SDL2 VS raylib

Compare SDL2 vs raylib and see what are their differences.

SDL2

SDL2 bindings to perl (by majorendian)
Game Programming Graphics Sound
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raylib

A simple and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming (by raysan5)
Game development Raylib C Videogames Programming OpenGL Android Embedded IoT Graphics WASM Raspberry Pi Linux Game Engine WebAssembly Gamedev HacktoberFest
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SDL2 raylib
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3.3 9.8
over 2 years ago 6 days ago
Perl C
GNU General Public License v3.0 only zlib License
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SDL2

Posts with mentions or reviews of SDL2. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-28.

raylib

Posts with mentions or reviews of raylib. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-10.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing SDL2 and raylib you can also consider the following projects:

soloud - Free, easy, portable audio engine for games

SFML - Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

pts - A library for visualization and creative-coding

bevy - A refreshingly simple data-driven game engine built in Rust

SDL2 - SDL2 bindings to perl

imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

p5.js - p5.js is a client-side JS platform that empowers artists, designers, students, and anyone to learn to code and express themselves creatively on the web. It is based on the core principles of Processing. http://twitter.com/p5xjs —

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

yet-another-experiment - A small "escape the room" style TADS3 game

SDL - Simple Directmedia Layer

love - LÖVE is an awesome 2D game framework for Lua.

LearnOpenGL - Code repository of all OpenGL chapters from the book and its accompanying website https://learnopengl.com

SDL2 vs soloud raylib vs SFML SDL2 vs pts raylib vs bevy SDL2 vs SDL2 raylib vs imgui SDL2 vs p5.js raylib vs bgfx SDL2 vs yet-another-experiment raylib vs SDL raylib vs love raylib vs LearnOpenGL