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OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library

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Written in
  
C

Website
  
glew.sourceforge.net

Platform
  
Cross-platform

Initial release
  
12 December 2002 (2002-12-12)

Stable release
  
2.0.0 / 24 July 2016; 7 months ago (2016-07-24)

License
  
Modified BSD licenses / GNU GPL

The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW) is a cross-platform C/C++ library that helps in querying and loading OpenGL extensions. GLEW provides efficient run-time mechanisms for determining which OpenGL extensions are supported on the target platform. All OpenGL extensions are exposed in a single header file, which is machine-generated from the official extension list. GLEW is available for a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, IRIX, and Solaris.

GLEW is distributed under modified BSD licenses, and the header file generator is under the GNU GPL.

References

OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library Wikipedia