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openFrameworks

openFrameworksCross-platform C++ toolkit for creative coding.
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I / Function

Cross-platform C++ toolkit for creative coding.

openFrameworks is a C++ toolkit for creative coding, distributed with its core libraries, example projects and platform-specific setup material. Developers build applications within its project structure and extend the core through add-ons. Packaged releases include a graphical project generator, while documented build targets cover desktop systems, iOS and tvOS, and browser applications through Emscripten.

openFrameworks README · Reviewed 2026-10-27

A slender jointed tripod holds unequal blue, yellow and vermilion membranes and lenses.
Awesome Open* · Field recordopenFrameworksOP-50CC6BD8 · Folio 238Domain: Creative & Media
  1. 01 / Feature noteProject generation

    Create new project scaffolding with the graphical project generator included in packaged releases.

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  2. 02 / Feature noteAdd-on extensions

    Extend the toolkit with functionality supplied outside its core libraries.

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II / Repository record

GitHub stars

10,458

Detected license

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Verify against official terms.

Repository created

2009-10-21

Repository push

2026-11-03

III / Observations & evidence

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Cached history uses a different month window; chart withheld until aligned.

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Hacker News stories

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OpenSSF Scorecard

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No result returned.

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IV / Release record

GitHub release

nightly

Published 2026-11-03

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V / Where it runs

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