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C and C++ projects for first-time contributors

This view ranks 238 C and C++ projects for first-time contributors. It weighs responsiveness 35%, accessibility 30%, governance 15%, criticality 10% and rigor 10%.

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More than 1 in 5 active projects leave most strangers' pull requests unanswered for 14 days. Read the findings

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RankRepositoryScoreCoverageTierFirst reply (median)No reply in 14 daysQuadrantΔ rankFlagsAudited stars
11OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2C and C++76.3478% · Ceiling BB (capped)9.3 hours16%Sweet Spot▲25—
16ros-navigation/navigation2C and C++75.3678% · Ceiling BB (capped)6.1 hours1%Sweet Spot▼1—
19google/benchmarkC and C++74.89100% · FullA7.7 hours1%Sweet Spot▲8—
20f3d-app/f3dC and C++74.5878% · Ceiling BB (capped)2.9 hours1%Sweet Spot▲31—
53lballabio/QuantLibC and C++71.77100% · FullA45.7 hours10%Sweet Spot▲149—
59diasurgical/DevilutionXC and C++70.98100% · FullA1.2 hours21%Sweet Spot▲82—
61hluk/CopyQC and C++70.6976% · Ceiling BB (capped)——Sweet Spot▲153—
68microsoft/terminalC and C++70.5285% · Ceiling AA (capped)14.9 hours28%Sweet Spot▲130—
70cvxpy/cvxpyC and C++70.41100% · FullA9.7 hours4%Sweet Spot▼2—
75qmk/qmk_firmwareC and C++70.2285% · Ceiling AA (capped)7.6 hours44%Sweet Spot▲56⚠—
79mumble-voip/mumbleC and C++70.03100% · FullA9.5 hours7%Sweet Spot▲45—
80supercollider/supercolliderC and C++70.02100% · FullA4.9 hours7%Sweet Spot▲49—
81portapack-mayhem/mayhem-firmwareC and C++69.94100% · FullB7.7 hours4%Sweet Spot▲54—
85apache/kvrocksC and C++69.76100% · FullB8.5 hours4%Sweet Spot▲47—
87seL4/seL4C and C++69.75100% · FullB2.1 hours0%Sweet Spot▲32—
90capstone-engine/capstoneC and C++69.59100% · FullB18.8 hours0%Sweet Spot▼18—
95Redot-Engine/redot-engineC and C++69.28100% · FullB22.8 hours20%Sweet Spot▲5—
99fontforge/fontforgeC and C++69.12100% · FullB12.2 hours6%Nursery▲205—
101swiftlang/swift-corelibs-foundationC and C++68.9896% · FullB11.9 hours9%Sweet Spot▲93—
103AFLplusplus/AFLplusplusC and C++68.85100% · FullB18.5 hours0%Nursery▲272—
109janet-lang/janetC and C++68.58100% · FullB7.8 hours3%Nursery▲235—
118apache/brpcC and C++68.13100% · FullB40.4 hours8%Sweet Spot▲12—
119drogonframework/drogonC and C++68.06100% · FullB31.1 hours12%Nursery▲193—
123zufuliu/notepad4C and C++67.9875% · Ceiling BB (capped)—0%Nursery▲324—
125doxygen/doxygenC and C++67.89100% · FullB1.6 hours4%Sweet Spot▲67—
126nanopb/nanopbC and C++67.8687% · Ceiling AB4.8 hours0%Nursery▲224⚠—
130zeek/zeekC and C++67.8178% · Ceiling BB (capped)15.2 hours2%Sweet Spot▲31—
135Stellarium/stellariumC and C++67.67100% · FullB0.9 hours0%Sweet Spot▲138—
136MaaXYZ/MaaFrameworkC and C++67.63100% · FullB26.2 hours7%Sweet Spot▲191—
138Mbed-TLS/mbedtlsC and C++67.6096% · FullB25.5 hours42%Sweet Spot▲240—
143falcosecurity/falcoC and C++67.38100% · FullB0.1 hours3%Sweet Spot▲36⚠—
154vanhauser-thc/thc-hydraC and C++67.0796% · FullB7.5 hours5%Nursery▲281⚠—
158uxlfoundation/oneTBBC and C++66.94100% · FullB19.7 hours9%Sweet Spot▲84—
177aws/s2n-tlsC and C++66.3985% · Ceiling AB18.9 hours10%Sweet Spot▲24—
178merbanan/rtl_433C and C++66.38100% · FullB4.6 hours12%Sweet Spot▲87—
179=raspberrypi/pico-sdkC and C++66.38100% · FullB18.9 hours6%Sweet Spot▲83—
183floooh/sokolC and C++66.3091% · Ceiling AB5.6 hours0%Sweet Spot▲138—
186htop-dev/htopC and C++66.24100% · FullB7.7 hours13%Sweet Spot▲2—
188keepassxreboot/keepassxcC and C++66.21100% · FullB6.3 hours22%Sweet Spot▲33—
194microsoft/STLC and C++66.11100% · FullB22.1 hours20%Sweet Spot▲179—
