nimgl vs nimqml

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nimgl		nimqml
	Project
2	Mentions	2
356	Stars	157
0.6%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	0.0
over 2 years ago	Latest Commit	18 days ago
Nim	Language	Nim
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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

nimqml

Posts with mentions or reviews of nimqml. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-29.

Native App Development
3 projects | /r/linux | 29 Apr 2023
Faster Python with Guido van Rossum
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 7 Oct 2021

What are some alternatives?

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

ludo - A libretro frontend written in golang

Nim - Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).

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

nimporter - Compile Nim Extensions for Python On Import!

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

skybison - Instagram's experimental performance oriented greenfield implementation of Python.

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.

status-desktop - Status Desktop client made in Nim & QML

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

nimqt - Qt bindings for nim

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

vulkan - Vulkan C bindings for Nim