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OpenGL is the premier environment for developing portable, interactive 2D and 3D graphics...

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Best OpenGL Alternatives & Competitors in 2025

The best OpenGL alternatives based on verified products, community votes, reviews and other factors.
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    Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level...

    Open Source

    /sdl-alternatives
  2. 13

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

    /unreal-engine-alternatives
  3. 16

    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.

    Open Source

    /vulkan-alternatives
  4. 12

    The multiplatform game creation tools for everyone.

    Open Source

    /unity-alternatives
  5. 13

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

    Open Source

    /godot-engine-alternatives
  6. 12

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

    Open Source

    /glfw-alternatives
  7. Cross-platform, open-source game development library in C.

    Open Source

    /raylib-alternatives
  8. 16

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

    /webgl-alternatives
  9. 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.

    Open Source

    /sfml-alternatives
  10. 10

    Apple's low-level, hardware-accelerated 3D graphic and compute shader API.

    /metal-alternatives
  11. The most powerful game development platform is now available to everyone. Full engine source code.

    Open Source

    /cryengine-alternatives
  12. Pygame is a set of Python modules designed for writing games.

    /pygame-alternatives
  13. 11

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

    /allegro-alternatives
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