Top 23 GLFW Open-Source Projects

• bgfx

  71 14,306 9.3 C++

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

Project mention: WebKit Switching to Skia for 2D Graphics Rendering | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-20

• go-flutter

  7 5,802 0.0 Go

  Flutter on Windows, MacOS and Linux - based on Flutter Embedding, Go and GLFW.

  

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• magnum

  22 4,649 9.6 C++

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

• LWJGL

  72 4,583 8.9 Java

  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.

  

Project mention: Building a Game Engine Using Java with LWJGL | dev.to | 2024-04-01

Download the latest LWJGL binaries from the official website.

• glslViewer

  7 4,462 7.5 C++

  Console-based GLSL Sandbox for 2D/3D shaders

• Silk.NET

  35 3,663 5.2 C#

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

  

Project mention: Is there a real time graphics llibrary in c# | /r/csharp | 2023-05-17

A couple other options than what has been suggested so far: - TerraFX.Interop.Windows. Raw, blittable, 1:1 bindings for all Win32, D2D/D3D11/D3D12 APIs (there's also a version with Vulkan bindings). As close to doing #include as you can get in C#. This is my personal favorite, I use it in my own ComputeSharp library, and transitively we use it in the Microsoft Store too 🙂 - Silk.NET another version of high-performance bindings, more opinionated than TerraFX and with some additional helpers to make it a bit easier to use.

• glfw

  3 1,508 6.7 C

  Go bindings for GLFW 3 (by go-gl)

  

Project mention: Understand how to use C libraries in Go, with CGO | dev.to | 2023-10-09

And this is how https://github.com/go-gst/go-gst, https://github.com/go-gl/glfw, and even https://fyne.io/ are using system libraries to propose a lot of functionalities.

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• WebGui

  5 628 2.1 C++

  An example demo of IMGUI (Immediate Mode GUI) on the web. Using only WebGL, GLFW and ImGui. Suitable for being compiled to web assembly (WASM).

Project mention: Visual Node Graph with ImGui | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-29

you could compile this with imgui to the web: https://github.com/jnmaloney/WebGui

but you'd have to write communication to your django app. I would do that in JS and then pass events to the WASM layer.

• ludo

  21 573 6.7 Go

  A libretro frontend written in golang

  

Project mention: ChimeraOS: Instantly turn any PC into a gaming console | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-08

A similar project is Ludo [1] which is part of the libretro family. More for emulation but really a clean UI (it actually has screenshots)

[1]: https://ludo.libretro.com/#about

• ImPlay

  4 531 8.5 C++

  A Cross-Platform Desktop Media Player

Project mention: New to MPV, I have questions | /r/mpv | 2023-08-06

Hi, I am new to MPV, I know the basics, but I have loads of questions all listed in this postConfig:ImPlay (Latest build), Windows, no border mode, UOSC

• Embroidermodder

  3 514 9.2 C++

  Free machine embroidery software supporting a variety of formats.

  

• imgui-java

  5 509 6.8 Java

  JNI based binding for Dear ImGui

Project mention: Lets-Plot: An open-source plotting library by JetBrains | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-15

• nimgl

  2 356 0.0 Nim

  NimGL is a Nim library that offers bindings for popular libraries used in computer graphics

  

Project mention: How can I add graphics to my nim program? | /r/nim | 2023-06-04

Use nimgl. It supports Vulkan, OpenGL, ImGUI. I wouldn't use Vulkan cos it's very low level.

• mach-glfw

  3 331 8.3 Zig

  Ziggified GLFW bindings with 100% API coverage, zero-fuss installation, cross compilation, and more.

  

• php-glfw

  6 298 8.8 C

  🪐A fully-featured OpenGL and GLFW extension for PHP. 🔋Batteries included (Math Functions, Texture Loaders, etc..)

Project mention: Create 3D models using PHP | /r/PHP | 2023-06-06

Hey u/Rikudou_Sage im plugging this too much, but im extremely exited about everything graphical in PHP. You could add an actual rendering backend for realtime previews or even a basic editor, if your interested: https://github.com/mario-deluna/php-glfw

• Physics3D

  2 296 0.0 C++

  A 3D physics engine

  

• OpenGL_CMake_Skeleton

  1 275 3.0 C++

  :heart: A ready to use cmake skeleton using GLFW, Glew and glm. :+1:

• pyunity

  5 253 9.0 Python

  A pure Python 3D Game Engine that was inspired by the structure of the Unity Game Engine

  

• borealis

  1 252 0.0 C++

  Hardware accelerated, controller and TV oriented UI library for PC and Nintendo Switch (libnx)

• bigger

  1 207 1.5 C++

  bigg (bgfx + imgui + glfw + glm) + utils

• futureproof

  1 204 0.0 Zig

  A live editor for fragment shaders, powered by Neovim, WebGPU, and Zig!

• scop_vulkan

  2 140 1.8 C++

  A 3D model viewer written C++20 and Vulkan

• GLFW-CMake-starter

  1 134 4.0 CMake

  Use CMake to create a project with GLFW - Multi-platform Windows, Linux and MacOS.

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