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Products that do what OpenBoxGL does

A local game library and launcher for Linux

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Ulauncher▲119
An application launcher for Linux 🐧
2017
2OC
OpenGL Capable Linux desktop in the cloud for games or graphics▲6
2015 · github.com
3LE
Lumix Engine – Open source C++ 3D game engine▲260
2017 · github.com
4WG
WebGL Games▲83
2015 · webgl.nu
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GameShell▲87
Open Source Retro Gaming & STEM Portable Console
2017
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Render▲324
The easiest cloud for developers and startups.
2019
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OpenFlags▲114
Fast, self-hosted, edge-ready feature flags for modern teams
Mar 2026
8KA
Kitty – A modern, hackable, featureful, OpenGL based terminal emulator▲192
2017 · github.com
9OS
Open Source emulator in Javascript that runs Linux▲65
2012 · ubercomp.com
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Cinder▲122
Free and open source library for creative coding in C++
2017
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Lakka▲85
Lightweight Linux distro dedicated to retro gaming.
2015
12WP
WebGL Playground▲89
2014 · jessevdk.github.io
13MG
Multiplayer game in WebGL/JavaScript with full source▲62
2015 · github.com
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BoxBox▲89
File manager for Linux homelab and NAS-style servers
Jun 2026
15PY
Protecting Your Software Assets Using OpenGL▲21
2015 · stealthy.io
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CryPixels▲84
Procedural Sprite Generator
2018
17AA
Astray, A WebGL maze game built with Three.js and Box2dWeb.▲41
2012 · wwwtyro.github.com
18OS
OpenGL-Shader Tutorial in form of a detailed documented sample project▲58
2016 · github.com
19OS
Open sourcing uRacer, a GLES2 top-down racer made with libgdx▲29
2018 · github.com
20IP
I ported a classic game from Flash to WebGL▲14
2020 · varten.com
21PS
Play SNES, gba, in your terminal, even in tmux▲6
rom is a ~5k-line C libretro frontend that plays games in the terminal. It renders native pixels with the kitty graphics protocol in Ghostty or kitty, inline! even in tmux! Nine platforms: SNES, NES, GB/GBC, GBA, Genesis, PC Engine, N64, Doom/Heretic/Hexen, Wolfenstein. macOS and Linux, MIT. https://github.com/jhickner/rom
Jul 2026 · github.com
22HE
Horizon Engine – C++20 3D FPS Game Engine with ECS and Modern Renderer▲5
Hi HN, I’m working on an experimental 3D FPS game engine in C++20, aiming to deeply understand engine internals from first principles rather than just using existing frameworks. Currently I'm strictly following LearnOpenGL docs. This project focuses on: Entity-Component-System (ECS) architecture for high performance. OpenGL 4.1 rendering with a PBR pipeline, material system, HDR, SSAO, and shadow mapping. Modular systems: input, physics (Jolt), audio (miniaudio), assets, hot reload. A sample FPS game & debug editor built into the repo. Repo:…
Jan 2026 · github.com
23OS
Open-source Android game written in Go▲12
Hi HN! So this all started out as an experiment. I wanted to test the Golang gomobile library to build a small app on Android in Go. And it turned out to be a game, and harder than I thought... After a lot of work and many gotchas (and a lot of moments where I was about to give up and started to squint on Unity) I finally manage to create a working game for Android with Go. The game is quite simple and if it wasn't for being written in OpenGL/OpenAL from scratch it would be quite simple to make it in Unity or any other game engine for that matter. Another goal of my project was actually…
2022
24WM
WebGL Multiplayer Game (wizardwarz.nergal.se)▲6
Just launched a very early beta of a multiplayer "FPS" made in WebGL using ThreeJS library. (possible to switch between FPS and 3rd person) Just a hobby project that I would love to get some feedback on, in order to see if I should continue working on it or not. Note; It will add the project to github as open source once I've spent some time cleaning up the code. URL: http://wizardwarz.nergal.se
2014

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