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» ACDK - Artefaktur Component Development Kit
   Platform independent C++ component framework similar to Java or .NET (reflection, threading, Unicode, garbage collection, io, net, util, xml, etc.) with integration of Java, Perl, Python, Tcl, Lisp, COM and CORBA. [Open source, LGPL or Qt Public License]
   http://acdk.sourceforge.net/

» Apache C++ Standard Library
   A collection of algorithms, containers, iterators, and other fundamental components of every piece of software, implemented as C++ classes, templates, and functions essential for writing C++ programs. The goal is to provide a free implementation of the IS
   http://stdcxx.apache.org/

» Available C++ Libraries FAQ
   Includes a list of available C++ libraries, both public domain and commercial.
   http://www.faqs.org/faqs/C++-faq/libraries/

» Bioinformatics Template Library (BTL)
   Provides the generic mathematical components that will allow programmers to more rapidly construct applications that model biological entities.
   http://people.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/~classlib/bioinf/BTL99.html

» BitMagic
   A C++ classes library implementing bitvectors with several types of on-the-fly, adaptive compression. Can be used in databases and search systems. [Open source, MIT License]
   http://bmagic.sourceforge.net/

» Botan
   A crypto library that provides a wide variety of cryptographic algorithms, formats, and protocols. [Open Source, BSD]
   http://botan.randombit.net/

» BuDDy
   An efficient and simple to use Binary Decision Diagram (ROBDD) package for C and C++.
   http://sourceforge.net/projects/buddy

» C++ Portable Types Library (PTypes)
   A simple alternative to the STL plus portable multithreading and networking. Compiles under modern Unix and Windows systems. [Open-source, zlib-like license]
   http://www.melikyan.com/ptypes/

» C++ Str Library
   String and character manipulation library for Windows and various gcc-supported platforms. Provides highly optimized code, with support for multithreaded environments and Unicode. Regular expressions support. [Shareware, full-featured evaluation version w
   http://www.utilitycode.com/str/

» CGAL - Computational Geometry Algorithms Library
   A collaborative effort to develop a robust, easy to use, and efficient C++ software library of geometric data structures and algorithms.
   http://www.cgal.org/

» Chilkat C++ Libraries
   A static libraries for Visual C++ and C++ Builder developers: zip, e-mail, encryption, S/MIME, XML.[Shareware]
   http://www.chilkatsoft.com/cpp_libraries.asp

» CodeCogs
   An open source numerical library for mathematician, engineers and scientists who work in C++. Users can donate or licence (for commercial uses) their own code, request components, or bid to develop requested components.
   http://www.codecogs.com

» Codemesh JMS Courier
   Lets you integrate C++ into any Java Message Service (JMS) vendor environment. [Commercial]
   http://codemesh.com/products/jmscourier/

» Common C++
   A framework offering portable support for threading, sockets, file access, deamons, persistance, and system for clarity, services. [Open Source, GPL]
   http://www.gnu.org/software/commoncpp/

» Common Text Transformation Library
   Library of C++ classes and functions to parse and modify STL strings. CTTL substring classes may be compared, inserted, replaced, and parsed with EBNF grammars. Compiled program implements recursive descent LL(INF) parser. [Open source, GPL]
   http://cttl.sourceforge.net/

» ConfigLib
   A C++ library designed to read/write configuration files. Allows reading and writing of a configuration file with minimal disruption of the data and any comments; Ensures that developers adopt an all or nothing stance; makes adding a new configuration set
   http://configlib.wiki.sourceforge.net/

» Cross-Platform Toolkit Library (xtklib)
   A complete C++ based framework for object-oriented cross-platform programming. [Open Source]
   http://xtklib.sourceforge.net/

» Crypto++
   Free library of cryptographic schemes: includes ciphers, message authentication codes, one-way hash functions, public-key cryptosystems, and key agreement schemes. [Open Source]
   http://www.cryptopp.com/

» DateLib
   Platform independent C/C++ library for date and time calendric calculations. (by Hofmann Software Engineering International)
   http://www.datelib.de/index.shtml.en

» DynObj
   A C++ framework for binary reusable objects, or plugins. It enables exposing and sharing run-time type information for C++ classes. [Open Source, BSD]
   http://dynobj.sourceforge.net

» Ebsotech IX SDK
   A cross-platform C/C++ library provides systems developers with the possibility to develop localized applications for robust data processing simultaneously for several target environments and language areas. Memory and process management, thread locking a
   http://www.ebsotech.com

» FC++: The Functional C++ Library
   Provides higher-order polymorphic functions in the C++ language.
   http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~yannis/fc++/

» FastFormat
   A C++ library that provides fast, type-safe, localised formatting of string elements, optionally using resource-based format strings. [Open Source, BSD]
   http://www.fastformat.org/

» GNU Aspell
   A library providing spell checking. [Open source, LGPL]
   http://aspell.net/

» GOBLIN Graph Library
   Goblin is a full-featured tool chain for handling graphs. The project provides code from the following areas: Optimization, Layout, Composition, File import and export, and Manipulation. [Open Source, LGPL]
   http://goblin2.sourceforge.net/

