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A collection of open source c/c++ libraries for gamedev
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A Collection of C/C++ libraries for game development



- [System](#system)

    - [Base](#base)

    - [Math](#math)

    - [Windowing/Inputs](#windowinginputs)

    - [Threading](#threading)

    - [Memory Allocators](#memory-allocators)

    - [SIMD](#simd)

    - [Debugging](#debugging)

    - [Plugin System/Reflection](#plugin-systemreflection)

    - [Serialization](#serialization)

- [Engine Components](#engine-components)

    - [Rendering](#rendering)

    - [Audio](#audio)

    - [Networking](#networking)

    - [Scripting](#scripting)

    - [UI](#ui)

    - [ECS](#ecs)

    - [Animation / Scenegraph](#animation--scenegraph)

    - [Physics](#physics)

    - [Pathfinding](#pathfinding)

    - [Database](#database)

- [Asset Management](#asset-management)

    - [Meshes/Geometry](#meshesgeometry)

        - [Processing](#processing)

        - [Importers/Exporters](#importersexporters)

    - [Texture Baking/Packing](#texture-bakingpacking)

- [Frameworks](#frameworks)



  

## System

### Base



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[bkaradzic/bx](https://github.com/bkaradzic/bx) | Base library

[septag/sx](https://github.com/septag/sx) | Portable base library for C programmers, tailored for performance and simplicity

[nothings/stb](https://github.com/nothings/stb) | stb single-file public domain libraries for C/C++

[RandyGaul/cute_headers](https://github.com/RandyGaul/cute_headers) | One-file C/C++ libraries with no dependencies, primarily used for games 

[vurtun/mmx](https://github.com/vurtun/mmx) | single header libraries for C/C++ 

[zpl-c/zpl](https://github.com/zpl-c/zpl) | Your C99 Powerkit 

[niklas-ourmachinery/bitsquid-foundation](https://github.com/niklas-ourmachinery/bitsquid-foundation) | A minimalistic foundation library with functions for memory allocation, basic collections, etc. The library has been written with a data-oriented philosophy: POD structures are preferred over classes, flat arrays are the preferred data structure, etc. 



### Math



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[Hypatia](https://github.com/dagostinelli/hypatia) | Pure C math library 2D/3D graphics. Seeks to be close to C89/C90 compliant for portability. 

[g-truc/glm](https://github.com/g-truc/glm) | OpenGL Mathematics (GLM)

[recp/cglm](https://github.com/recp/cglm) | Optimized OpenGL/Graphics Math (glm) for C

[google/mathfu](https://github.com/google/mathfu) | C++ math library developed primarily for games focused on simplicity and efficiency.

[ferreiradaselva/mathc](https://github.com/ferreiradaselva/mathc) | Pure C math library for 2D and 3D programming

[demianmnave/CML](https://github.com/demianmnave/CML) | The Configurable Math Library http://cmldev.net

[sce_vectormath](https://github.com/erwincoumans/sce_vectormath) | Vector math library

[Imath](https://github.com/openexr/openexr/tree/develop/IlmBase/Imath) | Imath

[Handmade-Math](https://github.com/HandmadeMath/Handmade-Math) | A simple math library for games and computer graphics.

[felselva/mathc](https://github.com/felselva/mathc) | Pure C math library for 2D and 3D programming. 

[PX4/eigen](https://github.com/PX4/eigen) | Eigen is a C++ template library for linear algebra: matrices, vectors, numerical solvers, and related algorithms. http://eigen.tuxfamily.org/

[laze-lib/blaze](https://bitbucket.org/blaze-lib/blaze) | Blaze is an open-source, high-performance C++ math library for dense and sparse arithmetic. 

[sgorsten/linalg](https://github.com/sgorsten/linalg) | linalg.h is a single header public domain linear algebra library for C++11



### Windowing/Inputs



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[SDL](https://github.com/SDL-mirror/SDL) | Simple DirectMedia Layer

[SFML](https://github.com/SFML/SFML) | Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

[glfw](https://github.com/glfw/glfw) | A multi-platform library

[gainput](https://github.com/jkuhlmann/gainput) | C++ input library for games

[wgois/OIS](https://github.com/wgois/OIS) | Object oriented Input System https://wgois.github.io/OIS/

[ziacko/TinyWindow](https://github.com/ziacko/TinyWindow) | a cross platform (Linux and Windows) OpenGL window library in a single header

[nyorain/ny](https://github.com/nyorain/ny) | Modern C++ cross-platform window abstraction



### Threading



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[rhoot/sc](https://github.com/rhoot/sc) | Cross platform co-routine library exposed through a minimal C API

[deboost.context](https://github.com/septag/deboost.context) | "Deboostified" version of boost.context (coroutines), Plain and simple C API for context switching. Easy build on multiple platforms.

