glbinding VS Fwog

Compare glbinding vs Fwog and see what are their differences.

glbinding

A C++ binding for the OpenGL API, generated using the gl.xml specification. (by cginternals)

Fwog

Froggy OpenGL Engoodener (by JuanDiegoMontoya)
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glbinding Fwog
3 3
821 113
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4.1 8.2
about 1 month ago 4 months ago
C++ C++
MIT License MIT License
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glbinding

Posts with mentions or reviews of glbinding. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-04-02.
  • Low-level OpenGL abstractions
    3 projects | /r/opengl | 2 Apr 2022
    You should checkout glbinding, it might give you some ideas for your own wrapper.
  • Thriving in a Crowded and Changing World: C++ 2006–2020 [pdf]
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jul 2021
    I have based my career on top of C++/backend/soft-real time systems.

    I still have to read the full paper, thanks for the post!

    Many people rant about C++, but, IMHO, overall, taking into account ecosystem, tools, etc. C++ stands as an almost unbeatable technology when you put everything together. It has quirks, asymmetries and all of that.

    But since C++11 it is nicer to use and all the standards after it have been improving on it: generic lambdas, structured bindings, string non-template parameters, constexpr and consteval... it is amazing what you can do with C++ that is difficult or almost impossible to do with other languages.

    On the missing pieces I would mention that you need to use macros to have some kind of reflection for members and pattern matching and networking would be really nice to have.

    Modules are still an experiment implementation-wise, but hey, they will improve on the side of hiding implementation details by a big margin.

    As for the ecosystem, nowadays you have CMake (whose language sucks badly) and Meson. Together with Conan things have improved a lot since I started coding in around 2001.

    Pack that with an IDE like CLion or Visual Studio + Resharper or lightweight IDE (Emacs + Lsp and the like) and you have an environment that is very competitive and whose code can be compiled almost anywhere. From ARM to x86, MIPS and even Webassembly.

    That is why I think C++ is still the way to go if what you want is performance: you also have interfaces such as OpenCL/GL/Vulkan/SIMD libraries (though not C++ standard) where you can access hardware. Also, vendors and open source have things such as https://github.com/cginternals/glbinding

Fwog

Posts with mentions or reviews of Fwog. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-10.
  • OpenGL is not dead, long live Vulkan
    2 projects | /r/opengl | 10 Apr 2023
    Yup. I love how easy it is to use OpenGL, and I've even spent time making a "modern" wrapper for it, but I'm still bitten by its quirks on a regular basis.
  • Really struggling with understanding tinygltf
    2 projects | /r/opengl | 2 Apr 2023
  • Low-level OpenGL abstractions
    3 projects | /r/opengl | 2 Apr 2022
    In fact, I wrote my own wrapper that attempts to fix as many fundamental problems (that I see) with OpenGL as possible, taking inspiration from explicit APIs like Vulkan and D3D12, while maintaining the simplicity OpenGL is known for. And before you call me out for shilling my thing, note that it is incomplete and unoptimized (lots of duplicated state calls!). Consider it a proof-of-concept at best.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing glbinding and Fwog you can also consider the following projects:

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

OpenSubdiv - An Open-Source subdivision surface library.

Skia - Skia is a complete 2D graphic library for drawing Text, Geometries, and Images.

OpenVDB - OpenVDB - Sparse volume data structure and tools

Horde3D - Horde3D is a small 3D rendering and animation engine. It is written in an effort to create an engine being as lightweight and conceptually clean as possible.

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

OpenMesh, 7.0

Open-Source Vulkan C++ API - Open-Source Vulkan C++ API

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

herebedragons - A basic 3D scene implemented with various engines, frameworks or APIs.

Visualization Library - Visualization Library is a C++ middleware for high-performance 2D and 3D graphics applications based on OpenGL 1.x-4.x supporting Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.

urho3d - Game engine