Public Domain Image Writer
stb
single-file public domain (or MIT licensed) libraries for C/C++
Noteworthy:
Most libraries by stb, except: stb_dxt by Fabian "ryg" Giesen, stb_image_resize
by Jorge L. "VinoBS" Rodriguez, and stb_sprintf by Jeff Roberts.
| library |
lastest version |
category |
LoC |
description |
| stb_vorbis.c |
1.20 |
audio |
5563 |
decode ogg vorbis files from file/memory to float/16-bit signed output |
| stb_image.h |
2.26 |
graphics |
7762 |
image loading/decoding from file/memory: JPG, PNG, TGA, BMP, PSD, GIF, HDR, PIC |
| stb_truetype.h |
1.24 |
graphics |
5011 |
parse, decode, and rasterize characters from truetype fonts |
| stb_image_write.h |
1.15 |
graphics |
1690 |
image writing to disk: PNG, TGA, BMP |
| stb_image_resize.h |
0.96 |
graphics |
2631 |
resize images larger/smaller with good quality |
| stb_rect_pack.h |
1.00 |
graphics |
628 |
simple 2D rectangle packer with decent quality |
| stb_ds.h |
0.65 |
utility |
1880 |
typesafe dynamic array and hash tables for C, will compile in C++ |
| stb_sprintf.h |
1.09 |
utility |
1879 |
fast sprintf, snprintf for C/C++ |
| stretchy_buffer.h |
1.04 |
utility |
263 |
typesafe dynamic array for C (i.e. approximation to vector<>), doesn't compile as C++ |
| stb_textedit.h |
1.13 |
user interface |
1404 |
guts of a text editor for games etc implementing them from scratch |
| stb_voxel_render.h |
0.89 |
3D graphics |
3807 |
Minecraft-esque voxel rendering "engine" with many more features |
| stb_dxt.h |
1.10 |
3D graphics |
753 |
Fabian "ryg" Giesen's real-time DXT compressor |
| stb_perlin.h |
0.5 |
3D graphics |
428 |
revised Perlin noise (3D input, 1D output) |
| stb_easy_font.h |
1.1 |
3D graphics |
305 |
quick-and-dirty easy-to-deploy bitmap font for printing frame rate, etc |
| stb_tilemap_editor.h |
0.41 |
game dev |
4161 |
embeddable tilemap editor |
| stb_herringbone_wa... |
0.7 |
game dev |
1221 |
herringbone Wang tile map generator |
| stb_c_lexer.h |
0.11 |
parsing |
966 |
simplify writing parsers for C-like languages |
| stb_divide.h |
0.93 |
math |
430 |
more useful 32-bit modulus e.g. "euclidean divide" |
| stb_connected_comp... |
0.96 |
misc |
1049 |
incrementally compute reachability on grids |
| stb.h |
2.37 |
misc |
14454 |
helper functions for C, mostly redundant in C++; basically author's personal stuff |
| stb_leakcheck.h |
0.6 |
misc |
194 |
quick-and-dirty malloc/free leak-checking |
| stb_include.h |
0.02 |
misc |
295 |
implement recursive #include support, particularly for GLSL |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++-static_O3 |
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public-0.17.0 |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++ |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 12:18:30 UTC (03:32:26 hours ago) |
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public-0.17.0 |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++-O3 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 12:16:35 UTC (03:34:21 hours ago) |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
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| timestamp |
2026-03-20 12:14:46 UTC (03:36:09 hours ago) |
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public-0.17.0 |
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linux_debian_12-clang_18 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 12:12:56 UTC (03:38:00 hours ago) |
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public-0.17.0 |
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2026-03-20 12:10:49 UTC (03:40:06 hours ago) |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_12-gcc_14-ndebug_O3 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 09:18:24 UTC (06:32:31 hours ago) |
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| timestamp |
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x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
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| timestamp |
2026-03-20 06:43:57 UTC (09:06:58 hours ago) |
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| timestamp |
2026-03-20 06:32:41 UTC (09:18:14 hours ago) |
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windows_10-clang_18_llvm_msvc_17.10 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 06:30:53 UTC (09:20:03 hours ago) |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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| timestamp |
2026-03-20 06:08:35 UTC (09:42:20 hours ago) |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_ubuntu_24.04-gcc_13-bindist |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 06:07:32 UTC (09:43:23 hours ago) |
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public-0.17.0 |
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x86_64-w64-mingw32 |
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windows_10-gcc_13.2_mingw_w64-O2 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 05:55:34 UTC (09:55:21 hours ago) |
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public-0.17.0 |
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x86_64-w64-mingw32 |
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windows_10-gcc_13.2_mingw_w64-static_O2 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 05:55:04 UTC (09:55:52 hours ago) |
