Document directory
- Low Level
- High-Level
- Unknown
- Mathematics
- Physics
- Collision Detection:
Http://abattoir.wolfpaw.net/personal/gamelibs.php on the face of a variety of Library Classification, the content is as follows
Free game development libraries
Contents
- General purpose Libraries
- 3D graphics
- 2d graphics
- Video
- Image and font handling
- Sound + music
- Networking
- Model handling and character animation (3D)
- Filesystems, persistence, and Format Parsing
- Scripting languages ages
- Artificial Intelligence
- Mathematics, Physics and Collision Detection
- Debugging, Memory checks, general purpose, etc
- Other tools
General purpose Libraries
| Alchemist's game Library (2d game engine) |
(Free for non-commercial cial use) |
| Allegro |
(Giftware) |
| Basic game Library (docs in Spanish ?) |
Creative Commons |
| Dxgame (Visual Basic 6, 2D game engine/Toolkit) |
("100% free to use"), but check for details |
| IKA (generic gaming engine) |
('Free ') |
| Clanlib |
Lgpl |
| Crm32pro multimedia SDK |
(Free, with sub-Libraries under lgpl etc) |
| Devlib |
Lgpl |
| Game incubator |
Free |
| Glfw |
Zlib |
| Goblin 2D + Engine |
(Free for non‑cial, commercial licenses available for purchase) |
| Golden t game engine (Java) |
(Free to use, but requires credit) |
| Kjapi |
(Free for non ‑cial Projects) |
| Masi-CIX 2D sprite-based game platform |
(Free for non‑cial, negotiate for each cial) |
| Plib general purpose library. |
Lgpl |
| PopCap 2D library with extras. |
(PopCap License) |
| Proyecto dx_lib32 Spanish language. VB6. |
Free |
| PTK |
(Free for freeware, commercial license otherwise) |
| Realmforge (in C #) |
Lgpl |
| SDL |
Lgpl |
| SDL. net |
Lgpl |
| Sxdl 2D and 3D. |
GPL |
| The Tao framework (varous libs ported to. Net) |
(Various/MIT) |
3D graphics
| Antiryad GX |
(Various licenses depending on chosen usage, but free for freeware) |
| Apocalyx |
GPL |
| Artoolkit |
GPL (or other cial) |
| Axiom (ogre in C #) |
Lgpl |
| CG |
(Free) |
| Crystal Space |
Lgpl |
| Cube |
(Slightly modified zlib) |
| Delta3d |
Lgpl |
| Demeter terrain engine |
Lgpl |
| Exnihilo |
(Unknown) |
| Fly3d |
GPL |
| Ftgl (fonts in OpenGL) |
Lgpl |
| G3d |
BSD |
| Genesis3d |
(Similar to GPL) |
| Ghost (GLUT-like) |
(Dual license-BL and GPL |
| Graphics Library helper (like Glu) |
(Freeware) |
| Heretic/hexen |
(Free for non-profit use) |
| Interactive visualisation framework |
Lgpl |
| Irrlicht |
Zlib |
| Irrlichtnx |
(Probably zlib) |
| Mxr Toolkit |
GPL |
| The nebula Device |
(Free license) |
| Neoengine |
(MPL) |
| NGL (GLUT-like Framework) |
Lgpl |
| NVIDIA Scene Graph SDK |
(Free to use) |
| Ogre 3D |
Lgpl |
| Openglean |
MIT |
| Openglut |
MIT |
| Freeglut |
MIT |
| OpenGL window framework |
Zlib |
| Openscenegraph |
(Openscenegraph licence, like lgpl) |
| Opensg |
Lgpl |
| Panda 3D |
(Free) |
| Qhull |
(Free ?) |
| Quakeforge |
GPL |
| Xengine |
Zlib |
| Yake |
(Lgpl, custom licenses) |
2d graphics
| Crazy Eddie's GUI system |
Lgpl |
| Eclipse |
Lgpl |
| Endogine sprite engine (C #) |
("No restrictions on the use ") |
| Gamevision SDK |
(Unknown License) |
| HGE |
(Free for non-commercial cial, otherwise pay) |
| Hxrender-Docs here |
Zlib |
| Kyra lgpl |
| Managedgl (C #/. Net/SDL) |
Lgpl |
| Paragui (for SDL) |
Lgpl |
| Saq2d (C #) |
"Free to use for personal/commercial use" |
| Tinyptc (Open Source) |
| Libufo (GUI, for OpenGL etc) |
Lgpl |
| Zengine |
BSD |
Video
| Dirac |
(MPL) |
| FFmpeg |
(Open Source) |
| Theora |
('Bsd-like ') |
| Xvid |
GPL |
Image and font handling
| Bfont |
Lgpl |
| Bmf_font (Bitmap fonts in OpenGL) |
Lgpl |
| Cimg |
(Cecill License) |
| Corona |
Zlib |
| Cximage |
Zlib |
| Dedevil |
Lgpl |
| Freeimage |
(GPL, FIPL) |
| GFL SDK |
(Free for non-commercial cial use) |
| Glft_font |
Zlib |
| GTL (game texture loader) |
Zlib |
| Ijg (JPEG Library) |
(Free ?) |
| ImageMagick |
(APACHE-style License) |
| Libpng |
(Libpng License) |
| LibTIFF |
(Free ?) |
| Paintlib |
(Free, must give credit) |
| Sdl_image |
Lgpl |
| Sfont |
(Choose lgpl or GPL) |
| Titan |
Zlib |
Sound + music
| Audiere |
Lgpl |
| Bass |
(Free for freeware projects, otherwise policcial) |
| Fmod |
(Free for freeware projects, otherwise policcial) |
| Hekkus sound system |
