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How vibe coders and indie builders use C++: 100 projects shared since May 2026 were built with it, and 1 were built for it.
How to read this
We count the projects builders share on Reddit each week. A project is counted once, in the week it first appears in our sources — that’s not necessarily when it was built or launched. Because some weeks are busier than others, we compare each tool's share of the projects that say what they're built with, not raw counts, so a busy week doesn't make everything look like it's growing. “Up 70%” means a tool turns up in 70% more of those projects than before. In the Sep 28 – Oct 4 edition, the last 4 weeks are Sep 7 – Oct 4, compared with the previous 8 weeks, Jul 13 – Sep 6; the last 12 weeks are Jul 13 – Oct 4.
Projects built with it
100
Share of stated stacks, last 4 weeks
0.6%
Adjusted trend, last 4 weeks vs previous 8 weeks
too few to tell
Add-ons built for it
1
Share of stated stacks, each 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
- Codex 7
- JavaScript 7
- Qt 7
- Rust 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)”
- 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”
- Note_app — Creates, edits, searches and exports plain-text notes in a desktop GUI built with Dear ImGui.“I built a C++ note-taking app with Dear ImGui — would love feedback on what to improve next”
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”