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#1 TRENDING videolan/vlc C 2012

VLC media player - plays everything, runs anywhere. Code here: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc

◇ c ◇ framework ◇ gplv2 ◇ lgpl

6.2K ↑ +3 today

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#2 TRENDING widelands/widelands C++ 2019

Widelands is a free, open source real-time strategy game with singleplayer campaigns and a multiplayer mode. The game was inspired by Settlers II™ (© Bluebyte) but has significantly more variety and depth to it.

◇ apple-silicon ◇ bsd ◇ c-plus-plus ◇ cmake

214 ↑ +4 today

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