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<h1 id="awesome-opengl-awesome">awesome-opengl <a
href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome"><img
src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg"
alt="Awesome" /></a></h1>
<p><a
href="https://www.opengl.org"><img src="https://rawgit.com/eug/awesome-opengl/master/opengl-logo.svg" align="right" width="140"></a></p>
<p>A curated list of awesome OpenGL libraries, debuggers and
resources.</p>
<h2 id="contents">Contents</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#articles">Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="#books">Books</a></li>
<li><a href="#debug">Debug</a></li>
<li><a href="#glsl-editors">GLSL Editors</a></li>
<li><a href="#libraries">Libraries</a></li>
<li><a href="#profile-loaders">Profile Loaders</a></li>
<li><a href="#references">References</a></li>
<li><a href="#talks">Talks</a></li>
<li><a href="#videos">Videos</a></li>
<li><a href="#websites">Websites</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="articles">Articles</h2>
<p><em>OpenGL articles (non-tutorials)</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/LWJGL/lwjgl3-wiki/wiki/2.6.1.-Ray-tracing-with-OpenGL-Compute-Shaders-%28Part-I%29">(2014)
Ray tracing with OpenGL Compute Shaders</a> by <strong>Kai
Burjack</strong> - Detailed tutorial series about ray tracing using
OpenGL (LWJGL).</li>
<li><a
href="http://richg42.blogspot.com.au/2014/05/things-that-drive-me-nuts-about-opengl.html">(2014)
Things that drive me nuts about OpenGL</a> by <strong>Rich
Geldreich</strong> - Constructive (or not) criticism of GL API.</li>
<li><a
href="https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/a-trip-through-the-graphics-pipeline-2011-index">(2011)
A trip through the graphics pipeline</a> by <strong>Fabian
Giesen</strong> - Comprehensive and rich series about the D3D/OpenGL
graphics pipeline.</li>
<li><a
href="http://duriansoftware.com/joe/An-intro-to-modern-OpenGL.-Chapter-1:-The-Graphics-Pipeline.html">(2010)
What is OpenGL?</a> by <strong>Joe Groff</strong> - Brief introduction
to the building blocks of OpenGL.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="books">Books</h2>
<p><em>Popular books about OpenGL</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1558603875">A Trip Down the
Graphics Pipeline</a> by <strong>Jim Blinn</strong> - Popular book that
contains wealth information about the graphics pipeline, and of the best
sources to learn the core concepts of Computer Graphics.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321399528">Computer Graphics</a>
by <strong>John F. Hughes, et al.</strong> - Computer Graphics is indeed
a must for anyone being involved in the design and implementation of
Computer Graphics algorithms. However, this is not a OpenGL focused
book, but contains valuable demonstrations of the technology.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0132545233">Interactive Computer
Graphics</a> by <strong>Edward Angel and Dave Shreiner</strong> - It
provides several examples using OpenGL and it covers several aspects at
once, but if you are trying to learn OpenGL on your own you might not
find this helpful.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321933885">OpenGL ES 3.0
Programming Guide</a> by <strong>Dan Ginsburg, et al.</strong> - It
presents all the necessary information to use the OpenGL ES 3.0 API in a
clear manner.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1439893764">OpenGL Insights</a> by
<strong>Patrick Cozzi, Christophe Riccio</strong> - Rich and
comprehensive resource to learn techniques and tips, covering several
advanced topics of OpenGL.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321773039">OpenGL Programming
Guide</a> by <strong>Dave Shreiner, et al.</strong> - It does a good job
covering the basics and providing clear reference of the API.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321637631">OpenGL Shading
Language</a> by <strong>Randi J. Rost, et al.</strong> - Very clear and
well written book about Shading Language. Also, it provides several
explanations of writing shaders.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0321712617">OpenGL SuperBible</a>
by <strong>Richard S. Wright, et al.</strong> - It covers the basic
concepts of computer graphics and provides clear examples using OpenGL.
