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SFML VS Microsoft DirectX

Compare SFML VS Microsoft DirectX 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.

Microsoft DirectX logo Microsoft DirectX

Describes how to obtain the latest version of DirectX to enable games and multimedia applications on your system.
  • SFML Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-09-29
  • Microsoft DirectX Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-12

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)

Microsoft DirectX videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to SFML and Microsoft DirectX)

SFML

Microsoft DirectX

Game Engine
70 70%
Game Engine
30% 30
Game Development
69 69%
Game Development
31% 31
3D Game Engine
66 66%
3D Game Engine
34% 34
Tool
64 64%
Tool
36% 36

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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

Microsoft DirectX mentions (0)

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

What are some alternatives?

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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