Modern OpenGL loading library solution

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  • glad-web

    Webinterface for glad -> https://github.com/Dav1dde/glad

  • GLAD is quite popular. Here’s a short comparison, although I dunno if there’s any real reason to use it over GLEW if that’s what you’re comfortable with.

  • freeglut

    Free implementation of the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)

  • I'm guessing you're thinking of the GLUT spec, of which FreeGLUT is an implementation.

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  • glad

    Multi-Language Vulkan/GL/GLES/EGL/GLX/WGL Loader-Generator based on the official specs.

  • Just link to GLAD if you're going to link to it! https://github.com/Dav1dde/glad

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