise and progressive visualization grammar.

AI dev

Stack

TypeScript Express React Vite npm

GitHub topics

#animation #canvas #chart #grammar #graphics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-09-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-06-05
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 185 open

12,605

stars

Forks: 1,661
Commits: 5,137 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SFML/SFML

Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

Stack

C++ Android CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#audio #c-plus-plus #cross-platform #games #graphics #hacktoberfest

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-01-28
History: 5 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 153 open

11,992

stars

Forks: 1,903
Commits: 3,961 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

c3js/c3

:bar_chart: A D3-based reusable chart library

Stack

JavaScript Bundler npm Yarn

GitHub topics

#chart #d3 #data-visualization #graph #graphics #interactive-visualizations

Updated: 2026-08-05
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-05-08
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 771 open

9,349

stars

Forks: 1,362
Commits: 2,090 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

hexops/mach

zig game engine & graphics toolkit - mirror of https://code.hexops.com/hexops/mach

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#composable #cross-platform #game-development #game-engine #gamedev #graphics

Updated: 2026-05-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-04
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

4,824

stars

Forks: 211
Commits: 4,009 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

has2k1/plotnine

A Grammar of Graphics for Python

Stack

Python Jupyter PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#data-analysis #grammar #graphics #plotting #python

Updated: 2026-08-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-10-07
History: 9 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 85 open

4,758

stars

Forks: 252
Commits: 3,053 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

gpac/gpac

GPAC Ultramedia OSS for Video Streaming & Next-Gen Multimedia Transcoding, Packaging & Delivery

Stack

C Android Gradle npm pip

GitHub topics

#atsc3 #broadcast #cenc #gpac #graphics #hls

Updated: 2026-08-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-07-13
History: 4 history points
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 43 open

3,287

stars

Forks: 587
Commits: 19,926 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

zig-gamedev/zig-gamedev

Dev repo for @zig-gamedev libs and sample applications

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#cross-platform #d3d12 #demos #directx12 #game-development #gamedev

Updated: 2026-03-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-07-16
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 37 open

2,860

stars

Forks: 189
Commits: 4,878 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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antvis/G2Plot

:dango: An interactive and responsive charting library based on G2.

Stack

TypeScript React npm

GitHub topics

#antv #charts #g2 #g2plot #graphics #plot

Updated: 2026-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-01
History: 7 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 460 open

2,654

stars

Forks: 591
Commits: 999 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Overload-Technologies/Overload

3D game engine with lua scripting

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#3d-engine #3d-graphics #c-plus-plus #cpp #game-editor #game-engine

Updated: 2026-08-25
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-13
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 97 open

2,475

stars

Forks: 288
Commits: 610 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Inori/GPCS4

A work-in-progress PlayStation 4 emulator.

Stack

C++ CMake .NET SDK pip

GitHub topics

#emulator #gcn #graphics #ps4 #vulkan

Updated: 2023-08-29
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-06-20
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

2,022

stars

Forks: 144
Commits: 1,554 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ColleagueRiley/RGFW

A lightweight single-header cross-platform library for general windowing

Stack

GitHub topics

#c99 #cocoa #cross-platform #graphics #hedgehogsoft #library

Updated: 2026-07-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-02-22
History: 4 history points
License: Zlib
Issues: 10 open

1,864

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 3,745 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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dsward2/macSVG

macSVG - An open-source macOS app for designing HTML5 SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) art and animation with a WebKit web view ➤➤➤

Stack

Objective-C CocoaPods Swift Package Manager

GitHub topics

#animation #arkansas #bezier #editor #graphics #html5

Updated: 2022-07-17
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-15
History: 12 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 22 open

1,290

stars

Forks: 83
Commits: 268 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

llgcode/draw2d

2D rendering for different output (raster, pdf, svg)

AI dev

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#2d #draw2d #freetype #go #graphics #postscript

Updated: 2026-04-22
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-11-23
History: 7 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 45 open

1,164

stars

Forks: 107
Commits: 506 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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CasparCG/server

CasparCG Server is a Windows and Linux software used to play out professional graphics, audio and video to multiple outputs. It has been in 24/7 broadcast production since 2006. Ready-to-use downloads are available under the Releases tab https://casparcg.com.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#broadcast #broadcasting #c-plus-plus #casparcg #casparcg-server #graphics

Updated: 2026-08-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-09-14
History: 4 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 252 open

1,076

stars

Forks: 312
Commits: 4,191 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

Pixen/Pixen

Pixel art editor for macOS and iOS

GitHub topics

#graphics #pixel #pixel-art #pixelart #playdate

Updated: 2016-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-09-06
History: 4 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: Disabled

933

stars

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

Website GitHub

inanevin/LinaEngine

Lina Engine is an open-source , modular, tiny and fast C++ game engine, aimed to develop 3D desktop games.

Stack

C++ Android CMake Conan Gradle

GitHub topics

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

Updated: 2025-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-09-30
History: 4 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 2 open

902

stars

Forks: 62
Commits: 2,724 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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FosterFramework/Foster

A small C# game framework

Stack

C# .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#2d #cross-platform #csharp #dotnet #game-development #game-engine

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2023-08-19
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

858

stars

Forks: 69
Commits: 1,120 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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ruby2d/ruby2d

🎨 The Ruby 2D gem

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#2d #c #graphics #opengl #ruby

Updated: 2026-08-21
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-10-05
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

694

stars

Forks: 76
Commits: 379 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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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

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robaho/seashore

easy to use mac osx image editing application for the rest of us

Stack

Objective-C

GitHub topics

#editor #gimp #graphics #graphics-editor #image #image-editor

Updated: 2025-11-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-25
History: 10 history points
License: GPL-2.0
Issues: 8 open

538

stars

Forks: 27
Commits: 646 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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