Microsoft DirectX Alternatives

OpenGL

OpenGL is the premier environment for developing portable, interactive 2D and 3D graphics applications. Since its introduction in 1992, OpenGL has become the...

Features:

• Cross-platform
• Simulation

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...

SDL

Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D...

Features:

• Drawing 2D
• Extensible window manager
• Gaming
• Library

WebGL

WebGL is a cross-platform, royalty-free web standard for a low-level 3D graphics API based on OpenGL ES 2.0, exposed through the HTML5 Canvas element as Document Object...

Features:

• 3D Motion Graphics
• OPENGL

Allegro

Allegro 4 and Allegro 5 are cross-platform, libraries mainly aimed at video game and multimedia programming. They handle common, low-level tasks such as creating...

GLFW

GLFW is an Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan development on the desktop. It provides a simple API for creating windows, contexts and...

Features:

• Library
• Support for Multiple Monitors
• OPENGL

GDI

GDI++.dll is a replacement for the Windows default font rasterizer, which gives you a better font-smoothing capability, just like Mac OS X. Note: It runs as a...

PyOpenGL

Python bindings for OpenGL API.

Features:

• Api
• Cross-platform
• Gaming
• Library
• OPENGL
• Python

CrossBrowdy

Multimedia JavaScript framework to create real cross-platform and hybrid game engines, games, emulators, multimedia libraries and apps.

Features:

• Cross-platform
• Gaming
• Progressive Web App

Crystal Space

Crystal Space is a mature, full-featured Software Development Kit (SDK) providing real-time 3D graphics for applications such as games and virtual reality. It is free...

Features:

• Gaming
• Games library