198include-what-you-use/include-what-you-useC and C++66.03100% · FullB22 hours7%Sweet Spot▲209—
199=pbek/QOwnNotesC and C++66.0371% · Ceiling BB (capped)——Sweet Spot▲92—
202ImageMagick/ImageMagickC and C++65.98100% · FullB11.9 hours11%Sweet Spot▲131—
204jbeder/yaml-cppC and C++65.93100% · FullB31.5 hours31%Sweet Spot▲260—
218bpftrace/bpftraceC and C++65.6885% · Ceiling AB9.4 hours3%Sweet Spot▼134—
222winsiderss/systeminformerC and C++65.5696% · FullB9.2 hours21%Sweet Spot▲132—
224CrowCpp/CrowC and C++65.5191% · Ceiling AB11.5 hours19%Nursery▲272—
227coturn/coturnC and C++65.4676% · Ceiling BB (capped)—3%Sweet Spot▲174—
232raspberrypi/linuxC and C++65.39100% · FullB4.5 hours6%Sweet Spot▼126—
234osquery/osqueryC and C++65.38100% · FullB39.7 hours13%Sweet Spot▼6—
#1178% · Ceiling B
Score 76.34 · B (capped)
First reply (median) 9.3 hours · No reply in 14 days 16%
Sweet Spot ▲25
#1678% · Ceiling B
Score 75.36 · B (capped)
First reply (median) 6.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 1%
Sweet Spot ▼1
#19100% · Full
Score 74.89 · A
First reply (median) 7.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 1%
Sweet Spot ▲8
#2078% · Ceiling B
f3d-app/f3dC and C++
Score 74.58 · B (capped)
First reply (median) 2.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 1%
Sweet Spot ▲31
#53100% · Full
Score 71.77 · A
First reply (median) 45.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 10%
Sweet Spot ▲149
#59100% · Full
Score 70.98 · A
First reply (median) 1.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 21%
Sweet Spot ▲82
#6176% · Ceiling B
hluk/CopyQC and C++
Score 70.69 · B (capped)
First reply (median) — · No reply in 14 days —
Sweet Spot ▲153
#6885% · Ceiling A
Score 70.52 · A (capped)
First reply (median) 14.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 28%
Sweet Spot ▲130
#70100% · Full
cvxpy/cvxpyC and C++
Score 70.41 · A
First reply (median) 9.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 4%
Sweet Spot ▼2
#7585% · Ceiling A
Score 70.22 · A (capped)
First reply (median) 7.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 44%
Sweet Spot ▲56
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#79100% · Full
Score 70.03 · A
First reply (median) 9.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot ▲45
#80100% · Full
Score 70.02 · A
First reply (median) 4.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot ▲49
#81100% · Full
Score 69.94 · B
First reply (median) 7.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 4%
Sweet Spot ▲54
#85100% · Full
Score 69.76 · B
First reply (median) 8.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 4%
Sweet Spot ▲47
#87100% · Full
seL4/seL4C and C++
Score 69.75 · B
First reply (median) 2.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot ▲32
#90100% · Full
Score 69.59 · B
First reply (median) 18.8 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot ▼18
#95100% · Full
Score 69.28 · B
First reply (median) 22.8 hours · No reply in 14 days 20%
Sweet Spot ▲5
#99100% · Full
Score 69.12 · B
First reply (median) 12.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 6%
Nursery ▲205
#10196% · Full
Score 68.98 · B
First reply (median) 11.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 9%
Sweet Spot ▲93
#103100% · Full
Score 68.85 · B
First reply (median) 18.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Nursery ▲272
#109100% · Full
Score 68.58 · B
First reply (median) 7.8 hours · No reply in 14 days 3%
Nursery ▲235
#118100% · Full
apache/brpcC and C++
Score 68.13 · B
First reply (median) 40.4 hours · No reply in 14 days 8%
