RepoCurrent analysis · C++ · 30 days

C++ open-source momentum.

C++ projects earn attention over years, but adoption decisions depend on what maintainers and contributors are doing now. This board makes recent project movement visible without treating raw stars as a quality score.

Independent 30-day order among tracked projects, not GitHub Trending's original ranking.

See GitHub's original daily order Add a C++ repository

Ranked projects

9

Median momentum

64

Sampled commits

631

Active contributors

177

30-day leaderboard

Current movement, reasons attached.

Last source sync: 2026-10-21 02:26 UTC. Samples are capped and directional.

01
boykopovar/anyps5

Tool for automatic PS5 executables porting to Linux and Windows

45.5K stars · 100 sampled commits

Momentum85
Contributors14
Cadence7d
02
ggml-org/llama.cpp

LLM inference in C/C++

131.7K stars · 100 sampled commits

Momentum81
Contributors61
Cadence1d
03
harry7557558/spirula-studio

Cross-vendor 3D Gaussian Splatting trainer - video to splat to mesh, Vulkan or CUDA.

1.8K stars · 100 sampled commits

Momentum78
Contributors15
Cadence5d
04
leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp

Diffusion model(SD,Flux,Wan,Qwen Image,Z-Image,...) inference in pure C/C++

7.7K stars · 97 sampled commits

Momentum77
Contributors23
Cadence1d
05
tensorflow/tensorflow

An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone

201.2K stars · 100 sampled commits

Momentum64
Contributors36
Cadence70d
06
firebase/firebase-ios-sdk

Firebase SDK for Apple App Development

7K stars · 92 sampled commits

Momentum64
Contributors13
Cadence14d
07
m-abozaid/esp32-c3-adblock

Pi-hole-class DNS ad-blocker on a $2 ESP32-C3 (no PSRAM): 537k domains as 40-bit FNV-1a hashes in flash, binary-searched. UDP DNS sinkhole + web dashboard. https://youtube.com/shorts/RaxszOUMi8E?feature=share

3.2K stars · 9 sampled commits

Momentum64
Contributors3
Cadence11d
08
fmtlib/fmt

A modern formatting library

25.9K stars · 33 sampled commits

Momentum59
Contributors12
Cadence67d
09
microsoft/bitnet

Official inference framework for 1-bit LLMs

41.2K stars · 0 sampled commits

Momentum49
Contributors0
Cadence86d

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Research context

What this ranking is good for.

Use this ranking to discover active C++ repositories, build a research shortlist, and compare current execution before adopting a dependency.

Momentum is directional discovery data, not a security, compatibility, licensing, or production-readiness verdict.

Is this GitHub Trending's original C++ ranking?

No. This page sorts tracked repositories by RepoCurrent's independent 30-day momentum score. The homepage displays GitHub Trending's original daily order, with links to its weekly and monthly lists.

What makes a C++ repository trend on RepoCurrent?

The 30-day score combines sampled development activity, active contributors, issue-resolution health, and release cadence. Lifetime stars are shown as context but do not determine rank.

Is this a list of the best C++ repositories?

No. It is a directional shortlist of projects showing current movement. Technical fit, security, licensing, API stability, and production readiness require separate evaluation.

How often does this ranking update?

RepoCurrent refreshes its capped GitHub activity samples every two hours and records the source update time on each repository.