» Innodyne Corp.
   Provides OTS MIL-STD-2045 47001B/C, VMF and MIL-STD-6040 USMTF encoder decoders as OS and platform independent C++ libaraies.
   http://www.innodynecorp.com

» InteLib: Lisp programming within a C++ project
   A class library for Lisp programming within a C++ project using existing C++ translators. [Open source, GPL]
   http://www.intelib.org/

» Inti
   Integrated C++ Foundation Libraries, including Inti::GTK, a C++ GTK+ binding (No longer an active project).
   http://sources.redhat.com/inti/

» JUCE
   A C++ toolkit providing a complete set of fundamental classes for building applications for Windows/MacOSX/Linux. It covers GUIs, containers, audio, midi, XML, vector graphics, file/network handling. [Open source, GPL or commercial license]
   http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/juce/

» LEDA
   Library of Efficient Data types and Algorithms. Has all relevant algorithm building blocks in easy-to-use, efficient form for objects such as graphs, sequences, dictionaries, trees, points, flows, matchings, segments, shortest paths. [Algorithmic Solution
   http://www.algorithmic-solutions.com/enleda.htm

» LFC
   A general C++ class library/framework. [Open Source, LGPL]
   http://lfc.sourceforge.net/

» Led Rich Text C++ Class Library
   A portable, cross-platform C++ library designed to add various kinds of word processing (rich text) or text editing capabilities to your application.
   http://www.sophists.com/Led/LedClassLib/

» Libexcel
   Provides an easy way to generate Excel Spreadsheets (xls-files) in custom applications without Microsoft Excel. Supports writing text, numbers, formulas, hyperlinks and images to cells with various formatting options. Available as a static library for Vis
   http://libexcel.com

» Libsigc++
   Implements a full callback system for use in widget libraries, abstract interfaces, and general programming. [LGPL]
   http://libsigc.sourceforge.net/

» Log4cpp
   A library for flexible logging to files, syslog, IDSA and other destinations, modeled after the Log4j Java library. [Open Source, LGPL]
   http://log4cpp.sourceforge.net/

» ORBit-C++
   C++ bindings for ORBit.
   http://orbitcpp.sourceforge.net/

» OSE
   Generic application framework suitable for constructing general purpose applications, distributed systems and web based services.
   http://ose.sourceforge.net/

» Object Oriented Template Library (OOTL) for C++
   A C++ library which provides object oriented alternatives to C++ primitives and the STL collections. [Open source, Boost license]
   http://www.ootl.org/

» ObjexxFCL
   A C++ class library to support integration and migration of Fortran to C++. ObjexxFCL includes Fortran-compatible array, string, and intrinsic function support.
   http://objexx.com/ObjexxFCL.html

» Odin Plus Plus (OPP)
   Includes base class components, collections, I/O classes, network and Internet classes, object database support, and thread library.
   http://www.odin-consulting.com/OPP/

» Open EzBasic
   A C++ based library, that can be used to make programs using functions as in VB. The library has 25 classes ranging from GUI, Threads, String, Active-X. Simple way to convert VB code to C++. [Open source, Qt Public License (QPL)]
   http://ezbasic.sourceforge.net

» OpenTop C++ Library
   A cross-platform C++ library providing high-performance and portable classes for multi-threading, I/O, networking, Unicode and XML parsing. [Commercial]
   http://www.elcel.com/products/opentop/

» P::Classes
   A high performance C++ application framework which provides many classes needed for real-world application development, emphasing on ease of use, size and stability. [Open Source, LGPL]
   http://pclasses.sourceforge.net

» Pantheios
   A C/C++ logging API library, offering a combination of type-safety, efficiency, genericity and extensibility. [Open Source, BSD]
   http://pantheios.sourceforge.net/

» ParaTek
   A C++ toolkit which enables developers to created distributed peer to peer solutions using agent engineering.
   http://www.paratek.co.uk/

» Presentation on The Bioinformatics Template Library (BTL)
   Documentation and Online-Presentations about STL and generic programming.
   http://people.cryst.bbk.ac.uk/~classlib/EBI_poster/

» Reason C++ Framework
   A cross platform C++ framework with support for sockets, files, streams, encoding, compression, encryption, threading, times/dates, networking, URLs, http, XML, XPath, collections, generics and databases.
   http://reasoning.info

» Reflex - Reflection for C++
   A non-intrusive enhancement of C++ to add runtime reflection capabilities. [Open source, LGPL]
   http://seal-reflex.web.cern.ch/seal-reflex/

» SOL++2000
   a free C++ class library for Microsoft Windows. All source files of the library and a lot of sample programs are available.
   http://home.att.ne.jp/green/atlan/

» STLSoft
   Provides freely available STL-like extensions, including STL-style wrappers for common operating system and framework APIs (such as Windows, Unix, COM, MFC, ATL).
   http://synesis.com.au/software/stlsoft/

