SFML alternatives and similar libraries

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mpv

9.6 9.5 L3 SFML VS mpv

🎥 Command line video player
QtAv

8.4 2.0 L1 SFML VS QtAv

A cross-platform multimedia framework based on Qt and FFmpeg(https://github.com/wang-bin/avbuild). High performance. User & developer friendly. Supports Android, iOS, Windows store and desktops. 基于Qt和FFmpeg的跨平台高性能音视频播放框架

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GStreamer

6.4 8.6 L2 SFML VS GStreamer

GStreamer open-source multimedia framework core library
SDL

5.2 9.2 L3 SFML VS SDL

DEPRECATED: Official development moved to GitHub
MediaInfoLib

4.3 7.1 SFML VS MediaInfoLib

Convenient unified display of the most relevant technical and tag data for video and audio files.
libVLC

3.6 - SFML VS libVLC

libVLC (VLC SDK) media framework. [GPL]
AvCpp

3.5 5.6 L1 SFML VS AvCpp

C++ wrapper for FFmpeg
CatraMMS

1.6 0.0 SFML VS CatraMMS

Media Management System: ingestion, processing, encoding, delivery, ...
LIVE555 Streaming Media

- SFML VS LIVE555 Streaming Media

Multimedia streaming library using open standard protocols (RTP/RTCP, RTSP, SIP). [LGPL]

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SFML — Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

SFML is a simple, fast, cross-platform and object-oriented multimedia API. It provides access to windowing, graphics, audio and network. It is written in C++, and has bindings for various languages such as C, .Net, Ruby, Python.

Authors

Laurent Gomila — main developer ([email protected])
Marco Antognini — OS X developer ([email protected])
Jonathan De Wachter — Android developer ([email protected])
Jan Haller ([email protected])
Stefan Schindler ([email protected])
Lukas Dürrenberger ([email protected])
binary1248 ([email protected])
Artur Moreira ([email protected])
Mario Liebisch ([email protected])
And many other members of the SFML community

Download

You can get the latest official release on SFML's website. You can also get the current development version from the Git repository.

Install

Follow the instructions of the tutorials, there is one for each platform/compiler that SFML supports.

Learn

There are several places to learn SFML:

Contribute

SFML is an open-source project, and it needs your help to go on growing and improving. If you want to get involved and suggest some additional features, file a bug report or submit a patch, please have a look at the contribution guidelines.