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Simple and Fast Multimedia Library
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<p>Simple and Fast Multimedia Library (SFML) is a <a href="/facts/Cross-platform/16zqdvNR">cross-platform</a> software development <a href="/facts/Library_(computing)/xRzL3P7q">library</a> designed to provide a simple <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">application programming interface</a> (API) to various multimedia components in computers. It is written in <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a> with <a href="/facts/Language_binding/V5HW4Wr4"> bindings</a> available for <a href="/facts/Ada_(programming_language)/Y2yHel4l">Ada</a>, <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a>, <a href="/facts/Crystal_(programming_language)/1JgGPFdm">Crystal</a>, <a href="/facts/D_(programming_language)/4qIzRjkF">D</a>, <a href="/facts/Euphoria_(programming_language)/d4dg4dzz">Euphoria</a>, <a href="/facts/Go_(programming_language)/oWlsmAFJ">Go</a>, <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>, <a href="/facts/Julia_(programming_language)/AoB0PJ9C">Julia</a>, <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework/J6QDAUhP">.NET</a>, <a href="/facts/Nim_(programming_language)/KBmz14Ek">Nim</a>, <a href="/facts/OCaml/ThBGLND8">OCaml</a>, <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python</a>, <a href="/facts/Ruby_(programming_language)/BeYSaPSR">Ruby</a>, <a href="/facts/Rust_(programming_language)/8JNMV19F">Rust</a>, <a href="/facts/Node.js/FKzhV4Qa">Node.js</a>, <a href="https://www.beeflang.org/">Beef</a> and <a href="https://github.com/shehryar49/zuko">Zuko</a>. Experimental mobile ports were made available for <a href="/facts/Android_(operating_system)/nNyHb0xz">Android</a> and <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a> with the release of SFML 2.2. </p><p>SFML handles creating and input to <a href="/facts/Window_(computing)/g39X0vV3">windows</a>, and creating and managing <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a> contexts. It also provides a graphics module for simple <a href="/facts/Hardware_acceleration/ej5sM7hB">hardware acceleration</a> of <a href="/facts/2D_computer_graphics/j6dBxDpX">2D computer graphics</a> which includes text rendering using <a href="/facts/FreeType/tCw3bSxv">FreeType</a>, an audio module that uses <a href="/facts/OpenAL/dM93Da1W">OpenAL</a>, replaced by <a href="https://github.com/mackron/miniaudio">miniaudio</a> as of v3.0.0, and a networking module for basic <a href="/facts/Transmission_Control_Protocol/WW4sPrt9">Transmission Control Protocol</a> (TCP) and <a href="/facts/User_Datagram_Protocol/dxLU0D6q">User Datagram Protocol</a> (UDP) communication. </p><p>SFML is <a href="/facts/Free_and_open-source_software/1cHtjLCB">free and open-source software</a> provided under the terms of the <a href="/facts/Zlib_License/lyoPpsHD">zlib/png license</a>. It is available on <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> and <a href="/facts/FreeBSD/RKsFTm7F">FreeBSD</a>. The first version v1.0 was released on 9 August 2007, and the latest version, v3.0.0, was released on 21 December 2024. </p>