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x86_64-w64-mingw32 |
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windows_10-gcc_13.2_mingw_w64 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-20 05:51:03 UTC (09:59:52 hours ago) |
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public-0.17.0 |
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x86_64-freebsd14.1 |
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freebsd_14-clang_18-static_O3 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-19 13:41:17 UTC (01 02:09:39 days ago) |
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| timestamp |
2026-03-19 13:40:21 UTC (01 02:10:35 days ago) |
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public-0.17.0 |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_debian_12-clang_17_libc++ |
| timestamp |
2026-03-19 13:36:32 UTC (01 02:14:24 days ago) |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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2026-03-19 13:35:37 UTC (01 02:15:19 days ago) |
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x86_64-linux-gnu |
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linux_fedora_40-gcc_14-bindist |
| timestamp |
2026-03-18 10:36:15 UTC (02 05:14:41 days ago) |
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public-0.17.0 |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-gcc_13 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-16 10:31:49 UTC (04 05:19:06 days ago) |
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| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-gcc_14-static_O3 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-13 08:31:17 UTC (07 07:19:38 days ago) |
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success | log | rebuild |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
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aarch64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-gcc_14-ndebug_O3 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-13 08:30:39 UTC (07 07:20:17 days ago) |
| result |
success | log | rebuild |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
aarch64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-gcc_14-O3 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-13 08:13:27 UTC (07 07:37:29 days ago) |
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success | log | rebuild |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
aarch64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-gcc_14 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-13 08:10:35 UTC (07 07:40:20 days ago) |
| result |
success | log | rebuild |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
| tgt config |
windows_10-msvc_17.10-static_O2 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-07 23:15:33 UTC (12 16:35:23 days ago) |
| result |
success | log | rebuild |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
| tgt config |
windows_10-msvc_17.10-O2 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-07 23:15:09 UTC (12 16:35:46 days ago) |
| result |
success | log | rebuild |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
| tgt config |
windows_10-msvc_17.10 |
| timestamp |
2026-03-07 23:13:39 UTC (12 16:37:17 days ago) |
| result |
success | log | rebuild |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
aarch64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-clang_17 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
aarch64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-clang_17_libc++ |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-clang_18 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-clang_18-O3 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-clang_18-static_O3 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++ |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++-O3 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_debian_12-clang_18_libc++-static_O3 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-linux-gnu |
| tgt config |
linux_fedora_39-gcc_13-bindist |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-apple-darwin22.5.0 |
| tgt config |
macos_13-clang_15.0 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-apple-darwin23.5.0 |
| tgt config |
macos_14-clang_15.0 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-apple-darwin23.5.0 |
| tgt config |
macos_14-clang_15.0-O3 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-apple-darwin23.5.0 |
| tgt config |
macos_14-clang_15.0-static_O3 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-apple-darwin23.5.0 |
| tgt config |
macos_14-gcc_14_homebrew |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-apple-darwin23.5.0 |
| tgt config |
macos_14-gcc_14_homebrew-O3 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-apple-darwin23.5.0 |
| tgt config |
macos_14-gcc_14_homebrew-static_O3 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
| tgt config |
windows_10-clang_17_msvc_msvc_17.10 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
| tgt config |
windows_10-msvc_17.8 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
| tgt config |
windows_10-msvc_17.8-O2 |
| result |
unbuilt |
| toolchain |
public-0.17.0 |
| target |
x86_64-microsoft-win32-msvc14.3 |
| tgt config |
windows_10-msvc_17.8-static_O2 |
| result |
unbuilt |