Characters_To_Linux_Buffer_THE_HARD_WAY vs tfblib

Characters_To_Linux_Buffer_THE_HARD_WAY

Quick and dirty characters to Linux Buffer in C - the hard way - with "glyph arrays", array fu, pointer fu, but no breasts, explosions, or car chases (by JSBattista)

Graphics C Linux framebuffer Raspberry Pi Arduino Beaglebone Arrays pointers-and-arrays Fonts

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tfblib

A Tiny Linux Framebuffer Library (by vvaltchev)

Linux framebuffer Library C

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Characters_To_Linux_Buffer_THE_HARD_WAY		tfblib
	Project
1	Mentions	2
43	Stars	81
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
almost 4 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
C	Language	C
-	License	BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License

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Characters_To_Linux_Buffer_THE_HARD_WAY

Posts with mentions or reviews of Characters_To_Linux_Buffer_THE_HARD_WAY. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-24.

looking for good framebuffer documentation/resources
2 projects | /r/linuxquestions | 24 Jan 2021

This sorta does what you want, but I opens the Linux frame buffer and uses it's own. here

tfblib

Posts with mentions or reviews of tfblib. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-03-09.

Tfblib – Simple low-level graphics library for drawing to the Linux framebuffer
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Mar 2023
Need projects for college resume
3 projects | /r/learnprogramming | 9 Mar 2021

A simple C library for drawing to the Linux framebuffer: https://github.com/vvaltchev/tfblib

What are some alternatives?

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GLFW - A multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES, Vulkan, window and input

tilck - A Tiny Linux-Compatible Kernel

raylib - A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming

zint - A barcode encoding library supporting over 50 symbologies including Code 128, Data Matrix, USPS OneCode, EAN-128, UPC/EAN, ITF, QR Code, Code 16k, PDF417, MicroPDF417, LOGMARS, Maxicode, GS1 DataBar, Aztec, Composite Symbols and more. [Moved to: https://github.com/zint/zint]

mylang - A simple programming language inspired by Python, JavaScript and C

fbff - A small ffmpeg-based framebuffer media player