nimgl vs nim-csfml

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nimgl		nim-csfml
	Project
2	Mentions	2
356	Stars	81
0.6%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	over 1 year ago
Nim	Language	Nim
MIT License	License	zlib License

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

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

nim-csfml

Posts with mentions or reviews of nim-csfml. 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

Another option might be SFML, via nim-csfml. I have no idea how it stacks up against other stuff, but I do think it should allow a GUI.
First 100,000 numbers in Recaman's sequence graphed, with colors (in Nim)!
2 projects | /r/nim | 5 Sep 2021

I used this csfml wrapper and the source code is here.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing nimgl and nim-csfml you can also consider the following projects:

ludo - A libretro frontend written in golang

nico - a Game Framework in Nim inspired by Pico-8.

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

nitter - Alternative Twitter front-end

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

Arraymancer - A fast, ergonomic and portable tensor library in Nim with a deep learning focus for CPU, GPU and embedded devices via OpenMP, Cuda and OpenCL backends

nimqml - Qt Qml bindings for the Nim programming language

vulkan - Vulkan C bindings for Nim

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.

pixels - Toy support library for primitive graphics programming.

Silk.NET - The high-speed OpenGL, OpenCL, OpenAL, OpenXR, GLFW, SDL, Vulkan, Assimp, WebGPU, and DirectX bindings library your mother warned you about.

lear-nim-g - Look ma I'm learNIMg