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 1.6.0 [04-27-11]:

Source ZIP |  TGZ Binaries Windows 32-bit |  64-bit

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

git clone git://glew.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/glew/glew

Supported Extensions

The latest release contains support for OpenGL 3.3, OpenGL 4.1 and the following extensions:

• OpenGL extensions
• WGL extensions
• GLX extensions

News

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