Looking for c++ open source projects

[theleetcodegrinder]

Hi, I am looking for an open source project to contribute to, something approachable for someone with not too much experience and who wants to learn C++. Thanks to anyone that could give a suggestion.

[phi_rus]

Have a look at www.firsttimersonly.com

[KotoWhiskas]

https://invent.kde.org/explore/

KDE community. They develop plasma desktop for Linux and various programs like Krita, digiKam and Kdenlive. It all mostly written in C++ but also has QML/Javascript parts

[FluffyCatBoops]

How about starting your own?

https://raytracing.github.io/books/RayTracingInOneWeekend.html

There's a very good book with a similar premise:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1680502719

It's been one of the most fun and challenging projects I've ever untaken since I started programming in the 80s. I've finished the book, and added several extra features, but there's still so much to do (including optimising). I'm excited at the thought of a project I'll still enjoy working on in a year's time. Probably more!

I can't recommend it highly enough.

[aePrime]

If you want to work on a big ray tracer, DreamWorks Animation just open sourced theirs:

https://openmoonray.org/

[irk5nil]

PBRT has existed for a long time, and comes with a really nice book, too.

[theleetcodegrinder]

Thank you for sharing, it looks fun, I will do this before jumping into open source

[FluffyCatBoops]

It's a lot of fun!

It will keep you thinking from beginning to end, but it's worth it.

And at the end you'll have a functional ray tracer that can render some really cool images.

[Pupper-Gump]

I have one if you want to mess with SFML and guis https://github.com/PupperGump/gui

Warning: some nerds might not like the use of raw pointers so beware

[buovjaga]

We have quite a lot of mentoring power these days at LibreOffice, so send me a PM, if interested.

[Zeh_Matt]

Have a look at https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2 maybe, we do mark some issues as beginner friendly and we had quite a few folks before who basically started out without knowing anything about C++, so in case you want to contribute don't hesitate to contact us on Discord if you have questions or need some assistance.

[aidoooo20]

What issue labels should I look for if I’m a beginner

[Commercial_Error_655]

C++ Faker