pixels vs nimgl

pixels

Toy support library for primitive graphics programming. (by Araq)

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nimgl

NimGL is a Nim library that offers bindings for popular libraries used in computer graphics (by nimgl)

nimgl Nim Bindings OpenGL GLFW Imgui Vulkan computer-graphics

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pixels		nimgl
	Project
1	Mentions	2
10	Stars	356
-	Growth	0.6%
10.0	Activity	0.0
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 2 years ago
Nim	Language	Nim
MIT License	License	MIT License

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pixels

Posts with mentions or reviews of pixels. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-04.

How can I add graphics to my nim program?
10 projects | /r/nim | 4 Jun 2023

For 2D graphics, there is a simplified API made by Araq to draw pixels and text: Pixels

nimgl

Posts with mentions or reviews of nimgl. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-04.

How can I add graphics to my nim program?
10 projects | /r/nim | 4 Jun 2023

Use nimgl. It supports Vulkan, OpenGL, ImGUI. I wouldn't use Vulkan cos it's very low level.
Nim for game development? What are some good frameworks & libs?
1 project | /r/nim | 9 Feb 2022

if you'd like something more low-level, there is nimgl which is quite similar to LWJGL

What are some alternatives?

When comparing pixels and nimgl you can also consider the following projects:

nim-csfml - Nim bindings to SFML multimedia/game library

ludo - A libretro frontend written in golang

windy - Windowing library for Nim using OS native APIs.

bgfx - Cross-platform, graphics API agnostic, "Bring Your Own Engine/Framework" style rendering library.

vulkan - Vulkan C bindings for Nim

magnum - Lightweight and modular C++11 graphics middleware for games and data visualization

shady - Nim to GPU shader language compiler and supporting utilities.

nimqml - Qt Qml bindings for the Nim programming language

nuklearnim - Mirror of a thin Nim programming language for Nuklear GUI library

LWJGL - LWJGL is a Java library that enables cross-platform access to popular native APIs useful in the development of graphics (OpenGL, Vulkan, bgfx), audio (OpenAL, Opus), parallel computing (OpenCL, CUDA) and XR (OpenVR, LibOVR, OpenXR) applications.

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