[SergeyMakeev/TaskScheduler](https://github.com/SergeyMakeev/TaskScheduler) | Multithreaded task scheduler experiments

[dougbinks/enkiTS](https://github.com/dougbinks/enkiTS) | C++ and C multithreading task scheduler

[Freeeaky/fiber-job-system](https://github.com/Freeeaky/fiber-job-system) | Multi-Threaded Job System using Fibers

[RichieSams/FiberTaskingLib](https://github.com/RichieSams/FiberTaskingLib) |A library for enabling task-based multi-threading. It allows execution of task graphs with arbitrary dependencies.

[JodiTheTigger/sewing](https://github.com/JodiTheTigger/sewing) | Small C API Multiplatform multithreaded fiber based job system

[Pithikos/C-Thread-Pool](https://github.com/Pithikos/C-Thread-Pool) | A minimal but powerful thread pool in ANSI C 

[mbrossard/threadpool](https://github.com/mbrossard/threadpool) | A simple C Thread pool implementation 

[tinycthread/tinycthread](https://github.com/tinycthread/tinycthread) | Small, portable implementation of the C11 threads API 

[yohhoy/thread](https://gist.github.com/yohhoy/2223710) | C11  emulation library



### Memory Allocators



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[mtrebi/memory-allocators](https://github.com/mtrebi/memory-allocators) | Custom memory allocators in C++ to improve the performance of dynamic memory allocation

[foonathan/memory](https://github.com/foonathan/memory) | STL compatible C++ memory allocator library using a new RawAllocator concept that is similar to an Allocator but easier to use and write. http://foonathan.net/doc/memory

[SergeyMakeev/smmalloc](https://github.com/SergeyMakeev/smmalloc) | Blazing fast memory allocator designed for video games 

[plasma-umass/Mesh](https://github.com/SergeyMakeev/smmalloc) | A memory allocator that automatically reduces the memory footprint of C/C++ applications. 

[rampantpixels/rpmalloc](https://github.com/rampantpixels/rpmalloc) | Public domain cross platform lock free thread caching 32-byte aligned memory allocator implemented in C 

[microsoft/mimalloc](https://github.com/microsoft/mimalloc) | General purpose allocator with excellent performance characteristics.



### SIMD



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[p12tic/libsimdpp](https://github.com/p12tic/libsimdpp) | Portable header-only zero-overhead C++ low level SIMD library

[VcDevel/Vc](https://github.com/VcDevel/Vc) | SIMD Vector Classes for C++

[nemequ/simde](https://github.com/nemequ/simde) | Implementations of SIMD instruction sets for systems which don't natively support them. 

[xtensor-stack/xsimd](https://github.com/xtensor-stack/xsimd) | C++ wrappers for SIMD intrinsics and parallelized, optimized mathematical functions (SSE, AVX, NEON, AVX512) 

### Debugging



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[rxi/log.c](https://github.com/rxi/log.c) | A simple logging library implemented in C99

[spdlog](https://github.com/gabime/spdlog) | Fast C++ logging library.

[easy_profiler](https://github.com/yse/easy_profiler) | Lightweight profiler library for c++

[crosire/blink](https://github.com/crosire/blink) | A tool which allows you to edit source code of any Windows C++ project live at runtime 

[ddovod/jet-live](https://github.com/ddovod/jet-live) | c++ hot code reload for linux and macos 

[RRZE-HPC/likwid](https://github.com/RRZE-HPC/likwid) | Performance monitoring and benchmarking suite 



### Plugin System/Reflection



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[fungos/cr](https://github.com/fungos/cr) | cr.h: A Simple C Hot Reload Header-only Library 

[Manu343726/ctti](https://github.com/Manu343726/ctti)| Compile Time Type Information for C++



### Serialization



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[felixguendling/cista](https://github.com/felixguendling/cista) | Simple C++ Serialization & Reflection. https://cista.rocks

[msgpack/msgpack-c](https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack-c) | MessagePack implementation for C and C++ 

[sheredom/json.h](https://github.com/sheredom/json.h) | json parser for C and C++ 



