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

1.9.0

[08-06-12]:

Source

ZIP | 

TGZ

Binaries

Windows 32-bit | 

64-bit 

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

<tt>git clone git://glew.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/glew/glew</tt>

Supported Extensions

The latest release contains support for OpenGL 4.3 and the following extensions:

OpenGL extensions

WGL extensions

GLX extensions

News

[08-06-12] GLEW 1.9.0 adds support for OpenGL 4.3, new extensions

[07-17-12] GLEW 1.8.0 fixes minor bugs and adds new extensions

[08-26-11] GLEW 1.7.0 adds support for OpenGL 4.2, new extensions, fixes bugs

[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 support 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

APPLE OpenGL Extensions Guide

NVIDIA OpenGL Extension Specifications