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## Compiling GLFW ## Compiling GLFW
GLFW itself requires only the headers and libraries for your OS and window GLFW is written primarily in C99, with parts of macOS support being written in
system. It does not need the headers for any context creation API (WGL, GLX, Objective-C. GLFW itself requires only the headers and libraries for your OS
EGL, NSGL, OSMesa) or rendering API (OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan) to enable and window system. It does not need any additional headers for context creation
support for them. APIs (WGL, GLX, EGL, NSGL, OSMesa) or rendering APIs (OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan)
to enable support for them.
GLFW supports compilation on Windows with Visual C++ 2010 and later, MinGW and GLFW supports compilation on Windows with Visual C++ 2013 and later, MinGW and
MinGW-w64, on macOS with Clang and on Linux and other Unix-like systems with GCC MinGW-w64, on macOS with Clang and on Linux and other Unix-like systems with GCC
and Clang. It will likely compile in other environments as well, but this is and Clang. It will likely compile in other environments as well, but this is
not regularly tested. not regularly tested.
There are [pre-compiled Windows binaries](https://www.glfw.org/download.html) There are [pre-compiled binaries](https://www.glfw.org/download.html) available
available for all supported compilers. for all supported compilers on Windows and macOS.
See the [compilation guide](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/compile.html) for See the [compilation guide](https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/compile.html) for
more information about how to compile GLFW yourself. more information about how to compile GLFW yourself.
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## System requirements ## System requirements
GLFW is written in C99 and does not support Visual Studio 2012 or earlier.
GLFW supports Windows XP and later and macOS 10.8 and later. Linux and other GLFW supports Windows XP and later and macOS 10.8 and later. Linux and other
Unix-like systems running the X Window System are supported even without Unix-like systems running the X Window System are supported even without
a desktop environment or modern extensions, although some features require a desktop environment or modern extensions, although some features require