## Engine Components



### Rendering



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[bkaradzic/bgfx](https://github.com/bkaradzic/bgfx) | Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

[floooh/sokol](https://github.com/floooh/sokol) | minimal cross-platform standalone C headers

[DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine](https://github.com/DiligentGraphics/DiligentEngine) | A modern cross-platform low-level 3D graphics library that supports Direct3D11, Direct3D12, OpenGL/GLES, Vulkan and Metal

[Kode/Kore](https://github.com/Kode/Kore) | Modern low level game library and hardware abstraction

[google/filament](https://github.com/google/filament) | Filament is a real-time physically based rendering engine for Android, Windows, Linux and macOS

[FNA-XNA/FNA3D](https://github.com/FNA-XNA/FNA3D) | 3D Graphics Library for FNA 

[grz0zrg/fbg](https://github.com/grz0zrg/fbg) | Lightweight C 2D graphics API agnostic library with parallelism support 

[cofenberg/unrimp](https://github.com/cofenberg/unrimp) | Unified renderer implementation ("Un r imp") 

[doitsujin/dxvk](https://github.com/doitsujin/dxvk) | Vulkan-based D3D11 and D3D10 implementation for Linux / Wine 

[pplux/px](https://github.com/pplux/px) | Single header C++ Libraries for Thread Scheduling, Rendering

[intel/fastuidraw](https://github.com/intel/fastuidraw) | library that provides a higher performance Canvas interface

[V-EZ](https://github.com/GPUOpen-LibrariesAndSDKs/V-EZ) | V-EZ is an open source, cross-platform (Windows and Linux) wrapper intended to alleviate the inherent complexity and application responsibility of using the Vulkan API.

[ssloy/tinyrenderer](https://github.com/ssloy/tinyrenderer) | A brief computer graphics / rendering course 

[nicebyte/nicegraf](https://github.com/nicebyte/nicegraf) | An abstraction layer for low-level platform-specific graphics APIs. 

[dr-soft/glbind](https://github.com/dr-soft/glbind) | Single file OpenGL API loader.

[dr-soft/vkbind](https://github.com/dr-soft/vkbind) | Single file Vulkan API loader.

[LukasBanana/LLGL](https://github.com/LukasBanana/LLGL) | Low Level Graphics Library (LLGL) is a thin abstraction layer for the modern graphics APIs OpenGL, Direct3D, Vulkan, and Metal 

[zauonlok/renderer](https://github.com/zauonlok/renderer) | A shader-based software renderer written from scratch in C89

[zeux/niagara](https://github.com/zeux/niagara) | A Vulkan renderer written from scratch on stream



### Audio



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[openal-soft](https://github.com/kcat/openal-soft) | software implementation of the OpenAL 3D audio API

[FNA-XNA/FAudio](https://github.com/FNA-XNA/FAudio) | FAudio - Accuracy-focused XAudio reimplementation for open platforms

[soloud](https://github.com/jarikomppa/soloud) | Free, easy, portable audio engine for games

[BareRose/atomix](https://github.com/BareRose/atomix) | Portable, single-file, wait-free atomic sound mixing library utilizing SSE-accelerated mixing

[dr-soft/miniaudio](https://github.com/dr-soft/miniaudio) | Single file audio playback and capture library

[portaudio](http://www.portaudio.com/) | PortAudio is a free, cross-platform, open-source, audio I/O library

[resonance-audio](https://github.com/resonance-audio) | High fidelity spatial audio at scale.



### Networking



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[librg](https://github.com/librg/librg) | Pure C99 game networking library

[bkaradzic/bnet](https://github.com/bkaradzic/bnet#bnet---message-oriented-networking-library) | Message oriented networking library using TCP transport

[zeromq/libzmq](https://github.com/zeromq/libzmq) | ZeroMQ core engine in C++, implements ZMTP/3.1 http://www.zeromq.org

[rxi/dyad](https://github.com/rxi/dyad) | Asynchronous networking for C

[lsalzman/enet](https://github.com/lsalzman/enet) | ENet reliable UDP networking library

[jarikomppa/ipc](https://github.com/jarikomppa/ipc) | Public domain, cross platform, single header inter-process communication primitives. This is a "stb like" public domain header-only C/C++ library that provides inter process communication functionality, released under unlicense.

[ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets](https://github.com/ValveSoftware/GameNetworkingSockets) | Reliable & unreliable messages over UDP. Robust message fragmentation & reassembly. Encryption.

