# recastnavigation/recastnavigation

> A C++ library for generating navigation meshes (navmesh) from level geometry and for pathfinding, agent movement and crowd simulation at runtime. Used by Unity, Unreal, Godot and many games.

- Magnitude: 2.9 out of 10 — Breakout
- Stars: 8,097 total · +3 stars measured 2026-10-31, 11:33–13:40 UTC, ≈ 8 by evening
- Star trust: star growth looks organic
- Category: Games & graphics · Language: C++ · License: Zlib · Created: 2013-09-15 · Last push: 2026-02-27
- GitHub: https://github.com/recastnavigation/recastnavigation · Homepage: http://recastnav.com/ · Page: https://gitnova.dev/en/r/recastnavigation/recastnavigation

## Useful for

- Generate a navmesh in a game level from arbitrary triangle geometry
- Build paths and run navmesh queries for NPCs with Detour
- Simulate crowd movement with collision avoidance using DetourCrowd

## Why it’s here

- Star-counter measurements on 2026-10-31 (UTC), 11:33–13:40: 8094 → 8097 stars (+3). This is the change over that interval.
- Estimated end-of-day forecast: about +8 stars, using observed gains and the previous day.
- Before this, the repository barely got any stars — about 2 per day.
- Elevated gains were measured on the last 2 completed UTC days in a row. Continued growth is not guaranteed.
- GitHub Trending C++ today: #9, +24 stars.

## Star trust

Star growth looks organic.

Star-trust labels are heuristics based on the repository’s behavior, not a check of every stargazer.

## Numbers

- Forks: 1,834
- Issues and pull requests: 769
- Watchers: 382
- Average over the last week: 16 per day
- Usual pace: 2 per day
- Stars in the last hour (measured): 0
- Latest release: v1.6.0 (2023-05-21)

## Stars per day, last 30 days (oldest → newest, today is partial)

2026-10-02 … 2026-10-31: 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 4, 1, 4, 1, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 1, 2, 4, 0, 1, 2, 2, 2, 0, 3, 3, 76, 22, 3

## Spotted in now

- GitHub Trending C++ today: #9, +24 stars

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