GLFW is an Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan application development. It provides a simple, platform-independent API for creating windows, contexts and surfaces, reading input, handling events, etc.

Introduction
GLFW is an Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan
application development. It provides a simple, platform-independent API for
creating windows, contexts and surfaces, reading input, handling events, etc.
GLFW natively supports Windows, macOS and Linux and other Unix-like systems. On
Linux both X11 and Wayland are supported.
GLFW is licensed under the zlib/libpng
license.
You can download the latest stable release
as source or Windows binaries, or fetch the latest branch from GitHub. Each
release starting with 3.0 also has a corresponding annotated
tag with source and binary archives.
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linux_debian_13-clang_22_libc++-static_O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:52:50 UTC (16:56:54 hours ago) |
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linux_debian_13-clang_22_libc++-O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:51:58 UTC (16:57:45 hours ago) |
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linux_debian_13-clang_22-O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:51:51 UTC (16:57:52 hours ago) |
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2026-08-11 15:50:58 UTC (16:58:45 hours ago) |
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linux_debian_13-clang_22_libc++ |
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2026-08-11 15:50:51 UTC (16:58:52 hours ago) |
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x86_64-apple-darwin23.5.0 |
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macos_14-clang_15.0-static_O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:47:10 UTC (17:02:33 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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macos_14-clang_15.0-O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:45:56 UTC (17:03:47 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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macos_14-clang_15.0 |
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2026-08-11 15:44:28 UTC (17:05:15 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++-static_O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:29:19 UTC (17:20:24 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++-O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:29:13 UTC (17:20:30 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18-O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:28:22 UTC (17:21:21 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++ |
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2026-08-11 15:28:20 UTC (17:21:23 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18-static_O3 |
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2026-08-11 15:27:32 UTC (17:22:11 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18 |
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2026-08-11 15:26:32 UTC (17:23:12 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_12-gcc_14-static_O3 |
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2026-08-11 14:32:27 UTC (18:17:17 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_12-gcc_14-ndebug_O3 |
| timestamp |
2026-08-11 14:31:41 UTC (18:18:03 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_12-gcc_14-O3 |
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2026-08-11 14:31:10 UTC (18:18:34 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_12-gcc_14 |
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2026-08-11 14:29:54 UTC (18:19:49 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_13-gcc_16-ndebug_O3 |
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2026-08-11 14:25:13 UTC (18:24:30 hours ago) |
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2026-08-11 14:24:36 UTC (18:25:07 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_13-gcc_16-O3 |
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2026-08-11 14:24:23 UTC (18:25:20 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_13-gcc_16 |
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2026-08-11 14:24:05 UTC (18:25:38 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_13-gcc_14-bindist |
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2026-08-11 13:49:57 UTC (18:59:46 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_13-clang_21 |
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2026-08-11 13:47:59 UTC (19:01:44 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_ubuntu_24.04-gcc_13-bindist |
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2026-08-11 13:47:09 UTC (19:02:35 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_13-clang_21_libc++ |
| timestamp |
2026-08-11 13:47:08 UTC (19:02:35 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_13-gcc_15-O3 |
| timestamp |
2026-08-11 13:46:07 UTC (19:03:37 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_13-gcc_15 |
| timestamp |
2026-08-11 13:45:29 UTC (19:04:14 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-apple-darwin22.5.0 |
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macos_13-clang_15.0 |
| timestamp |
2026-08-11 13:43:31 UTC (19:06:12 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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linux_debian_12-gcc_13 |
| timestamp |
2026-08-11 10:38:02 UTC (22:11:41 hours ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_fedora_43-gcc_15-bindist |
| timestamp |
2026-08-09 10:24:49 UTC (02 22:24:54 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.5 |
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windows_10-clang_21_msvc_18-static_O2 |
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2026-08-07 11:37:37 UTC (04 21:12:07 days ago) |
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windows_10-clang_21_msvc_18-O2 |
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2026-08-07 11:37:35 UTC (04 21:12:08 days ago) |
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windows_10-clang_21_msvc_18 |
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2026-08-07 11:37:15 UTC (04 21:12:28 days ago) |
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windows_10-gcc_15.2_mingw_w64-static_O2 |
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2026-08-04 11:54:04 UTC (07 20:55:40 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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windows_10-gcc_15.2_mingw_w64-O2 |
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2026-08-04 11:53:47 UTC (07 20:55:56 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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windows_10-gcc_15.2_mingw_w64 |
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2026-08-04 11:52:52 UTC (07 20:56:51 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_ubuntu_26.04-gcc_15-bindist |
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2026-08-04 11:52:44 UTC (07 20:57:00 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.5 |
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windows_10-msvc_18-static_O2 |
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2026-08-03 10:05:14 UTC (08 22:44:29 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.5 |
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windows_10-msvc_18-O2 |
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2026-08-03 10:05:07 UTC (08 22:44:36 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.5 |
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windows_10-msvc_18 |
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2026-08-03 10:04:49 UTC (08 22:44:54 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
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windows_10-msvc_17 |
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2026-08-02 10:05:23 UTC (09 22:44:20 days ago) |
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public-0.18.1 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_fedora_44-gcc_16-bindist |
| timestamp |
2026-07-31 10:23:25 UTC (11 22:26:18 days ago) |
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x86_64-apple-darwin23.5.0 |
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