Top C++ Machine learning repositories on GitHub
Libraries, models, and end-to-end systems for traditional and modern ML. Filtered to projects whose primary language is C++.
Ranked by stars across 490 C++ repositories tagged machine-learning. Refreshed daily.
- 1tensorflow/tensorflow★ 200,163 · ⑂ 76,723
An Open Source Machine Learning Framework for Everyone
- tensorflow
- machine-learning
- python
- deep-learning
- deep-neural-networks
- neural-network
- 2tesseract-ocr/tesseract★ 76,550 · ⑂ 10,805
Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine (main repository)
- tesseract
- tesseract-ocr
- ocr
- lstm
- machine-learning
- ocr-engine
- 3google-ai-edge/mediapipe★ 36,993 · ⑂ 6,164
Cross-platform, customizable ML solutions for live and streaming media.
- mediapipe
- c-plus-plus
- computer-vision
- deep-learning
- android
- video-processing
- 4TheAlgorithms/C-Plus-Plus★ 34,664 · ⑂ 7,863
Collection of various algorithms in mathematics, machine learning, computer science and physics implemented in C++ for educational purposes.
- cpp
- algorithm
- algorithms-implemented
- data-structures
- algorithm-competitions
- interview-preparation
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- 5BVLC/caffe★ 34,553 · ⑂ 18,409
Caffe: a fast open framework for deep learning.
- deep-learning
- machine-learning
- vision
- 6CMU-Perceptual-Computing-Lab/openpose★ 34,455 · ⑂ 8,040
OpenPose: Real-time multi-person keypoint detection library for body, face, hands, and foot estimation
- openpose
- computer-vision
- machine-learning
- cpp
- caffe
- opencv
- 7Fincept-Corporation/FinceptTerminal★ 31,750 · ⑂ 4,500
FinceptTerminal is a modern finance application offering advanced market analytics, investment research, and economic data tools, designed for interactive exploration and data-driven decision-making in a user-friendly environment.
- bloomberg-terminal
- finance
- financial-markets
- investment
- investment-research
- machine-learning
- 8dmlc/xgboost★ 28,778 · ⑂ 8,900
Scalable, Portable and Distributed Gradient Boosting (GBDT, GBRT or GBM) Library, for Python, R, Java, Scala, C and more. Runs on single machine, Hadoop, Spark, Dask, Flink and DataFlow
- gbdt
- gbrt
- gbm
- distributed-systems
- xgboost
- machine-learning
- 9mozilla/DeepSpeech★ 26,776 · ⑂ 4,075
DeepSpeech is an open source embedded (offline, on-device) speech-to-text engine which can run in real time on devices ranging from a Raspberry Pi 4 to high power GPU servers.
- deep-learning
- machine-learning
- neural-networks
- tensorflow
- speech-recognition
- speech-to-text
- 10PaddlePaddle/Paddle★ 24,094 · ⑂ 6,024
PArallel Distributed Deep LEarning: Machine Learning Framework from Industrial Practice (『飞桨』核心框架,深度学习&机器学习高性能单机、分布式训练和跨平台部署)
- paddlepaddle
- deep-learning
- scalability
- machine-learning
- neural-network
- python
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- 11microsoft/onnxruntime★ 21,885 · ⑂ 4,233
ONNX Runtime: cross-platform, high performance ML inferencing and training accelerator
- deep-learning
- onnx
- neural-networks
- machine-learning
- ai-framework
- hardware-acceleration
- 12k4yt3x/video2x★ 21,679 · ⑂ 1,875
A machine learning-based video super resolution and frame interpolation framework. Est. Hack the Valley II, 2018.
- machine-learning
- anime4k
- vulkan
- realesrgan
- neural-networks
- super-resoluion
- 13lightgbm-org/LightGBM★ 18,774 · ⑂ 4,071
A fast, distributed, high performance gradient boosting (GBT, GBDT, GBRT, GBM or MART) framework based on decision tree algorithms, used for ranking, classification and many other machine learning tasks.
- gbdt
- gbm
- machine-learning
- data-mining
- distributed
- lightgbm
- 14microsoft/CNTK★ 17,589 · ⑂ 4,215
Microsoft Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK), an open source deep-learning toolkit
- cognitive-toolkit
- cntk
- deep-learning
- machine-learning
- deep-neural-networks
- neural-network
- 15alibaba/MNN★ 16,109 · ⑂ 2,444
MNN: A blazing-fast, lightweight inference engine battle-tested by Alibaba, powering high-performance on-device LLMs and Edge AI.
- mnn
- convolution
- vulkan
- embedded-devices
- winograd-algorithm
- machine-learning
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- 17davisking/dlib★ 14,445 · ⑂ 3,438
A toolkit for making real world machine learning and data analysis applications in C++
- machine-learning
- deep-learning
- c-plus-plus
- python
- computer-vision
- machine-learning-library
- 18isl-org/Open3D★ 13,976 · ⑂ 2,623
Open3D: A Modern Library for 3D Data Processing
- mesh-processing
- computer-graphics
- opengl
- cpp
- python
- reconstruction
- 19apple/turicreate★ 11,156 · ⑂ 1,118
Turi Create simplifies the development of custom machine learning models.
- machine-learning
- deep-learning
- python
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