Who uses cpp-linter¶
More than 550 public repositories run cpp-linter-action from a workflow on their default branch, with over 87,000 GitHub stars between them. The list below is the top of that set, ranked by stars.
How this list is built
Numbers come from a GitHub code search for cpp-linter/cpp-linter-action@ inside
.github/workflows, restricted to non-fork, non-archived repositories, on 2026-09-12.
Forks and mirrors are excluded, so the real number is higher. Star counts are from the same day.
Projects¶
| Project | Stars | What it is |
|---|---|---|
 zealdocs/zeal |
12,789 | Offline documentation browser |
 Alexays/Waybar |
11,944 | Highly customizable Wayland bar for Sway and wlroots compositors |
 libvips/libvips |
11,633 | Fast image processing library with low memory needs |
 diasurgical/DevilutionX |
9,736 | Diablo build for modern operating systems |
 iree-org/iree |
3,925 | Retargetable MLIR-based machine learning compiler and runtime |
 nextcloud/desktop |
3,867 | Desktop sync client for Nextcloud |
 bloomberg/blazingmq |
3,213 | High-performance open-source message queuing system |
 TrenchBroom/TrenchBroom |
2,780 | Cross-platform level editor |
 chocolate-doom/chocolate-doom |
2,411 | Minimalist, historically accurate Doom source port |
 Sapd/HeadsetControl |
1,899 | Sidetone and battery status for gaming headsets |
 pmret/papermario |
1,606 | Decompilation of Paper Mario (Nintendo 64) |
 appneta/tcpreplay |
1,349 | Edit and replay captured network traffic |
 gemrb/gemrb |
1,249 | Portable open-source implementation of the Infinity Engine |
 CNugteren/CLBlast |
1,187 | Tuned OpenCL BLAS |
 openmc-dev/openmc |
1,097 | OpenMC Monte Carlo particle transport code |
 klaussilveira/qengine |
892 | Retro game engine for creating games like it's 1997 |
 Filoppi/Luma-Framework |
828 | DX11 games modding framework built on ReShade addons |
 nnstreamer/nnstreamer |
796 | Neural network stream processing framework |
 apache/orc |
770 | Apache ORC columnar storage format |
 sbooth/SFBAudioEngine |
706 | Audio engine for macOS, iOS and tvOS |
 jupyter-xeus/cpp-terminal |
676 | C++ library for multiplatform terminal applications |
 motiwari/BanditPAM |
659 | BanditPAM clustering in C++ with a Python package |
 jacquesh/foo_openlyrics |
598 | Lyric display panel for foobar2000 |
 munirov/cremniy |
594 | Low-level IDE |
 pret/pokeheartgold |
589 | Decompilation of Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver |
| pret/pokeplatinum |
534 | Decompilation of Pokémon Platinum |
 JohnnyMorganz/luau-lsp |
533 | Language server for Luau |
 inviwo/inviwo |
526 | Interactive visualization workshop |
 Neverous/efibooteditor |
497 | Boot editor for UEFI systems |
 carbonengine/trinity |
455 | Rendering engine for the Carbon game engine |
 fabiangreffrath/woof |
324 | Continuation of the Boom/MBF Doom source ports |
 qualcomm/eld |
259 | Embedded linker |
 Cambridge-ICCS/FTorch |
206 | Call PyTorch models directly from Fortran |
 stormchecker/storm |
172 | Modern probabilistic model checker |
 man-group/sparrow |
144 | C++20 idiomatic APIs for the Apache Arrow columnar format |
Pre-commit users¶
cpp-linter-hooks is used by projects from Bosch Research, MIT ACL, bazel-contrib, CodSpeed, Jupyter Xeus, Rancher Sandbox and others. GitHub's own code search shows the live list.
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