[jeremycw/httpserver.h](https://github.com/jeremycw/httpserver.h) | Single header library for writing non-blocking HTTP servers in C



### Scripting



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[svaarala/duktape](https://github.com/svaarala/duktape) | Duktape - embeddable Javascript engine with a focus on portability and compact footprint

[GaijinEntertainment/daScript](https://github.com/GaijinEntertainment/daScript) | daScript - high-performance statically strong typed scripting language https://daScript.org



### UI



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[ocornut/imgui](https://github.com/ocornut/imgui) | Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Immediate Mode Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

[vurtun/nuklear](https://github.com/vurtun/nuklear) | A single-header ANSI C gui library

[andlabs/libui](https://github.com/andlabs/libui) | Simple and portable (but not inflexible) GUI library in C that uses the native GUI technologies of each platform it supports

[rxi/microui](https://github.com/rxi/microui) | Tiny immediate-mode UI library

[julianeisel/bWidgets](https://github.com/julianeisel/bWidgets) | Basic UI widget toolkit designed for Blender 

[idea4good/GuiLite](https://github.com/idea4good/GuiLite) | smallest UI framework for all platform & Docker -- 5k lines code 

[littlevgl/lvgl](https://github.com/littlevgl/lvgl) | Graphics library to create an embedded GUI with easy-to-use graphical elements

[wjakob/nanogui](https://github.com/wjakob/nanogui) | Minimalistic GUI library for OpenGL

[randrew/layout](https://github.com/randrew/layout) | Single-file library for calculating 2D UI layouts using stacking boxes. Compiles as C99 or C++.

[mikke89/RmlUi](https://github.com/mikke89/RmlUi) | C++ user interface package based on the HTML and CSS standards



### ECS



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[skypjack/entt](https://github.com/skypjack/entt) | A fast and reliable entity-component system (ECS) and much more

[redxdev/ECS](https://github.com/redxdev/ECS) | C++ single-header entity component system library

[alecthomas/entityx](https://github.com/alecthomas/entityx) | EntityX - A fast, type-safe C++ Entity-Component system

[discoloda/Diana](https://github.com/discoloda/Diana) | Entity Component system like Artemis implemented in C 

[SanderMertens/reflecs](https://github.com/SanderMertens/reflecs) | Multithreaded entity component system written in C99 



### Animation / Scenegraph



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[buserror/libc3](https://github.com/buserror/libc3) | Lightweight C Scene Graph Library

[guillaumeblanc/ozz-animation](https://github.com/guillaumeblanc/ozz-animation) | Open source c++ skeletal animation library and toolset

[google/motive](https://github.com/google/motive) | A cross-platform, memory efficient, and performant animation system written in C++ 



### Physics



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[NVIDIAGameWorks/PhysX](https://github.com/NVIDIAGameWorks/PhysX) | NVIDIA PhysX SDK 4

[bulletphysics/bullet3](https://github.com/bulletphysics/bullet3) | Bullet Physics SDK: real-time collision detection and multi-physics simulation for VR, games, visual effects, robotics, machine learning etc.

[chriscamacho/bulletCapi](https://github.com/chriscamacho/bulletCapi) | C API for Bullet Physics 

[MADEAPPS/newton-dynamics](https://github.com/MADEAPPS/newton-dynamics) | Newton Dynamics is an integrated solution for real time simulation of physics environments. http://www.newtondynamics.com

[erincatto/Box2D](https://github.com/erincatto/Box2D) | Box2D is a 2D physics engine for games http://box2d.org

[Chipmunk2D](https://github.com/slembcke/Chipmunk2D) | A fast and lightweight 2D game physics library.

[gjk.c](https://github.com/kroitor/gjk.c) | Gilbert-Johnson-Keerthi (GJK) collision detection algorithm

[phyx](https://github.com/zeux/phyx) | 2D physics engine with SoA/SIMD optimizations

[PlayRho](https://github.com/louis-langholtz/PlayRho) | Real-time oriented physics engine and library that's currently best suited for 2D games

[PositionBasedDynamics](https://github.com/InteractiveComputerGraphics/PositionBasedDynamics) | PositionBasedDynamics is a library for the physically-based simulation of rigid bodies, deformable solids and fluids

[nudge](https://github.com/rasmusbarr/nudge) | A small data-oriented and SIMD-optimized 3D rigid body physics library.

