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SFML

SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library) is a portable and easy-to-use API for multimedia programming. Created by Laurent Gomila

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SFML (Simple and Fast Multimedia Library) is a portable and easy-to-use API for multimedia programming.
It is written in C++ with bindings available for C, D, Python, Ruby, OCaml, .Net and Go. It can be thought of as an object oriented alternative to SDL.

SFML provides hardware accelerated 2D graphics using OpenGL, supports OpenGL windowing and provides different modules that ease multimedia and game programming. SFML site offers complete SDK bundle in single pack, and tutorials to ease the developers. SFML Source code is provided under the terms of the zlib/png license. More Info »

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SFML was added by MorganGeek in Jan 2014 and the latest update was made in Sep 2020. The list of alternatives was updated Oct 2020. It's possible to update the information on SFML or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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