Definitely, it is a must for beginners.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1568814240">Real-Time
Rendering</a> by <strong>Tomas Akenine-Moller, Eric Haines and Naty
Hoffman</strong> - It does a good job at explaining concepts for game
engine, basis for game client programming as well as the necessary
knowledge for understanding DirectX and OpenGL.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="debug">Debug</h2>
<p><em>Debugging and profiling libraries</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://apitrace.github.io">apitrace</a> - Tools for tracing
OpenGL, Direct3D, and other graphics APIs.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/GPUOpen-Tools/CodeXL">CodeXL</a> - AMD’s
tool suite that includes debugger, profiler and frame/shader
analysis.</li>
<li><a href="http://glsl-debugger.github.io">GL-SL Debugger</a> - Tool
for debugging OpenGL programs.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/dtrebilco/glintercept">GLIntercept</a> -
OpenGL function call interceptor for Windows.</li>
<li><a href="https://software.intel.com/en-us/gpa">Intel-GPA</a> -
Intel’s OpenGL Graphics Performance Analyzer.</li>
<li><a
href="https://developer.nvidia.com/nvidia-nsight-visual-studio-edition">NVIDIA®
Nsight™</a> - Development platform for graphics applications.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/baldurk/renderdoc">RenderDoc</a> -
RenderDoc is a stand-alone graphics debugging tool.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/wolfpld/tracy">tracy</a> - A real time
remote telemetry frame profiler for games and other applications.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ValveSoftware/vogl">vogl</a> - OpenGL
capture and playback debugger developed by Valve.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="glsl-editors">GLSL Editors</h2>
<p><em>Online GLSL Editors</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://glslsandbox.com">GLSL Sandbox</a> - Online live
editor for fragment shaders.</li>
<li><a href="http://glslb.in">GLSLbin</a> - Fragment shader sandbox
supporting <a
href="https://github.com/stackgl/glslify">glslify</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://shdr.bkcore.com">SHDR Editor</a> - Live GLSL shader
editor, viewer and validator.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.shadertoy.com">Shader Toy</a> - Most popular
live editor for fragment shaders.</li>
<li><a href="http://shaderfrog.com/">ShaderFrog</a> - WebGL Shader
Editor and Composer</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="libraries">Libraries</h2>
<p><em>Useful libraries for OpenGL applications</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/assimp/assimp">assimp</a> - Portable
library to import 3D models in a uniform manner.</li>
<li><a href="http://bulletphysics.org/wordpress">Bullet</a> - It
provides state of the art collision detection, soft body and rigid body
dynamics.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.fltk.org/">fltk</a> - C++ Toolkit to generate
UI widgets portably. <a
href="https://www.fltk.org/COPYING.php">LGPLv2</a></li>
<li><a href="http://freeglut.sourceforge.net">freeGLUT</a> - Mature
library that allows to create/manage windows containing OpenGL
contexts.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.glfw.org">GLFW</a> - Modern library for
creating/interact windows with OpenGL contexts.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/brackeen/glfm">GLFM</a> - Supplies an
OpenGL ES context and input events for mobile devices and the web.</li>
<li><a href="http://glm.g-truc.net/0.9.6/index.html">glm</a> -
Mathematics library for graphics software based on the GLSL
specifications.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mosra/magnum">Magnum</a> - It is a 2D/3D
graphics engine for modern OpenGL.</li>
<li><a href="http://google.github.io/mathfu/">MathFu</a> - C++ math
library developed primarily for games focused on simplicity and
efficiency.</li>
<li><a href="http://newtondynamics.com/forum/newton.php">Newton</a> - It
is a cross-platform life-like physics.</li>
<li><a href="http://oglplus.org">OGLplus</a> - Collection of libraries
which implement an object-oriented facade over OpenGL.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.libsdl.org">SDL</a> - Designed to provide low
level access to multimedia and graphics hardware.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.sfml-dev.org">SFML</a> - Simple interface to
ease the development of games and multimedia applications.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.lonesock.net/soil.html">SOIL</a> - Tiny C
library used primarily for uploading textures into OpenGL. (see <a
href="https://bitbucket.org/SpartanJ/soil2">SOIL2</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/stevenlovegrove/Pangolin">Pangolin</a> -
Lightweight portable rapid development library for managing OpenGL
display / interaction and abstracting video input.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/ABRG-Models/morphologica">morphologica</a> -
OpenGL graphics engine for data visualization, especially of numerical
simulations.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/raysan5/raylib">raylib</a> - A simple
and easy-to-use library to enjoy videogames programming.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="profile-loaders">Profile Loaders</h2>
<p><em>Profile loaders for OpenGL</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/skaslev/gl3w">gl3w</a> - Simple OpenGL
core profile loader.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Dav1dde/glad">glad</a> - Multi profile
loader-generator based on the official specs.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/nnesse/glbindify">glbindify</a> -
Command line tool to generate C bindings for OpenGL, wgl, and glX.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/cginternals/glbinding">glbinding</a> -
Profile loader leveraging C++11 features to provide type safety.</li>
<li><a href="http://glew.sourceforge.net">GLEW</a> - Mature