[ParticleSolver](https://github.com/ebirenbaum/ParticleSolver) | CPU and GPU implementations of a particle-based physics



### Pathfinding



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[jps](https://github.com/fgenesis/jps) | Jump Point Search, public domain, single .h (Super fast pathfinding on uniform grids)

[astar-algorithm-cpp](https://github.com/justinhj/astar-algorithm-cpp) | Implementations of the A* algorithm in C++ and C#

[MicroPather](https://github.com/leethomason/MicroPather) | A* solver (astar or a-star) written in platform independent C++

[recastnavigation](https://github.com/recastnavigation/recastnavigation) | Navigation-mesh Toolset for Games



### Database



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[symisc/unqlite](https://github.com/symisc/unqlite) | An Embedded NoSQL, Transactional Database Engine 

[fnc12/sqlite_orm](https://github.com/fnc12/sqlite_orm) | SQLite ORM light header only library for modern C++



## Asset Management



### Meshes/Geometry



#### Processing



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[libigl](https://github.com/libigl/libigl) | Simple C++ geometry processing library

[MathGeoLib](https://github.com/juj/MathGeoLib) | library for linear algebra and geometry manipulation for computer graphics

[sseculling](https://github.com/nsf/sseculling) | SSE Frustum Culling Demo

[Cullminator9000](https://github.com/Alan-FGR/Cullminator9000) | The fastest culler ever

[SeamAwareDecimater](https://github.com/songrun/SeamAwareDecimater) | Mesh simplification with UV's boundary preserved

[zeux/meshoptimizer](https://github.com/zeux/meshoptimizer) | Mesh optimization library that makes indexed meshes more GPU-friendly

[google/draco](https://github.com/google/draco) | Draco is a library for compressing and decompressing 3D geometric meshes and point clouds. It is intended to improve the storage and transmission of 3D graphics. 



#### Importers/Exporters



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[assimp](https://github.com/assimp/assimp) | Official Open Asset Import Library Repository. Loads 40+ 3D file formats into one unified and clean data structure

[nem0/OpenFBX](https://github.com/nem0/OpenFBX) | Lightweight open source FBX importer 

[syoyo/tinyobjloader](https://github.com/syoyo/tinyobjloader) | Tiny but powerful single file wavefront obj loader 

[syoyo/tinygltf](https://github.com/syoyo/tinygltf) | Header only C++ Tiny glTF 2.0 loader. 

[jkuhlmann/cgltf](https://github.com/jkuhlmann/cgltf) | Single-file glTF 2.0 parser written in C99

[microsoft/glTF-SDK](https://github.com/microsoft/glTF-SDK) | glTF-SDK is a C++ Software Development Kit for glTF 

[facebookincubator/FBX2glTF](https://github.com/facebookincubator/FBX2glTF) | A command-line tool for the conversion of 3D model assets on the FBX file format to the glTF file format. 



### Texture Baking/Packing



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[BinomialLLC/basis_universal](https://github.com/BinomialLLC/basis_universal) | Basis Universal GPU Texture Codec 

[caosdoar/Fornos](https://github.com/caosdoar/Fornos) | GPU Texture Baking Tool. A fast and simple tool to bake your high-poly mesh details to textures.

[kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump](https://github.com/kmkolasinski/AwesomeBump) | AwesomeBump generate normal, height, specular or ambient occlusion textures from a single image

[dariomanesku/cmft](https://github.com/dariomanesku/cmft) | Cross-platform open-source command-line cubemap filtering tool

[Cheetah-Texture-Packer](https://github.com/scriptum/Cheetah-Texture-Packer) | High efficient and fast 2D bin packing tool

[thekla_atlas](https://github.com/Thekla/thekla_atlas) | Atlas Generation Tool

[libvips](https://github.com/libvips/libvips) | A fast image processing library with low memory needs



## Frameworks



Lib           | Title

------------- | -------------

[GameFoundry/bsf](https://github.com/GameFoundry/bsf)| Modern C++14 library for the development of real-time graphical applications https://www.bsframework.io

[raylib](https://github.com/raysan5/raylib) | A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming http://www.raylib.com

[floooh/oryol](https://github.com/floooh/oryol) | A small, portable and extensible C++ 3D coding framework

[ConfettiFX/The-Forge](https://github.com/ConfettiFX/The-Forge) | The Forge Cross-Platform Rendering Framework PC, Linux, Ray Tracing, macOS / iOS, Android, XBOX, PS4

[mosra/magnum](https://github.com/mosra/magnum) | Lightweight and modular C++11/C++14 graphics middleware for games and data visualization