@mainpage notitle @section main_intro Introduction GLFW is a free, Open Source, multi-platform library for OpenGL, OpenGL ES and Vulkan application development. It provides a simple, platform-independent API for creating windows, contexts and surfaces, reading input, handling events, etc. @ref news_34 list new features, caveats and deprecations. @ref quick_guide is a guide for users new to GLFW. It takes you through how to write a small but complete program. There are guides for each section of the API: - @ref intro_guide – initialization, error handling and high-level design - @ref window_guide – creating and working with windows and framebuffers - @ref context_guide – working with OpenGL and OpenGL ES contexts - @ref vulkan_guide - working with Vulkan objects and extensions - @ref monitor_guide – enumerating and working with monitors and video modes - @ref input_guide – receiving events, polling and processing input Once you have written a program, see @ref compile_guide and @ref build_guide. The [reference documentation](modules.html) provides more detailed information about specific functions. @ref moving_guide explains what has changed and how to update existing code to use the new API. There is a section on @ref guarantees_limitations for pointer lifetimes, reentrancy, thread safety, event order and backward and forward compatibility. The [FAQ](https://www.glfw.org/faq.html) answers many common questions about the design, implementation and use of GLFW. Finally, @ref compat_guide explains what APIs, standards and protocols GLFW uses and what happens when they are not present on a given machine. This documentation was generated with Doxygen. The sources for it are available in both the [source distribution](https://www.glfw.org/download.html) and [GitHub repository](https://github.com/glfw/glfw).