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  1. Modern-CPP-Programming

    Modern C++ Programming Course (C++03/11/14/17/20/23/26)

    Project mention: Modern C++ Programming: Busato | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-02

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  3. GameDevMind

    最全面的游戏开发技术图谱(Game Development Map)。帮助游戏开发者们在已知问题上节省时间，省出更多的精力投入到更有创造性的工作中去。

  4. luau

    A small, fast, and embeddable programming language based on Lua with a gradual type system.

    Project mention: Lute: A Standalone Runtime for Luau | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-22

    Lute is a general-purpose, Node.js-style runtime for Luau (https://luau.org/) that just hit 1.0.0. It supports filesystem operations, networking, process management, cryptography, and a proper module system, backed by libraries like libuv, curl, and libsodium.

    The part we're most excited about: we've exposed APIs for manipulating Luau's syntax tree, so you can write code transformations directly against the language using Lute. This is especially useful if you're working with a large Luau codebase and want powerful tooling.

    The team's happy to answer questions about the implementation or design decisions!

  5. Silice

    Silice is an easy-to-learn, powerful hardware description language, that simplifies designing hardware algorithms with parallelism and pipelines.

  6. colobot

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

  7. SaneCppLibraries

    Platform Abstraction C++ Libraries

  8. gmic

    GREYC's Magic for Image Computing: A Full-Featured Open-Source Framework for Image Processing

  9. wasp

    🐝 Wasp : Wasm programming language (by pannous)

  10. Cleny

    Cleny is An Interpreted Coding Language Used To Facilitate UI Structuring And Styling For CLI Based Projects

  11. rpp

    Rashi Plus Plus - the new Hebrew scripting language (by daniel-shimon)

  12. Programming-Basics

    This Repository Contains source codes of various programming languages. Please Contribute to make this Useful.

  13. Sapphire

    Sapphire is a hybrid programming language developed with a focus on high performance, simplicity, and a complete "out-of-the-box" experience. Unlike languages like C, where you often need to manage complex external dependencies for basic tasks, Sapphire comes with a comprehensive native ecosystem. (by foxzyt)

    Project mention: Show HN: Sapphire – A portable language with native UI and 3D vectors | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-13

  14. hello-open-source

    Your milestone to say Hello to the world of Open Source !

  15. AquaShell

    AquaShell is a scripting shell for Windows that uses the dnyScript language. It can be used for automation or creating complex applications. The shell can be extended via plugins in order to provide custom script commands.

    Project mention: Show HN: I made AquaShell, a scripting and automation environment for Windows | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-18

  16. PeakRDL-halcpp

    C++ 17 Hardware abstraction layer generator from systemrdl

  17. Fork_CPP

    This repository contain the C++ program from basic to advance. This repository will help you to prepare for the interview questions.

  18. kalem

    [Use Kalem.rs instead] Fegeya Kalem transpiler (maybe compiler?)

  19. MeanscriptCLI

    Command line interface for Meanscript

  20. Hogwarts-Legacy-Broom

    I turned a Harry Potter Nimbus 2000 Movie Prop into a controller to fly broomsticks in Hogwarts Legacy (PC).

  21. DvorakX

    a layout for programmers this project is a low level keyboard hooker to control mapping keys from qwerty to dvorak layout with additional programming character(s) and some functionality

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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What are some of the best open-source Programming projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Modern-CPP-Programming 15,773
2 GameDevMind 6,358
3 luau 5,632
4 Silice 1,419
5 colobot 1,234
6 SaneCppLibraries 624
7 gmic 208
8 wasp 115
9 Cleny 109
10 rpp 98
11 Programming-Basics 74
12 Sapphire 30
13 hello-open-source 18
14 AquaShell 16
15 PeakRDL-halcpp 15
16 Fork_CPP 13
17 kalem 5
18 MeanscriptCLI 1
19 Hogwarts-Legacy-Broom 1
20 DvorakX 0

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