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WebGL VS GLFW

Compare WebGL VS GLFW and see what are their differences

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WebGL logo WebGL

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

GLFW logo GLFW

GLFW is an Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan development on the...
  • WebGL Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-20
  • GLFW Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-03-22

WebGL videos

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WebGL + GPU = Amazing Results!

More videos:

  • Review - pearl boy webgl review
  • Review - Visualizations using SVG, Canvas, and WebGL in Vue with Chris Fritz

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

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to WebGL and GLFW)

WebGL

GLFW

Game Development
54 54%
Game Development
46% 46
Game Engine
52 52%
Game Engine
48% 48
3D Game Engine
51 51%
3D Game Engine
49% 49
Tool
100 100%
Tool
0% 0

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, GLFW 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.

WebGL mentions (0)

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

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: about 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing WebGL and GLFW, 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.

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

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

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

Microsoft DirectX - Describes how to obtain the latest version of DirectX to enable games and multimedia applications on your system.

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