Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) is a cross-platform software development library designed to provide a simple application programming interface (API) to various multimedia components in computers. It is written in C++ with bindings available for Ada, C, Crystal, D, Euphoria, Go, Java, Julia, .NET, Nim, OCaml, Python, Ruby, and Rust. Experimental mobile ports were made available for Android and iOS with the release of SFML 2.2.
SFML logo | |
| Original author(s) | Laurent Gomila, and others |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | SFML Team |
| Initial release | August 9, 2007 |
| Stable release | 2.6.1
/ November 4, 2023 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD |
| Type | API |
| License | zlib License |
| Website | www |
SFML handles creating and input to windows, and creating and managing OpenGL contexts. It also provides a graphics module for simple hardware acceleration of 2D computer graphics which includes text rendering using FreeType, an audio module that uses OpenAL and a networking module for basic Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and User Datagram Protocol (UDP) communication.
SFML is free and open-source software provided under the terms of the zlib/png license. It is available on Linux, macOS, Windows and FreeBSD. The first version v1.0 was released on 9 August 2007, and the latest version v2.6.1 was released on 4 November 2023.