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imgui vs mach

Game Engine rivals. Both tagged game-engine, game-development, gui. Six rounds of real GitHub data, an AI referee, and the crowd picks a side.

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ocornut/imgui: 77,065 stars, C++. Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
hexops/mach: 4,866 stars, Zig. zig game engine & graphics toolkit - mirror of https://code.hexops.com/hexops/mach

imgui vs mach: tale of the tape

GitHub data as of November 11, 2026

imgui has 15.8 times as many GitHub stars as mach (77,065 vs 4,866). In the last 6 days, imgui gained more stars: +88 (+0.1%) against +3 (+0.1%) for mach. imgui saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 826 commits, against 179 for mach. imgui is the older project (created July 2014), mach started in July 2021. imgui is written mainly in C++, mach in Zig.

ocornut/imguihexops/mach
Stars77,0654,866
Stars gained, last 6 days+88+3
Growth, last 6 days+0.1%+0.1%
Avg. stars per day since creation173
Forks12,103209
Commits, last 52 weeks826179
Open issues1,214165
Best Repocharts rank today#11 in C++#12 in Zig
LanguageC++Zig
LicenseMIT–
CreatedJul 21, 2014Jul 4, 2021
Last pushNov 10, 2026May 23, 2026

Quick answers

Which is more popular, imgui or mach?

imgui has 15.8 times as many GitHub stars as mach (77,065 vs 4,866) (Repocharts data as of November 11, 2026).

Which is growing faster, imgui or mach?

In the last 6 days, imgui gained more stars: +88 (+0.1%) against +3 (+0.1%) for mach.

Which is more actively developed?

imgui saw more development in the last 52 weeks with 826 commits, against 179 for mach.

What languages are imgui and mach written in?

imgui is written mainly in C++, mach in Zig.

How does RepoClash compare imgui and mach?

RepoClash scores both repositories in six rounds (popularity, momentum, activity, community, maintenance and freshness) from public GitHub data, adds an AI referee's verdict and lets developers vote for their favorite. Star counts are updated daily.

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