Stellarium/stellarium
Stellarium is a free GPL software which renders realistic skies in real time with OpenGL. It is available for Linux/Unix, Windows, macOS and Haiku. With Stellarium, you really see what you can see with your eyes, binoculars or a small telescope.
Health Breakdown
Should you contribute to Stellarium/stellarium?
Stellarium/stellarium has a FoundDev health score of 88/100, which puts it in the active-and-maintained tier. The maintainer team is shipping recently, issues are being closed, and a PR you open this week has a realistic chance of being reviewed.
Last push was 0 days ago — that signals an actively maintained project. New issues are likely to get a maintainer response within days. The project is written primarily in C++, so prior C++ experience will shorten ramp-up.
Licensed under GPL-2.0, a standard OSI-approved license — safe to contribute to under normal employer IP policies.
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