(For wince/Win32/Symbian and. net.) (free use, but credit or donation required .) |
| Libsndfile |
Lgpl |
| Ogg Vorbis |
BSD-like |
| Openal |
(?) |
| Portaudio |
Essential free |
| Sdl_mixer (requires SDL) |
Lgpl |
| Sdl_sound (requires SDL) |
Lgpl |
Networking
Low Level
| Dyconnect |
Zlib |
| Enet |
Free use |
| Hawknl |
Lgpl |
| Libcurl (URL transfer) |
Curl license |
| Sdl_net |
Lgpl |
| Using gren. Library. Network (. NET/C #) |
Unspecified license-contact author |
High-Level
| Nevrax/Nel |
(GPL ?) |
| Openplay |
(Apple public source license) |
| Opentnl |
GPL, or commercial |
| Raknet |
GPL, or free by Application |
| Replicanet |
Free for freeware, otherwise policcial |
| Zoidcom |
Free for non‑cial, otherwise contact author |
Unknown
Model handling and character animation (3D)
| Animadead |
Lgpl |
| Cal3d |
Lgpl |
| Gpumesh |
(Free) |
| GNU Triangulated Surface Library |
Lgpl |
| Libase |
Lgpl |
| Lib3ds |
Lgpl |
Filesystems, persistence, and Format Parsing
| Bzip2 |
(Free) |
| Crypto ++ |
Free, but note possible crypto. Legal issues |
| Ezxml |
MIT |
| Libxml |
MIT |
| Lzma (7-zip compression) |
Lgpl or CPL |
| Lzo |
GPL |
| Physfs |
Zlib |
| Sdl_config |
Lgpl |
| SQLite |
(Public domain) |
| Tinyxml |
Zlib |
| Unrarlib |
Free for non-commercial cial, otherwise GPL |
| Ziparchive |
GPL, or pay for your cial license |
| Zipstream, bzip2stream (iostream wrappers for the zlib and Bzip2 libraries) |
Zlib |
| Zlib |
Zlib |
| Zziplib |
Lgpl/MPL |
Scripting languages ages
| Angelscript |
Zlib |
| Boo (reqs. Net/CLI) |
MIT/BSD style |
| CINT (C Interpreter) |
Free, Reg. Required for your cial use |
| Eosscript |
Lgpl |
| Gamemonkey |
MIT |
| Guile |
Modified GPL-almost lgpl |
| Io |
BSD |
| Javascript |
(Presumably Mozilla License) |
| Lua |
MIT |
| Perl |
Artistic license |
| TCL |
Free |
| Python |
Free |
| Ruby |
Ruby license |
| Small |
Zlib |
| Squirrel |
Zlib |
| VBScript |
'License at no charge' |
Artificial Intelligence
Todo: summarise these: http://www.gameai.com/toolkits.html
| Fear |
GPL, Other |
| Opensteer |
MIT |
| Pathlib |
(Old, mainly Czech) |
Mathematics, Physics and collision detectionmathematics
| Blitz ++ |
GPL or blitz artistic license) |
| Math3d ++ (vectors, quaternions) |
Free? |
| Mathgl ++ (matrices, vectors, quaternions, linear Polynomials with eigen systems) |
Lgpl |
| Mersenne Twister random number generator |
Free |
| Vmath (nxm Matrix Template Class) |
Free |
Physics
| Flatland (2d physics) |
BSD |
| Newton game dynamics |
Free, but must between Y creators |
| Novodex |
Free for non‑cial, contact for specified cial |
| Open Dynamics Engine (ODE) |
BSD |
| Open Dynamics framework |
Free for both between cial and non-commercial cial use |
| Opal |
BSD or lgpl-Please check |
| Physical |
(Free) |
| Plane2d (for ODE) |
Presumably BSD also |
| Tokamak |
Free |
| True axis |
Free for non-commercial cial use |
Collision Detection:
| Coldet |
Lgpl |
| Opcode |
Free usage |
| Rapid |
Free for non-commercial cial use |
| Solid |
Lgpl |
| V-collide |
Free for non-commercial cial use |
Debugging, Memory checks, general purpose, etc
| Boost (C ++ smart pointers, parsers, random numbers, quaternions, and more) |
Boost license |
| Chattering pixels libraries (memory, I/O, sorting, timers) |
Free for non‑cial use, specified ware and specified cial licenses also available |
| Electricfence |
GPL |
| Fluid studios Logger |
Free |
| Hans Boehm Garbage Collector for C ++ |
Free use, no warranty |
| The image debugger (Win32 image output) |
Free |
| Iprof ('a portable industrial-strength interactive profiler for C ++ and C .') |
Public Domain |
| Leaktracer |
Public Domain |
| Mmgr (Memory Manager/checker) |
Free |
| Ois (object-oriented input system) |
Zlib |
| Valgrind (Linux debugging and profiling tool) |
GPL |
Other tools
| Doxygen (Documentation generator) |
GPL |
| Innosetup (installer) |
Free |
| Naturaldocs (Documentation generator) (requires Perl 5.05 .) |
Free |
| NSIs (installer) |
Free |
| Synopsis (Documentation generator) |
Free |
| UPX (executable packer) |
Free |
Random...
| Gdal-geospatial data processing action Library |
MIT |
| Free game Library Collection-a collection of several free libraries. |
All MIT/zlib/BSD or similar |
