GLFW

Introduction

GLFW is a free, Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL and OpenGL ES application development. It provides a simple, platform-independent API for creating windows and contexts, reading input, handling events, etc.

Version 3.1 is not yet described.

If you are new to GLFW, you may find the introductory tutorial for GLFW 3 useful. If you have used GLFW 2 in the past, there is a transition guide for moving to the GLFW 3 API.

Compiling GLFW

See the Compiling GLFW guide in the GLFW documentation.

Using GLFW

See the Building programs that use GLFW guide in the GLFW documentation.

Dependencies

GLFW bundles a number of dependencies in the deps/ directory.

The following dependencies are needed by GLFW:

Khronos extension headers

The following dependencies are needed by the examples and test programs:

getopt_port for getopt
TinyCThread for threading
An OpenGL loader generated by glad

Changelog

Added native monitor handle access to native API
Added glfwSetDropCallback and GLFWdropfun for receiving dropped files
Added empty test program for verifying posting of empty events
Bugfix: The debug context attribute was set from GL_ARB_debug_output even when a debug context had not been requested
Bugfix: The particles example was not linked against the threading library
Added glfwPostEmptyEvent for allowing secondary threads to cause glfwWaitEvents to return
[Cocoa] Added _GLFW_USE_RETINA to control whether windows will use the full resolution on Retina displays
[Cocoa] Bugfix: Using a 1x1 cursor for hidden mode caused some screen recorders to fail
[Cocoa] Bugfix: Some Core Foundation objects were leaked during joystick enumeration
[Cocoa] Bugfix: One copy of each display name string was leaked
[Win32] Enabled generation of pkg-config file for MinGW
[Win32] Bugfix: Failure to load winmm or its functions was not reported to the error callback
[X11] Made GLX 1.3 the minimum supported version
[X11] Bugfix: The case of finding no usable CRTCs was not detected
[X11] Bugfix: Detection of broken Nvidia RandR gamma support did not verify that at least one CRTC was present
[X11] Bugfix: A stale _NET_SUPPORTING_WM_CHECK root window property would cause an uncaught BadWindow error
[X11] Bugfix: No check was made for the presence GLX 1.3 when GLX_SGIX_fbconfig was unavailable
[X11] Bugfix: The message type of ICCCM protocol events was not checked
[X11] Bugfix: glfwDestroyWindow did not flush the output buffer.

Contact

The official website for GLFW is glfw.org. There you can find the latest version of GLFW, as well as news, documentation and other information about the project.

If you have questions related to the use of GLFW, we have a support forum, and the IRC channel #glfw on Freenode.

If you have a bug to report, a patch to submit or a feature you'd like to request, please file it in the issue tracker on GitHub.

Finally, if you're interested in helping out with the development of GLFW or porting it to your favorite platform, we have an occasionally active developer's mailing list, or you could join us on #glfw.

Acknowledgements

GLFW exists because people around the world donated their time and lent their skills.

Bobyshev Alexander
artblanc
arturo
Matt Arsenault
Keith Bauer
John Bartholomew
Niklas Behrens
Niklas Bergström
Doug Binks
blanco
Lambert Clara
Andrew Corrigan
Noel Cower
Jarrod Davis
Olivier Delannoy
Paul R. Deppe
Michael Dickens
Jonathan Dummer
Ralph Eastwood
Michael Fogleman
Gerald Franz
GeO4d
Marcus Geelnard
Stefan Gustavson
Sylvain Hellegouarch
Matthew Henry
heromyth
Paul Holden
Toni Jovanoski
Osman Keskin
Cameron King
Peter Knut
Robin Leffmann
Glenn Lewis
Shane Liesegang
Дмитри Малышев
Martins Mozeiko
Tristam MacDonald
Hans Mackowiak
Kyle McDonald
David Medlock
Jonathan Mercier
Marcel Metz
Kenneth Miller
Bruce Mitchener
Jack Moffitt
Jeff Molofee
Jon Morton
Pierre Moulon
Julian Møller
Kamil Nowakowski
Ozzy
Andri Pálsson
Peoro
Braden Pellett
Arturo J. Pérez
Pieroman
Jorge Rodriguez
Ed Ropple
Riku Salminen
Sebastian Schuberth
Matt Sealey
SephiRok
Steve Sexton
Systemcluster
Dmitri Shuralyov
Daniel Skorupski
Bradley Smith
Julian Squires
Johannes Stein
Justin Stoecker
Nathan Sweet
TTK-Bandit
Sergey Tikhomirov
Samuli Tuomola
urraka
Jari Vetoniemi
Simon Voordouw
Torsten Walluhn
Jay Weisskopf
Frank Wille
yuriks
Santi Zupancic
Lasse Öörni
All the unmentioned and anonymous contributors in the GLFW community, for bug reports, patches, feedback, testing and encouragement

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