C++
How vibe coders and indie builders use C++: 100 projects built with it and 1 built for it since May 2026.
Projects built with it
100
Share of stated stacks, 4 wks
0.6%
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
too few to tell
Add-ons built for it
1
Share of stated stacks, per week
Share rather than counts, so changes in how many posts a subreddit lets through don't show up as trends.
Often used with
- Python 18
- Claude (chat or unspecified) 10
- JavaScript 7
- Rust 7
- Qt 7
- Codex 7
- C 6
- React 6
What's built with it
Latest projects built with C++
- BLADE — Downloads a public YouTube playlist as MP3 audio or video and packages the finished files into a ZIP.“I built a free, open-source YouTube playlist downloader with a clean web UI”
- Micutre — Streams live phone microphone audio to a connected Bluetooth speaker with voice effects, JSON presets, and a soundboard.“Micutre — an open-source Android Bluetooth microphone”
- Nubols — Hosts a lightweight C++ AI agent on a cloud server that runs continuously and can be configured by describing a job.“I built a tiny C++ AI agent that runs 24/7 on cloud and you can connect to it via web”
- JevT++ — Provides a C++20 library for typed, model-backed decisions with enum schemas and explicit abstention, and runs a local model to pick Mario game inputs.“I gave Mario a local AI brain — here's what it looks like (C++ / CUDA demo)”
- KeshOS — Provides a from-scratch 64-bit desktop operating system with a custom kernel, window compositor and GUI intended to run on older hardware.“Building an independent 64-bit desktop OS from scratch — KeshOS progress & architecture”
- PlusWeb — Provides an Express-style HTTP framework in C++17 with routing, middleware, and routers.“I couldn't understand how Express works, so I rebuilt it in C++”
- Matrioska Setup (MSP) — Packages a web-based UI and compressed payload into a single Windows installer executable.“Lightweight, web-rendered installer framework for Windows.”
- Guit — Provides a desktop graphical interface for running Git operations while showing what Git is doing.“I built Guit, a simple Git GUI for people who find Git confusing”
- Orblit — Renders 3D scenes in Flutter using a C++ entity-component-system and Filament, with Dart game code.“An open-source Dart 3D engine on the same stack (Flutter, a C++ ECS, Filament)”
- FormFromLight — Generates 3D characters, props, and arena asset kits from text prompts and reference images, and feeds them into Blender and Unreal through MCP tooling.“I made a RumbleFighter clone with FormFromLight”
- LightAir — Provides an optical laser tag system where a white-LED projector reads color-coded passive retroreflective vests and ESP-NOW radio links players and waterproof totems.“Publishing a novel Laser Tag project after 10+ years of hobby development”
- Smart Crosshair — Draws a transparent overlay crosshair that samples the pixels beneath it and inverts its color to stay visible on dark or bright backgrounds.“Got tired of losing my crosshair against dark or bright backgrounds in games, so I built a native C++ dynamic overlay tool (Zero hooks, <7MB RAM)”
- SOUNDSCAPE — Plays local lossless music files and mixes two decks with a retro-styled interface and audio effects.“Built my own Hi-Fi Media Player/DJ Deck (Godot 4 & C++)”
- Aether-Vault — Versions machine learning code, model weights and datasets together in a Git-like self-hosted system with deduplicated storage.“Aether-Vault: Versioning for ml and agentic model training”
- PermitCore — Manages software licenses through creation, validation via API or SDKs, device limits, and a built-in store for selling them.“I built the software licensing platform I wished I had as an indie developer”
Latest add-ons built for C++
- Flint — Builds and manages dependencies for C/C++ projects using a single manifest file and Git-based fetching.“Flint v0.3.0”