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zig
General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
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lively
Free and open-source software that allows users to set animated desktop wallpapers and screensavers powered by WinUI 3.
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VisualFSharp
The F# compiler, F# core library, F# language service, and F# tooling integration for Visual Studio
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rpi-rgb-led-matrix
Controlling up to three chains of 64x64, 32x32, 16x32 or similar RGB LED displays using Raspberry Pi GPIO
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GitExtensions
Git Extensions is a standalone UI tool for managing git repositories. It also integrates with Windows Explorer and Microsoft Visual Studio (2015/2017/2019).
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ssr-proxy-js
A Node.js tool for Server-Side Rendering (SSR) and Static Site Generation (SSG) using headless Chrome via Puppeteer
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The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better SDL alternative or higher similarity.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-27.
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Ask HN: What is the SDL.h file in SuperTux?
I don't know for sure, but could it be this?
https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL
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How to choose a front end / control kit pairing for multi cabinet?
The kit has been fun. My daughter loved helping me wire it up to a dummy box, and we decided its worth moving forward with a desktop cabinet build. I don't have a raspberry pi and can't find one, so we're using a 2012 mac mini. OpenEmu has been fun, but I'd like to be able to control the whole UI with the joystick, so we looked at EmulationStation-DE (retropie for desktop as its been explained to me). The control kit worked with OpenEmu but not EmulationStation, and the folks over in that sub said its not supported by SDL https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL
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Do i have enpugh knowledge to learn new libraries?
There is also SDL, which is a bit of a behemoth library, but gives you a lot of firepower if you want to get down to the nuts and bolts of building something from scratch with media. It provides a framework for working with graphics, sound, input hardware, etc., and is cross-platform. I haven't personally used SDL but it's a pretty well-utilized library. It's written in C so the same caveats apply as before, but works just fine with C++.
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Fixing Stutters in Papers Please on Linux
This has already been fixed in the latest SDL version, but it's likely that the game comes bundled with it's own version.
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I'm giving out microgrants to open source projects for the third year in a row! Brag about your projects here so I can see them, big or small!
I got tired of writing C# bindings code by hand to interop with native C/C++ libraries, so I automated the process. Example for SDL: https://github.com/bottlenoselabs/SDL-cs. The repository is automated daily using Dependabot to run C2CS, generate the P/Invoke code, and push a Git commit with the code automatically when there is a change to https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.
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Updated MacOS documentation
The source code for it can be found at https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL , this may be helpful if your looking for an example of how a 'platform layer' like this it can be implemented.
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The Very First Post
Simple Directmedia Layer: a library that offers low-level access to resources like audio, video graphics, joystick, keyboard, mouse. It is mainly used for the development of video games (Stepmania and Valve's games such as Counter Strike: Source, as some examples).
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AM2R @ Raspberry Pi - Take 3
Now, we'll need to source the latest SDL source tarball. You can find it [here](https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL), but you can source the latest as of this writing with the command below. Run cd, and then run:
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Good Open Source Projects?
Game library: https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL
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spurious/SDL-mirror is an open source project licensed under GNU General Public License v3.0 or later which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of SDL is C.
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