Themaister/pyrowave

Generative mediaC++

3.6 Early signal Magnitude out of 10 — how fast interest is growing, not a quality score. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 24, 2026, 12:27 UTC.

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About the project

PyroWave is an intra-only video codec (essentially a still-image codec) implemented in Vulkan compute shaders, optimized for extremely fast GPU encode/decode (<0.1 ms at 1080p). It targets local network game streaming with minimal latency at high bitrates.

Useful for

Encode y4m video to a bitstream with a bitrate limit via CLI
Integrate the C API into an app for local network game streaming
Build the library for Android or Steam Runtime for cross-platform use

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Why it’s trending

4 stars so far today, about 11 expected by the end of the day. The usual pace is 0 per day, so that's 11× as much.
Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 1 per day.
The spike has held for 3 days in a row — not a one-off blip.
GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +24 stars.
Hacker News: “Pyrowave: video codec for high-bandwidth, low-latency streaming” — 6 points, 2 days ago.
Recent forks include notable developers: @CyberFlameGO (219 followers).

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 355
Today: 4 · ≈ 11 by evening
Forks: 15
Issues and pull requests: 15
Watchers: 3
Language: C++
License: MIT
Created: April 17, 2025
Last push: September 23, 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

Pyrowave: video codec for high-bandwidth, low-latency streaming6 points, September 22, 2026

Spotted in

September 24, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #6, +24 stars

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