Sweet Spot ▲12
#119100% · Full
Score 68.06 · B
First reply (median) 31.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 12%
Nursery ▲193
#12375% · Ceiling B
Score 67.98 · B (capped)
First reply (median) — · No reply in 14 days 0%
Nursery ▲324
#125100% · Full
Score 67.89 · B
First reply (median) 1.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 4%
Sweet Spot ▲67
#12687% · Ceiling A
nanopb/nanopbC and C++
Score 67.86 · B
First reply (median) 4.8 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Nursery ▲224
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#13078% · Ceiling B
zeek/zeekC and C++
Score 67.81 · B (capped)
First reply (median) 15.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 2%
Sweet Spot ▲31
#135100% · Full
Score 67.67 · B
First reply (median) 0.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot ▲138
#136100% · Full
Score 67.63 · B
First reply (median) 26.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot ▲191
#13896% · Full
Score 67.60 · B
First reply (median) 25.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 42%
Sweet Spot ▲240
#143100% · Full
Score 67.38 · B
First reply (median) 0.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 3%
Sweet Spot ▲36
⚠
#15496% · Full
Score 67.07 · B
First reply (median) 7.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 5%
Nursery ▲281
⚠
#158100% · Full
Score 66.94 · B
First reply (median) 19.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 9%
Sweet Spot ▲84
#17785% · Ceiling A
aws/s2n-tlsC and C++
Score 66.39 · B
First reply (median) 18.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 10%
Sweet Spot ▲24
#178100% · Full
Score 66.38 · B
First reply (median) 4.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 12%
Sweet Spot ▲87
#179=100% · Full
Score 66.38 · B
First reply (median) 18.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 6%
Sweet Spot ▲83
#18391% · Ceiling A
floooh/sokolC and C++
Score 66.30 · B
First reply (median) 5.6 hours · No reply in 14 days 0%
Sweet Spot ▲138
#186100% · Full
htop-dev/htopC and C++
Score 66.24 · B
First reply (median) 7.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 13%
Sweet Spot ▲2
#188100% · Full
Score 66.21 · B
First reply (median) 6.3 hours · No reply in 14 days 22%
Sweet Spot ▲33
#194100% · Full
microsoft/STLC and C++
Score 66.11 · B
First reply (median) 22.1 hours · No reply in 14 days 20%
Sweet Spot ▲179
#198100% · Full
Score 66.03 · B
First reply (median) 22 hours · No reply in 14 days 7%
Sweet Spot ▲209
#199=71% · Ceiling B
Score 66.03 · B (capped)
First reply (median) — · No reply in 14 days —
Sweet Spot ▲92
#202100% · Full
Score 65.98 · B
First reply (median) 11.9 hours · No reply in 14 days 11%
Sweet Spot ▲131
#204100% · Full
Score 65.93 · B
First reply (median) 31.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 31%
Sweet Spot ▲260
#21885% · Ceiling A
Score 65.68 · B
First reply (median) 9.4 hours · No reply in 14 days 3%
Sweet Spot ▼134
#22296% · Full
Score 65.56 · B
First reply (median) 9.2 hours · No reply in 14 days 21%
Sweet Spot ▲132
#22491% · Ceiling A
CrowCpp/CrowC and C++
Score 65.51 · B
First reply (median) 11.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 19%
Nursery ▲272
#22776% · Ceiling B
coturn/coturnC and C++
Score 65.46 · B (capped)
First reply (median) — · No reply in 14 days 3%
Sweet Spot ▲174
#232100% · Full
Score 65.39 · B
First reply (median) 4.5 hours · No reply in 14 days 6%
Sweet Spot ▼126
#234100% · Full
Score 65.38 · B
First reply (median) 39.7 hours · No reply in 14 days 13%
Sweet Spot ▼6
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