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Last Update: 12-27-07
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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.

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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) | Irix | Solaris

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:

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