» STLport
   An implementation of the C++ Standard Library. [Open Source]
   http://stlport.sourceforge.net/

» STXXL
   An implementation of the C++ standard template library STL for external memory (out-of-core) computations, containers and algorithms that can process huge volumes of data that only fit on disks. [Open source, GPL]
   http://stxxl.sourceforge.net/

» Script Plus Plus library
   C++ class library which provides a partially-compatible replacement for the well-known string class, which is capable in the most popular operations on strings such as breaking down to words/tokens, conversion to numbers. [Open source, LGPL]
   http://www.croco.net/software/scriptpp

» SourcePro C++
   A set of cross-platform C++ development components complete with documentation, source code and support. The set of four SourcePro components are: SourcePro Core, SourcePro DB, SourcePro Net, and SourcePro Analysis.
   http://www.roguewave.com/products/sourcepro/index.php

» Standard J2K Library
   A completely portable C++ library, to provide a standard set of classes similar to Java Common API. [Open Source, LGPL]
   http://j2k.sourceforge.net/

» StreamModule
   Library designed to simplify writing distributed programs. Instead of attempting to hide asynchronous behavior behind a synchronous facade, it attempts to make it easier to write programs that deal with asynchronous behavior.
   http://www.omnifarious.org/StrMod/

» Sweet Lua
   A C++/Lua binding library. Features include: Features: bind C++ functions as Lua functions and closures with out of order parameters; bind C++ objects as Lua tables with lifetime controlled by either C++ or Lua; coroutines; type safety.
   http://www.sweetsoftware.co.nz/lua_overview.php

» Sweet Persist
   A C++ serialization library that provides serialization of objects to and from XML and binary formats. It requires Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and Boost.
   http://www.sweetsoftware.co.nz/persist_overview.php

» The Available C++ Libraries FAQ
   Listing with descriptions of a large number of C++ libraries, both commercial and free.
   http://www.trumphurst.com/cpplibs1.html

» The Boost Graph Library (BGL)
   General purpose, generic C++ library for graph data structures and graph algorithms.
   http://www.boost.org/libs/graph/doc/

» The C++ Portable Components
   Class libraries for developing network-centric, portable applications in C++. The classes cover functionality like threads, thread synchronization, filesystem access, streams, shared libraries and class loading, sockets and network protocols, as well as a
   http://pocoproject.org/

» Time Series API for C++
   C++ class library for simulating (backtesting) and deploying financial trading strategies as well as general purpose time series modelling. The library is a stand-alone, component based, time series engine.
   http://www.TimeSeriesAPI.com

» UTF8-CPP
   A simple, portable and lightweight library for handling UTF-8 encoded strings in C++. [Open Source]
   http://utfcpp.sourceforge.net/

» VXL (the Vision-something-Libraries)
   A collection of C++ libraries designed for computer vision research. Includes imaging, geometry, numerics, streaming I/O, basic templates, posix. VXL is written in ANSI/ISO C++ and is designed to be portable over many platforms.
   http://vxl.sourceforge.net

» Visibility for C++
   Visualizing C++ object systems in real-time. Supports the visualization of all the fundamental C++ data types. Enables dynamic GUI's (Graphical User Interfaces) to be created without the need for a single line of UI code. By Outerface Technologies Inc.
   http://www.outerface.com/

» XParam
   Parameter handling library. Extendable, type-safe, non-intrusive, object-oriented tool for general-purpose object serialization in C++. Good for parsing command-line parameters, cross-program and cross-platform communication, object streams, and as a plug
   http://xparam.sourceforge.net/

» dlib C++ library
   A library for developing portable applications that deal with networking, threads, graphical interfaces, complex data structures, linear algebra, machine learning, XML and text parsing, numerical optimization, or Bayesian networks. [Open source]
   http://dlib.net/

» html++ CGI Class Library
   Encapsulates HTML tags and features. Manages dynamic Web page generation, CGI and forms processing, cookies, http file uploads, and sessions.
   http://www.dcmicro.com/htmlpp/

» libwpd
   A C++ library for importing and exporting WordPerfect documents. Features, screenshots, download and developer information. [LGPL licence]
   http://libwpd.sourceforge.net/

» log4cplus
   Port of the log4j logging library to C++.
   http://log4cplus.sourceforge.net/

» macstl
   A Macintosh optimized C++ source library. It include std::valarray optimized for the Altivec execution engine; std::vector partially specialized on the Mach allocator, for OS-level copy-on-write; a convenient and efficient wrapper for Altivec data types;
   http://www.pixelglow.com/macstl/

» muParser - a fast math parser library
   An extensible cross platform library for parsing mathematical expressions.
   http://muparser.sourceforge.net/

» s11n
   (short for "serialization") An STL-based C++ library for serializing PODs, STL containers and client-defined types.
   http://s11n.net

» txObject ATK
   A collection of platform-independent C++ class libraries that provides a five-layer framework containing an Object Library, IO and Timers, Threads, Inter-Process Communication, and Distributed Object Communication.
   http://txobject.sourceforge.net/