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24 alternatives to Beautiful Type Erasure with C++26 Reflection

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Beautiful Type Erasure with C++26 Reflection is a C++ development tool that demonstrates type erasure techniques using C++26's reflection capabilities. Built for C++ developers working with advanced language features… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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Reflection for C++ made easy▲25
A simple and powerful C++ reflection system. Contribute to m4nu3lf/eXtendedMirror development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Compile-time HTML parsing in C++14▲175
A C++ HTML template engine that uses compile time HTML parsing - rep-movsd/see-phit
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Nameof Operator for Modern C++▲65
Nameof operator for modern C++, simply obtain the name of a variable, type, function, macro, and enum - Neargye/nameof
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A Fast, Malloc-Free C++14 Json Parser and Encoder▲98
Meta programming utilities for C++14. Merged in matt-42/lithium - matt-42/iod
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I built a small browser engine from scratch in C++▲146
Hi HN! Korean high school senior here, about to start CS in college. I built a browser engine from scratch in C++ to understand how browsers work. First time using C++, 8 weeks of development, lots of debugging—but it works! Features: - HTML parsing with error correction - CSS cascade and inheritance - Block/inline layout engine - Async image loading + caching - Link navigation + history Hardest parts: - String parsing(html, css) - Rendering - Image Caching & Layout Reflowing What I learned (beyond code): - Systematic debugging is crucial - Ship with known bugs rather than chase…
Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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LazyCode – C++14 composable, lazily evaluated map, filter, fold▲66
C++14: bringing in those expressions that you wish you had, Lazily evaluated, compossible generators, maps, filters, ranges and more... - GitHub - SaadAttieh/lazyCode: C++14: bringing in those expressions that you wish you had, Lazily evaluated, compossible generators, maps, filters, ranges and more
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Modifying Clang for a Safer, More Explicit C++▲76
Modified C++ Inspired by the paper "Some Were Meant for C" by Stephen Kell, I decided to show that it's possible to iterate C++ to be safer, more explicit, and less error-prone. Here's a possible starting point: I didn't invent a new language or compiler, but took the world's best compiler, clang, and modified it to begin iterating towards a new furture of C++. Naming things is hard, so I call this 'Modified C++'. Some of the following could be implemented as tooling in a linter or checker, but the idea is to update the compiler directly. I also wanted to learn more about clang. This…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cppmatch – Rust-Like Pattern Matching and Error Handling for C++▲42
I've created cppmatch, a lightweight, header-only C++ library that brings Rust-inspired pattern matching and error handling to C++. It tries to imitate the functionality of the questionmark (?) operator in C++ by using a macro that uses the gcc extension https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Statement-Exprs.html This allows to create exceptionless code with non-intrusive error-as-value that unlike Exceptions, makes it clear which kinds of error a function can generate and forces you to handle (or ignore) them. The ? operator translates to *expect* To handle the errors I…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Going into freshman year, figured I should build an interpreter▲138
Hi all! I'm going into my freshman year, and figured that the best way to prepare for the intro to programming Racket course would be to implement my own garbage-collected, dynamically typed, functional programming language in C ;) Anyways... here's the repo: https://github.com/liam-ilan/crumb I started learning C over the summer, so I still have a whole lot to learn... Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! :D
2023 · its alternatives →
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I'm making a dynamic language in Rust▲184
An implementation of a dynamic programming language in Rust. Includes: Parser/Compiler, REPL, Virtual Machine, Bytecode Disassembler This started out as a learning project to teach myself Rust. It has grown into a decently substantial piece of software and I've learned quite a bit in the process! Some neat things: + A garbage collector that can store dynamically sized types without any double-indirection (i.e. I have my own Box implementation with manual alloc/dealloc) + The smart pointer used to reference GCed data is a thin pointer. The ptr metadata needed for DSTs is stored in…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lisp with copying GC in 537 lines of C (plus Lisp 1.5 on top)▲152
Moved to Forgejo! Contribute to krig/LISP development by creating an account on GitHub.
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I wrote a C++ ray tracer from scratch without AI▲155
C++ Path Tracer from scratch with zero third-party libraries. - themartiano/luz
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Prometeo – a Python-to-C transpiler for high-performance computing▲166
An experimental Python-to-C transpiler and domain specific language for embedded high-performance computing - zanellia/prometeo
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A dbg(...) macro for C++▲162
A dbg(…) macro for C++. Contribute to sharkdp/dbg-macro development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A hash array-mapped trie implementation in C▲171
Long-simmering side project that is finally ready to see the light. HAMTs are a cool persistent data structure and implementing one has been a lot of fun. Beyond the code, there is likely some value in the extensive and largely complete implementation docs; basic benchmarks are linked in the README, too. Kind of aiming to be "the libavl for HAMTs". That is obviously a high and aspirational bar but a distinct possibility if it stirs up a little interest and/or contribution. Anyways, it's time for this to go out, collect feedback and maybe even some use outside of toy projects. Let me…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A work-in-progress C compiler from scratch▲159
Programming language that compiles into a x86 ELF executable. - riicchhaarrd/ocean
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Match(it): A C++17 pattern-matching library with lots of good stuffs▲85
A lightweight single-header pattern-matching library for C++17 with macro-free APIs. Try it at https://godbolt.org/z/8YMr8Kz8j
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Simple refined types implementation that can prevent Heartbleed▲56
Implementations of various type systems in OCaml. Contribute to tomprimozic/type-systems development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Using C++23 <stacktrace> to get proper crash logs in C++ programs▲103
A simple way to output stack traces when a program crashes in C++, using the new C++23 <stacktrace> header - TylerGlaiel/Crashlogs
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A C++ dump func. that can print multi-D vectors, maps, tuples, and all▲82
A C++ library for debugging purposes that can print any variable, even user-defined types. - philip82148/cpp-dump
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Fuse – statically typed functional programming language▲121
Hi HN! I've been working on the fuse programming language, it's a statically typed purely functional language with higher-kinder types and ad-hoc polymorphism. It compiles to the GRIN whole-program optimizer, producing LLVM-generated native code. Fuse supports ADTs, Generics, Type Methods, Traits, Pattern matching etc. all in a functional style with no mutations. I’ve been developing the language for 5 years, with code written in Scala. I’ve started coding the language from the base of System F that was implemented as part of the book: Types and Programming Languages (tapl). And then…
Aug 2026 · fuselang.org · its alternatives →
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C++11 inline object definitions▲70
Meta programming utilities for C++14. Merged in matt-42/lithium - matt-42/iod
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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C++ Compiler Support Page▲68
Hi HN, I have created a webpage that displays all C++ features since C++20 in a simple, searchable table. It is intended to serve as a quick reference for C++ developers, whether as support for cross-platform development or simply to track the current support status out of curiosity. I created it as a simpler, more structured, and more up-to-date alternative to the cppreference compiler support site. Please note that the page intentionally does not list LWG and CWG papers. This might change as I am continually updating the site and trying out new ideas. Questions, feedback and suggestions…
2025 · cppstat.dev · its alternatives →
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C++ runtime/compile-time detection in constexpr functions▲83
An approach for runtime detection inside a constexpr function - SaadAhmad/in_constexpr
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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