GLFW

Introduction

GLFW is a free, Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL and OpenGL ES application development. It provides a simple, platform-independent API for creating windows and contexts, reading input, handling events, etc.

Version 3.2 is not yet described.

If you are new to GLFW, you may find the introductory tutorial for GLFW 3 useful. If you have used GLFW 2 in the past, there is a transition guide for moving to the GLFW 3 API.

Compiling GLFW

See the Compiling GLFW guide in the GLFW documentation.

Using GLFW

See the Building programs that use GLFW guide in the GLFW documentation.

Reporting bugs

Bugs are reported to our issue tracker. Please always include the name and version of the OS where the bug occurs and the version of GLFW used. If you have cloned it, include the commit ID used.

If it's a build issue, please also include the build log and the name and version of your development environment.

If it's a context creation issue, please also include the make and model of your graphics card and the version of your driver.

This will help both us and other people experiencing the same bug.

Dependencies

GLFW itself needs only the headers and libraries for your window system. It does not need the headers for any context creation API (WGL, GLX, EGL, NSGL) or client API (OpenGL, OpenGL ES) to enable support for them.

GLFW bundles a number of dependencies in the deps/ directory. These are only used by the tests and examples and are not required to build the library.

getopt_port for examples with command-line options
TinyCThread for threaded examples
An OpenGL 3.2 core loader generated by glad for examples using modern OpenGL
linmath.h for linear algebra in examples

Changelog

Added glfwSetWindowSizeLimits and glfwSetWindowAspectRatio for setting absolute and relative window size limits
Added glfwGetKeyName for querying the layout-specific name of printable keys
Added GLFW_NO_API for creating window without contexts
Added GLFW_CONTEXT_NO_ERROR context hint for GL_KHR_no_error support
Added GLFW_TRUE and GLFW_FALSE as client API independent boolean values
Added glfwGetGLXWindow to query the GLXWindow of a window
Added icons to examples on Windows and OS X
Relaxed rules for native access header macros
Removed dependency on external OpenGL or OpenGL ES headers
Removed _GLFW_USE_OPENGL, _GLFW_USE_GLESV1 and _GLFW_USE_GLESV2 configuration macros
[Win32] Added support for Windows 8.1 per-monitor DPI
[Win32] Bugfix: Window creation would segfault if video mode setting required the system to be restarted
[Win32] Bugfix: MinGW import library lacked the lib prefix
[Win32] Bugfix: Monitor connection and disconnection events were not reported when no windows existed
[Cocoa] Removed support for OS X 10.6
[Cocoa] Bugfix: Full screen windows on secondary monitors were mispositioned
[X11] Bugfix: Monitor connection and disconnection events were not reported
[X11] Bugfix: Decoding of UTF-8 text from XIM could continue past the end
[POSIX] Bugfix: An unrelated TLS key could be deleted by glfwTerminate
[WGL] Changed extension loading to only be performed once
[WGL] Removed dependency on external WGL headers
[GLX] Replaced legacy renderable with GLXWindow
[GLX] Removed dependency on external GLX headers
[GLX] Bugfix: NetBSD does not provide libGL.so.1
[EGL] Added _GLFW_USE_EGLPLATFORM_H configuration macro for controlling whether to use an existing EGL/eglplatform.h header
[EGL] Removed dependency on external EGL headers

Contact

The official website for GLFW is glfw.org. There you can find the latest version of GLFW, as well as news, documentation and other information about the project.

If you have questions related to the use of GLFW, we have a support forum, and the IRC channel #glfw on Freenode.

If you have a bug to report, a patch to submit or a feature you'd like to request, please file it in the issue tracker on GitHub.

Finally, if you're interested in helping out with the development of GLFW or porting it to your favorite platform, join us on GitHub or IRC.

Acknowledgements

GLFW exists because people around the world donated their time and lent their skills.

Bobyshev Alexander
artblanc
arturo
Matt Arsenault
Keith Bauer
John Bartholomew
Niklas Behrens
Niklas Bergström
Doug Binks
blanco
Martin Capitanio
Chi-kwan Chan
Lambert Clara
Andrew Corrigan
Noel Cower
Jarrod Davis
Olivier Delannoy
Paul R. Deppe
Michael Dickens
Роман Донченко
Jonathan Dummer
Ralph Eastwood
Siavash Eliasi
Michael Fogleman
Gerald Franz
GeO4d
Marcus Geelnard
Eloi Marín Gratacós
Stefan Gustavson
Sylvain Hellegouarch
Matthew Henry
heromyth
Lucas Hinderberger
Paul Holden
Aaron Jacobs
Toni Jovanoski
Arseny Kapoulkine
Osman Keskin
Cameron King
Peter Knut
Eric Larson
Robin Leffmann
Glenn Lewis
Shane Liesegang
Eyal Lotem
Дмитри Малышев
Martins Mozeiko
Tristam MacDonald
Hans Mackowiak
Kyle McDonald
David Medlock
Bryce Mehring
Jonathan Mercier
Marcel Metz
Jonathan Miller
Kenneth Miller
Bruce Mitchener
Jack Moffitt
Jeff Molofee
Jon Morton
Pierre Moulon
Julian Møller
Kamil Nowakowski
Ozzy
Andri Pálsson
Peoro
Braden Pellett
Arturo J. Pérez
Emmanuel Gil Peyrot
Cyril Pichard
Pieroman
Jorge Rodriguez
Ed Ropple
Aleksey Rybalkin
Riku Salminen
Brandon Schaefer
Sebastian Schuberth
Matt Sealey
SephiRok
Steve Sexton
Systemcluster
Dmitri Shuralyov
Daniel Skorupski
Bradley Smith
Julian Squires
Johannes Stein
Justin Stoecker
Elviss Strazdins
Nathan Sweet
TTK-Bandit
Sergey Tikhomirov
A. Tombs
Samuli Tuomola
urraka
Jari Vetoniemi
Ricardo Vieira
Simon Voordouw
Torsten Walluhn
Patrick Walton
Jay Weisskopf
Frank Wille
yuriks
Santi Zupancic
Jonas Ådahl
Lasse Öörni
All the unmentioned and anonymous contributors in the GLFW community, for bug reports, patches, feedback, testing and encouragement

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