C++ Windows10

Open-source C++ projects categorized as Windows10

Top 9 C++ Windows10 Projects

  1. Open-Shell-Menu

    Classic Shell Reborn.

    Project mention: Windows 7 marketshare jumps to nearly 10% as Windows 10 support ends | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-10-02

    I use a few utilities to tame Windows 11 and make it work more like Windows 7, 8, and 10. It should get rid of that "Remind me again" thing, I haven't seen it in a long, long time.

    https://pxc-coding.com/donotspy11/

    https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases

    https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher/releases

  2. InfluxDB

    InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.

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  3. ExplorerBlurMica

    Add background Blur effect or Acrylic (Mica for win11) effect to explorer for win10 and win11

  4. LGTVCompanion

    Power On and Off WebOS LG TVs together with your PC

    Project mention: My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened? | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-03-30

    My dad's old Sanyo from early 90's did have brightness control buttons.

    https://github.com/JPersson77/LGTVCompanion

    I have a few extra buttons on my gayming keyboard that I pretty much never use, so I assigned three of them to a script that uses the above app to change brightness between 30/50/100.

  5. AcrylicMenus

    Acrylic effect for all existing Win32 context menus

  6. Ghurund

    My DirectX 12 playground - an engine and a bunch of tools and samples.

  7. screen-melter

    Creates melting like effect on users screen.

  8. TrayVolumeControl

    Control volume by scrolling mouse wheel on the volume icon in tray

  9. Stream

    Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.

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  10. Corth

    It's like Porth, but in C++. Yep, we're going full circle.

  11. WinXSearch

    a better context menu search

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

C++ Windows10 discussion

C++ Windows10 related posts

  • Windows 7 marketshare jumps to nearly 10% as Windows 10 support ends

    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Oct 2025
  • My TV started playing a video in full screen by itself. What happened?

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Mar 2025
  • LG C3 42” + 4090 = gaming heaven

    1 project | /r/OLED_Gaming | 10 Dec 2023
  • Front-end for Windows32 Context Menu Customization

    2 projects | /r/madeinpython | 10 Oct 2023
  • LG Compantion App "is not on the same subnet as the PC." Issues?

    1 project | /r/OLED_Gaming | 8 Oct 2023
  • [LG C3 42"] My short review for coding use, some slowmo videos and photos of text clarity at 125% scaling of the WOLED + text, also some scrolling at 120 Hz.

    1 project | /r/OLED_Gaming | 15 Jul 2023
  • My time has come to ascend…First ever PC build. I’m so damn excited. Any Tips??

    1 project | /r/pcmasterrace | 9 Jul 2023
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Index

What are some of the best open-source Windows10 projects in C++? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Open-Shell-Menu 8,413
2 ExplorerBlurMica 3,498
3 LGTVCompanion 1,264
4 AcrylicMenus 684
5 Ghurund 95
6 screen-melter 48
7 TrayVolumeControl 40
8 Corth 20
9 WinXSearch 2

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