Tools

BuGLe is a freeware debugger for Linux and other UNIX-like OSes.BuGLe combines a graphical OpenGL debugger with a selection of filters on the OpenGLcommand stream. The debugger allows viewing of state, textures, framebuffers and shaders,while the filters allow for logging, error checking, video capture and more.

gDEBugger is a full-featured and free debugger and profiler representingthe state-of-the-art in OpenGL and OpenGL ES debugging and profiling on Microsoft Windows and Linux.

GLIntercept is a freeware debugger/logger for Microsoft Windows2000 & XP. GLIntercept can save function calls, textures, shaders, error states, and framebufferdata to XML or text file logs. Logging can be per-frame or continuous. The plugin system providedalso allows real-time editing of shaders and manipulation of OpenGL states.

KTX is a lightweight file format fordelivering textures to OpenGL family APIs.

Nsight Visual Studio supports OpenGL frame debugging and profiling, GLSL GPU shaderdebugging and local single GPU shader debugging.