6 alternatives to CPlusPlusThings
light-city/cplusplusthings — C++那些事 (43,557 stars, NONE, dev-tools, ai, testing).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It does not serve code from light-city/cplusplusthings itself (licence class: no-license), so these alternatives are the licence-cleared route.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
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| 1 | microsoft/vcpkg | 4.6 | MIT | 27,528 |
| 2 | sewenew/redis-plus-plus | 4.6 | Apache-2.0 | 1,989 |
| 3 | ocornut/imgui | 7.3 | MIT | 76,794 |
| 4 | teddy-van-jerry/fractal_designer | 5.1 | MIT | 16 |
| 5 | thealgorithms/c-plus-plus | 5.4 | MIT | 34,788 |
| 6 | paullouisageneau/libdatachannel | 4.5 | MPL-2.0 | 2,775 |
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Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependenciesscore 7.3/10 · MIT permissive · 76,794 stars · 63 components · search them
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This is an application to make fractal videos based on Qt, C++ and FFmpeg.score 5.1/10 · MIT permissive · 16 stars · 374 components · search them
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Collection of various algorithms in mathematics, machine learning, computer science and physics implemented in C++ for educational purposes.score 5.4/10 · MIT permissive · 34,788 stars · 369 components · search them
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C/C++ WebRTC network library featuring Data Channels, Media Transport, and WebSocketsscore 4.5/10 · MPL-2.0 weak-copyleft · 2,775 stars · 147 components · search them
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