OpenFrameworks
openFrameworks is an open source C++ toolkit designed to assist the creative process by providing a simple and intuitive framework for experimentation. The toolkit is designed to work as a general purpose glue, and wraps together several commonly used libraries, including:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
Features
- C++
Tags
- programming
- graphics
- interactive
- generative art
- generative
- Api
OpenFrameworks News & Activities
Recent activities
forkingpaths added OpenFrameworks as alternative to Tidal Cycles
OpenFrameworks information
Developed by
Zach Lieberman, Theodore Watson, and Arturo Castro, with help from the OF community. Licensing
Open Source and Free product.Alternatives
17 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
What is OpenFrameworks?
openFrameworks is an open source C++ toolkit designed to assist the creative process by providing a simple and intuitive framework for experimentation. The toolkit is designed to work as a general purpose glue, and wraps together several commonly used libraries, including:
- OpenGL, GLEW, GLUT, libtess2 and cairo for graphics
- rtAudio, PortAudio, OpenAL and Kiss FFT or FMOD for audio input, output and analysis
- FreeType for fonts
- FreeImage for image saving and loading
- Quicktime, GStreamer and videoInput for video playback and grabbing
- Poco for a variety of utilities
- OpenCV for computer vision
- Assimp for 3D model loading
The code is written to be massively cross-compatible. Right now we support five operating systems (Windows, OSX, Linux, iOS, Android) and four IDEs (XCode, Code::Blocks, and Visual Studio and Eclipse). The API is designed to be minimal and easy to grasp.
Simply put, openFrameworks is a tool that makes it much easier to make things with code. We find it super useful, and we hope you do too.
Comments and Reviews
It's OK. Unfortunately it doesn't work on MacOS (M1/M2/M3) or Ubuntu 24.10