GLEW: The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library

Latest Release: 2.1.0
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Last Update: 07-31-17
| # The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library (GLEW) is a cross-platform open-source C/C++ extension loading library. GLEW provides efficient run-time mechanisms for determining which OpenGL extensions are supported on the target platform. OpenGL core and extension functionality is exposed in a single header file. GLEW has been tested on a variety of operating systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, Irix, and Solaris. ## Downloads GLEW is distributed as source and precompiled binaries. The latest release is 2.1.0[07-31-17]:
| Source |  | ZIP | TGZ |
| Binaries |  | Windows 32-bit and 64-bit |
An up-to-date copy is also available using git: github `git clone https://github.com/nigels-com/glew.git glew` ## Supported Extensions The latest release contains support for OpenGL 4.6, compatibility and forward-compatible contexts and the following extensions: OpenGL extensions WGL extensions GLX extensions ## News [07-31-17] GLEW 2.1.0 adds support for OpenGL 4.6, new extensions and minor bug fixes [07-24-16] GLEW 2.0.0 adds support for forward-compatible contexts, adds new extensions, OSMesa and EGL support, MX discontinued and minor bug fixes [08-10-15] GLEW 1.13.0 adds support for new extensions, fixes minor bugs [26-01-15] GLEW 1.12.0 fixes minor bugs and adds new extensions [08-11-14] GLEW 1.11.0 adds support for OpenGL 4.5, new extensions [07-22-13] GLEW 1.10.0 adds support for OpenGL 4.4, new extensions [08-06-12] GLEW 1.9.0 adds support for OpenGL 4.3, new extensions [07-17-12] GLEW 1.8.0 fixes minor bugs and adds new extensions [08-26-11] GLEW 1.7.0 adds support for OpenGL 4.2, new extensions, fixes bugs [04-27-11] GLEW 1.6.0 fixes minor bugs and adds eight new extensions [01-31-11] GLEW 1.5.8 fixes minor bugs and adds two new extensions [11-03-10] GLEW 1.5.7 fixes minor bugs and adds one new extension [09-07-10] GLEW 1.5.6 adds support for OpenGL 4.1, fixes bugs [07-13-10] GLEW 1.5.5 fixes minor bugs and adds new extensions [04-21-10] GLEW 1.5.4 adds support for OpenGL 3.3, OpenGL 4.0 and new extensions, fixes bugs [02-28-10] GLEW 1.5.3 fixes minor bugs and adds three new extensions [12-31-09] GLEW 1.5.2 adds support for OpenGL 3.1, OpenGL 3.2 and new extensions [11-03-08] GLEW 1.5.1 adds support for OpenGL 3.0 and 31 new extensions [12-27-07] GLEW 1.5.0 is released under less restrictive licenses [04-27-07] GLEW 1.4.0 is released [03-08-07] GLEW is included in the NVIDIA OpenGL SDK [03-04-07] GLEW 1.3.6 is released [02-28-07] Repository is migrated to SVN [02-25-07] GLEW is included in the OpenGL SDK [11-21-06] GLEW 1.3.5 adds OpenGL 2.1 and NVIDIA G80 extensions [03-04-06] GLEW 1.3.4 adds support for five new extensions [05-16-05] GLEW 1.3.3 is released [03-16-05] GLEW 1.3.2 adds support for GL_APPLE_pixel_buffer [02-11-05] gljava and sdljava provide a Java binding to OpenGL via GLEW [02-02-05] GLEW 1.3.1 adds support for GL_EXT_framebuffer_object [01-04-05] GLEW 1.3.0 adds core OpenGL 2.0 support plus many enhancements [12-22-04] GLEWpy Python wrapper announced [12-12-04] Mailing lists created on sourceforge [12-06-04] GLEW 1.2.5 adds new extensions and support for FreeBSD ## Links OpenGL Software Development Kit OpenGL Extension Registry OpenGL Wiki: Extensions NVIDIA OpenGL Extension Specifications Apple OpenGL Extensions Guide