raylib-go VS portmaster

Raylib is awesome! It reminds me of the old school days of using BlitzBASIC to get things drawn on screen because it's easy and so much fun. This is how programming used to be, no fuss, just easy to use libraries.

I currently use Raylib with Go and the Go bindings[1] to create screensavers for Linux and I'm really happy with the results.

I even use it at work to draw interactive infrastructure diagrams that animate dependencies, allow controlling start-up etc. It's really flexible and simpler than anything else I've found to get stuff on-screen. I love it!

[1]: https://github.com/gen2brain/raylib-go

If games/graphics interests you then this is a cool project and help is needed porting examples to Go. Raylib Go - basically it is a game development framework for Go. There are a whole lot of examples that haven't been added to the Github page here https://github.com/gen2brain/raylib-go/tree/master/examples

Well, I haven't used Ebiten much so can't compare however Raylib is super easy to use for both 2D and 3D (as far as I know Ebiten is mainly 2D) and there is a large community as there are Raylib bindings for a lot of languages. The Go bindings are here https://github.com/gen2brain/raylib-go and the Raylib website is here https://www.raylib.com/

However if you can code with Go already then something like Raylib https://github.com/gen2brain/raylib-go

You can do 3D with Go and Raylib quite easily, without a lot of math, not sure you can build a 3D rendering engine with it though https://github.com/gen2brain/raylib-go

Unfortunately the biggest problem with Raylib for other languages like Go is just what you are talking about, there is minimal documentation. What I did to learn is to go through the examples on Github here https://github.com/gen2brain/raylib-go/tree/master/examples

Not sure exactly what you want to do however Raylib offers some image manipulation and is easy to use https://github.com/gen2brain/raylib-go

There's a very good relatively new open-source GUI firewall app like this called Portmaster:

https://safing.io/

It's available for Windows and Linux

You can get your own firewall app. Portmaster by safing.io lets you open and close what ever ports you want on your windows system

amazing work OP! what's the difference between zen and portmaster? :) i would like to compare options to see which one fits my needs the best way

For Context: Technical Introduction from https://github.com/safing/portmaster#technical-introduction

Portmaster is a privacy suite for your Windows and Linux desktop.

Base Technology

- Portmaster integrates into network stack using nfqueue on Linux and a kernel driver (WFP) on Windows.

- Packets are intercepted at the raw packet level - every packet is seen and can be stopped.

- Ownership of connections is found using eBPF and `/proc` on Linux and a kernel driver and the IP Helper API (`iphlpapi.dll`) on Windows.

- Most settings can be defined per app, which can be matched in different ways.

- Support for special processes with weird or concealed paths/actors:

--- Snap, AppImage and Script support on Linux

--- Windows Store apps and svchost.exe system services support on Windows

- Everything is 100% local on your device. (except the SPN, naturally)

--- Updates are fully signed and downloaded automatically.

--- Intelligence data (block lists, geoip) is downloaded and applied automatically.

- The Portmaster Core Service runs as a system service, the UI elements (App, Notifier) run in user context.

- The main UI still uses electron as a wrapper :/ - but this will change in the future. You can also open the UI in the browser

Feature: Secure DNS

- Portmaster intercepts "astray" DNS queries and reroutes them to itself for seamless integration.

- DNS queries are resolved by the default or configured DoT/DoH resolvers.

- Full support for split horizon and horizon validation to defend against rebinding attacks.

Feature: Privacy Filter

- Define allowed network scopes: Localhost, LAN, Internet, P2P, Inbound.

- Easy rules based on Internet entities: Domain, IP, Country and more.

- Filter Lists block common malware, ad, tracker domains etc.

Feature: Network History ($)

- Record connections and their details in a local database and search all of it later

- Auto-delete old history or delete on demand

Feature: Bandwidth Visibility ($)

- Monitor bandwidth usage per connection and app

Feature: SPN - Safing Privacy Network ($)

- A Privacy Network aimed at use cases "between" VPN and Tor.

- Uses onion encryption over multiple hops just like Tor.

- Routes are chosen to cover most distance within the network to increase privacy.

- Exits are chosen near the destination server. This automatically geo-unblocks in many cases.

- Exclude apps and domains/entities from using SPN.

- Change routing algorithm and focus per app.

- Nodes are hosted by Safing (company behind Portmaster) and the community.

- Speeds are pretty decent (>100MBit/s).

Portmaster itself is open source (https://github.com/safing/portmaster)

Then install https://safing.io/ (Portmaster); it's free.