Pygame VS PyOpenGL

Compare Pygame vs PyOpenGL and see what are their differences.

Pygame

šŸšŸŽ® pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia applications like games built on top of the excellent SDL library. C, Python, Native, OpenGL. (by pygame)

PyOpenGL

Repository for the PyOpenGL Project (by mcfletch)
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Pygame PyOpenGL
148 -
6,927 292
2.0% -
9.1 5.5
5 days ago 4 months ago
C Python
LGPL GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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Pygame

Posts with mentions or reviews of Pygame. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-11.

PyOpenGL

Posts with mentions or reviews of PyOpenGL. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning PyOpenGL yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Pygame and PyOpenGL you can also consider the following projects:

Cocos2d - Cocos2d-x is a suite of open-source, cross-platform, game-development tools utilized by millions of developers across the globe. Its core has evolved to serve as the foundation for Cocos Creator 1.x & 2.x.

Panda3D - Powerful, mature open-source cross-platform game engine for Python and C++, developed by Disney and CMU

PySDL2

Arcade - Easy to use Python library for creating 2D arcade games.

RenPy - The Ren'Py Visual Novel Engine

kivy - Open source UI framework written in Python, running on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS

Jomini - Historical battle simulation package for Python