cross-platform library to load OpenGL extensions.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="references">References</h2>
<p><em>OpenGL references</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://docs.gl">docs.GL</a> - It is an alternative
documentation for OpenGL.</li>
<li><a
href="http://web.eecs.umich.edu/~sugih/courses/eecs487/common/notes/APITables.xml">OpenGL
API Tables</a> - Quick reference of API’s for several OpenGL and GLSL
versions.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.khronos.org/files/opengl43-quick-reference-card.pdf">OpenGL
Cheat Sheet</a> - Quick reference card of OpenGL 4.3 commands and
syntax.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.opengl.org/sdk/docs">OpenGL Docs</a> - Official
documentation website.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.opengl.org/wiki/Main_Page">OpenGL Wiki</a> -
Official OpenGL wiki.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="talks">Talks</h2>
<p><em>OpenGL related talks</em> * <a
href="http://gdcvault.com/play/1020791/">Approaching Zero Driver
Overhead in OpenGL</a> - <a
href="http://www.slideshare.net/CassEveritt/approaching-zero-driver-overhead">Slides</a>
- <a
href="https://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/21mbo8/we_are_the_authors_of_approaching_zero_driver">AMA
Reddit</a> by <strong>Cass Everitt, Tim Foley, John McDonald, Graham
Sellers</strong> [1:15:54] * <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bCeNzgiJ8I">How Modern OpenGL Can
Radically Reduce Driver Overhead</a> by <strong>Cass Everitt, John
McDonald</strong> [51:13] * <a
href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45O7WTc6k2Y">Moving Your Games to
OpenGL</a> by <strong>Rich Geldreich, Dan Ginsburg, Peter Lohrmann,
Jason Mitchell</strong> [54:45]</p>
<h2 id="videos">Videos</h2>
<p><em>OpenGL video tutorials</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRwVmtr-pp06qT6ckboaOhnm9FxmzHpbY">Jamie
King</a> - Comprehensive tutorials about modern OpenGL and Qt.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSPw4ASQYyymu3PfG9gxywSPghnSMiOAW">MakingGamesWithBen</a>
- Video tutorials (step-by-step) about OpenGL and game development.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ACMSIGGRAPH/playlists">SIGGRAPH</a> -
Popular conference about computer graphics.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlrATfBNZ98foTJPJ_Ev03o2oq3-GGOS2">TheChernoProject</a>
- Introduction to OpenGL in C++</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/user/thebennybox/playlists">thebennybox</a>
- Videos tutorials about OpenGL and game development.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/user/ThinMatrix/playlists">ThinMatrix</a>
- Video tutorials about OpenGL and game development using Java.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQVvvaa0QuDdfGpqjkEJSeWKGCP31__wD">sentdex</a>
- Videos tutorials about OpenGL (immediate mode) using Python.</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRtjMdoYXLf6zUMDJVRZYV-6g6n62vet8">Sonar
Systems</a> - Learn about the new and modern OpenGL 3.0+.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="websites">Websites</h2>
<p><em>OpenGL tutorial websites</em></p>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/lettier/3d-game-shaders-for-beginners">3D Game
Shaders For Beginners</a> by <strong>David Lettier</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://learnopengl.com">Learn OpenGL</a> by <strong>Joey
de Vries</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://bitbucket.org/alfonse/gltut/wiki/Home">Learning
Modern 3D Graphics Programming</a> by <strong>Jason L.
McKesson</strong></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.lighthouse3d.com/tutorials/glsl-core-tutorial">Light
House 3D</a> by <strong>Light House 3D</strong></li>
<li><a
href="http://www.tomdalling.com/blog/category/modern-opengl">Modern
OpenGL</a> by <strong>Tom Dalling</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/McNopper/OpenGL">OpenGL Examples</a> by
<strong>Norbert Nopper</strong></li>
<li><a href="http://ogldev.atspace.co.uk">OpenGL Step by Step</a> by
<strong>Etay Meiri</strong></li>
<li><a href="https://open.gl">OpenGL Tutorial</a> by <strong>Alexander
Overvoorde</strong></li>
<li><a href="http://antongerdelan.net/opengl/index.html">OpenGL
Tutorial</a> by <strong>Anton Gerdelan</strong></li>
<li><a href="http://www.opengl-tutorial.org">OpenGL Tutorial</a> by
<strong>Bonder Wu</strong></li>
<li><a href="http://www.songho.ca/opengl">OpenGL Tutorial</a> by
<strong>Song Ho Ahn</strong></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="related-lists">Related lists</h2>
<p><em>Similar awesome lists</em> * <a
href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome">awesome</a> - A curated
list of awesome lists. * <a
href="https://github.com/jbhuang0604/awesome-computer-vision">awesome-computer-vision</a>
- A curated list of awesome computer vision resources. * <a
href="https://github.com/sjfricke/awesome-webgl">awesome-webgl</a> - A
curated list of awesome WebGL libraries, resources and much more. * <a
href="https://github.com/vinjn/awesome-vulkan">awesome-vulkan</a> - A
curated list of awesome Vulkan projects and ecosystem. * <a
href="https://github.com/ellisonleao/magictools">gamedev</a> - A awesome
list about game development. * <a
href="https://github.com/mattdesl/graphics-resources">graphics-resources</a>
- A list of graphic programming resources.</p>
<h2 id="license">License</h2>
<p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img
src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png"
alt="Creative Commons License" /></a></p>
<p>This work is licensed under a <a
href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 International License</a>.</p>
<h2 id="contributing">Contributing</h2>
<p>Please see <a
href="https://github.com/eug/awesome-opengl/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md">CONTRIBUTING</a>
for details.</p>
<p><a href="https://github.com/eug/awesome-opengl">opengl.md
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