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SFML VS Allegro

Compare SFML VS Allegro and see what are their differences

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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.

Allegro logo Allegro

Allegro 4 and Allegro 5 are cross-platform, libraries mainly aimed at video game and multimedia...
  • SFML Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-09-29
  • Allegro Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-09-17

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)

Allegro videos

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A Tiffin You Can Live In! My First Allegro Review!

More videos:

  • Review - IDRIVEACLASSIC reviews: 1970s Austin Allegro
  • Review - Williams Allegro 3 Digital Piano Review (First Look) Sounds -Features - Manual

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to SFML and Allegro)

SFML

Allegro

Game Engine
60 60%
Game Engine
40% 40
Game Development
59 59%
Game Development
41% 41
3D Game Engine
57 57%
3D Game Engine
43% 43
Tool
49 49%
Tool
51% 51

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, SFML seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 1 time since March 2021. 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.

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

Allegro mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Allegro yet. Tracking of Allegro recommendations started around Mar 2021.

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Unreal Engine - Unreal Engine 4 is a suite of integrated tools for game developers to design and build games, simulations, and visualizations.

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