GLEW: The OpenGL Extension Wrangler Library

Latest Release: 1.5.0

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Last Update: 12-27-07

# 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.

## Download Center

GLEW is distributed as source and precompiled binaries. The latest release is 1.5.0 [12-27-07]:

| Source |  | ZIP | TGZ |
| Binaries |  | Windows | Linux | OS X (AGL,GLX) |

An up-to-date copy is also available from the project repository:

`svn co https://glew.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/glew/trunk/glew glew`

## Supported Extensions

The latest release contains support for OpenGL 2.1 and the following extensions:

- OpenGL extensions
- WGL extensions
- GLX extensions

## News

- [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
- All About OpenGL Extensions
- OpenGL Extension Registry
- ATI OpenGL Extension Specifications
- APPLE OpenGL Extensions Guide
- NVIDIA OpenGL Extension Specifications