Simple DirectMedia Layer

Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform software development library designed to provide a hardware abstraction layer for computer multimedia hardware components. Software developers can use it to write high-performance computer games and other multimedia applications that can run on many operating systems such as Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows. SDL manages video, audio, input devices, CD-ROM, threads, shared object loading, networking and timers. For 3D graphics, it can handle an OpenGL, Vulkan, Metal, or Direct3D context. The library is internally written in C, and provides the application programming interface in C, with bindings to other languages available. SDL is extensively used in the industry in both large and small projects. Over 700 games, 180 applications, and 120 demos have been posted on the library website.

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bkaradzic /bgfx

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

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Simple DirectMedia Layer

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FreeRDP /FreeRDP

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FreeRDP is a free remote desktop protocol library and clients

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pygame /pygame

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🐍🎮 pygame (the library) is a Free and Open Source python programming language library for making multimedia applications like games built on top of the excellent SDL library. C, Python, Native, OpenGL.

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mosra /magnum

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

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OpenXRay /xray-16

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Improved version of the X-Ray Engine, the game engine used in the world-famous S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game series by GSC Game World. Join OpenXRay! ;)

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SuperTux /supertux

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SuperTux source code

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Chocolate Doom is a Doom source port that is minimalist and historically accurate.

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CytopiaTeam /Cytopia

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🌳🏡🏢🌲 A city building simulation game

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OpenXcom /OpenXcom

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Open-source clone of the original X-Com 👽

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serge-rgb /milton

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An infinite-canvas paint program

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taisei-project /taisei

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A free and open-source Touhou Project fangame

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A Beautiful Gemini Client

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pygame-community /pygame-ce

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🐍🎮 pygame - Community Edition is a FOSS Python library for multimedia applications (like games). Built on top of the excellent SDL library.

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ImpulseAdventure /GUIslice

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GUIslice drag & drop embedded GUI in C for touchscreen TFT on Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ARM, ESP8266 / ESP32 / M5stack using Adafruit-GFX / TFT_eSPI / UTFT / SDL