PyOpenGL Alternatives

PyOpenGL is described as 'Python bindings for OpenGL API' and is an app in the development category. There are five alternatives to PyOpenGL for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android and Chrome OS. The best alternative is Vulkan, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PyOpenGL are Microsoft DirectX, ModernGL, GDI and Metal.

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PyOpenGL

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Python bindings for OpenGL API.

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Vulkan
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10 alternatives to Vulkan
Vulkan is a new generation graphics and compute API that provides high-efficiency, cross-platform access to modern GPUs used in a wide variety of devices from PCs and consoles to mobile phones and embedded platforms.
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Microsoft DirectX
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Free • Proprietary
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12 alternatives to Microsoft DirectX
Microsoft DirectX is a collection of application programming interfaces (APIs) for handling tasks related to multimedia, especially game programming and video, on Microsoft platforms.

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Bundleware
Bundled with Bing Bar.
ModernGL
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3 alternatives to ModernGL
OpenGL is a great environment for developing portable, platform independent, interactive 2D and 3D graphics applications. The API implementation in Python is cumbersome, resulting in applications with high latency.
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1. PortableModernGL can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
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Full linting support - (using vscode (https://code.visualstudio.com/) and pylint (https://www.pylint.org/))

Create GLSL shaders with only a few lines of code

Create framebuffers and validate them with a single call

Access cool OpenGL features by writing clean and self-explaining code

vscode snippets (https://github.com/cprogrammer1994/ModernGL/blob/master/extras/vscode/python.json) for fast prototyping

Render to pillow image - (no window required)
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GDI
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Free • Open Source
Windows
8 alternatives to GDI
GDI++.dll is a replacement for the Windows default font rasterizer, which gives you a better font-smoothing capability, just like Mac OS X.

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Discontinued
Abandoned since 2006... : http://drwatson.nobody.jp/gdi /download-en.html
Metal
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Paid • Proprietary
Mac
10 alternatives to Metal
Metal provides near-direct access to the graphics processing unit (GPU), enabling you to maximize the graphics and compute potential of your apps on iOS, macOS, and tvOS. Building on an approachable, low-overhead architecture with precompiled GPU shaders, fine-grained resource...

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Vulkan

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Microsoft DirectX

ModernGL

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GDI

Metal