RISING · C++

The C++ repositories breaking out right now, ranked by relative momentum: daily growth against their own size, so real risers surface instead of the giants that merely add the most stars in absolute terms.

catalog of 2026-07-30 · velocity is a trailing pace, up to 7 days · the one history nobody else keeps

1. 01hyprwm/HyprlandC++Hyprland is an independent, highly customizable, dynamic tiling Wayland compositor that doesn't sacrifice on its looks.38K ★▲ 0.2%/day87/d
2. 02ggml-org/whisper.cppC++Port of OpenAI's Whisper model in C/C++52K ★▲ 0.1%/day48/d
3. 03ggml-org/llama.cppC++LLM inference in C/C++122K ★▲ 0.1%/day108/d
4. 04ocornut/imguiC++Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies75K ★▲ 0.1%/day65/d
5. 05FreeCAD/FreeCADC++Official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.32K ★▲ 0.1%/day27/d
6. 06LizardByte/SunshineC++Self-hosted game stream host for Moonlight.40K ★▲ 0.1%/day31/d
7. 07duckdb/duckdbC++DuckDB is an analytical in-process SQL database management system40K ★▲ 0.1%/day27/d
8. 08godotengine/godotC++Godot Engine – Multi-platform 2D and 3D game engine115K ★▲ 39/day