Tackx/c8-ass
- Total stars
- 10
- Today
- +0
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About the project
An assembler for the CHIP-8 language that translates assembly code into bytecode for a CHIP-8 emulator. Work in progress.
Useful for
- Assemble a CHIP-8 ROM from assembly source
- Study the internals of a C++ assembler for a custom emulator
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Star growth looks organic. Data as of October 4, 2026, 17:22 UTC.
The star-growth assessment does not verify whether the project is safe to run.
Stars per day
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Why it’s trending
- The repository is 49 days old and already has 10 stars.
- Hacker News: “Show HN: I wrote a custom assembler for CHIP-8 in C++” — 28 points, 16 days ago.
Measured growth: the last 7 completed days
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Daily measurements · UTC
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Completed days come from GitHub star history; today and forecasts are excluded from this comparison. History checked: October 4, 2026, 03:53 UTC. Sources and measurement limits →
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Editions at 10:00, 16:00, 22:00 MSK.
Numbers
- Total stars
- 10
- Today
- +0 stars on 2026-10-04 (UTC), ≈ 0 by evening
- Forks
- 1
- Issues and pull requests
- 0
- Watchers
- 0
- Language
- C++
- Created
- August 16, 2026
- Last push
- October 2, 2026
Star trust
Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.
These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.
Hacker News discussions
- Show HN: I wrote a custom assembler for CHIP-8 in C++28 points, September 17, 2026
Spotted in
- September 24, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- September 23, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- September 22, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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- September 20, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
- September 19, 2026Spotted on Hacker News
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