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GLFW VS SFML

Compare GLFW VS SFML and see what are their differences

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GLFW logo GLFW

GLFW is an Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan development on the...

SFML logo SFML

SFML provides a simple interface to the various components of your PC, to ease the development of games and multimedia applications. It is composed of five modules: system, window, graphics, audio and network.
  • GLFW Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-03-22
  • SFML Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-09-29

GLFW

Categories
  • Game Engine
  • Game Development
  • 3D Game Engine
  • 2D Game Engine
Website glfw.org
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SFML

Categories
  • Game Engine
  • Game Development
  • 3D Game Engine
  • 2D Game Engine
Website sfml-dev.org
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GLFW videos

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Computer Graphics with Modern OpenGL and C++ : [THEORY] Introduction to GLEW, GLFW and SDL

More videos:

  • Tutorial - OpenGL Tutorial 17 - GLFW Text/Character Input

SFML videos

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Coding a Simple SFML Game Framework in C++/ SFML

More videos:

  • Review - A Closer Look at SFML
  • Review - ALLEGRO vs. SDL vs. SFML (Game Programming Q&A)

Category Popularity

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GLFW

SFML

Game Engine
37 37%
Game Engine
63% 63
Game Development
39 39%
Game Development
61% 61
3D Game Engine
43 43%
3D Game Engine
57% 57
2D Game Engine
100 100%
2D Game Engine
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

SFML might be a bit more popular than GLFW. We know about 1 link to it since March 2021 and only 1 link to GLFW. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

GLFW mentions (1)

  • Need help getting started with GLFW on Linux and VS Code
    I'm on Arch linux, so I runned sudo pacman -S glfw-x11 to get GLFW. I started vscode and copied the boiler plate code from glfw.org and then I tried to run it but I got a bunch of linking/definition (?) errors. Source: almost 3 years ago

SFML mentions (1)

  • Open source recreation of the PS Vita game -- Calling all creators
    I would like to recreate the Plastic Memories PS Vita game as a free, open source, cross-platform (any platform SFML runs on*) game for everyone to enjoy. I'm not sure how much time I'll be able to put into it (I don't have much time between school and various other projects of mine) but I can handle the code, coordination, and source code hosting. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing GLFW and SFML, you can also consider the following products

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.

raylib - Cross-platform, open-source game development library in C.

Godot Engine - Feature-packed 2D and 3D open source game engine.

WebGL - WebGL is a JavaScript API for rendering interactive 3D computer graphics and 2D graphics within any compatible web browser.

SDL - Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level...

Allegro - Allegro 4 and Allegro 5 are cross-platform, libraries mainly aimed at video game and multimedia...

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