KalaWindow

KalaWindow is a C++20 multimedia framework library for Windows, built for native desktop applications ranging from lightweight tools to full-featured game engines.

Features built into KalaWindow:

• windowing with support for multiple windows
• input (keyboard and mouse)
• native message loop
• built in crash handler (previously known as KalaCrashHandler, now only maintained in this repository codebase)
• OpenGl 3.3 context
• shader system with compilation and hot reload (recompile shaders at runtime)
• texture system with hot reload (can modify raw pixel data for each texture)
• basic UI support through ImGui wrapper
• audio framework through MiniAudio wrapper

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Additional notes

KalaWindow requires Windows 10 (1809 build 17763) or higher and is not supported on older versions.

KalaWindow plans to support Linux in a later version but no support for Mac, ARM, console, mobile or Web is planned.

Some KalaWindow headers pull in official GL extension headers:

• opengl_functions_core.hpp includes glcorearb.h and glext.h
• opengl_functions_win.hpp includes wgleht.hpp
• opengl_functions_linux.hpp includes glxeht.hpp

KalaWindow plans to support Vulkan 1.3 in a later version, DirectX or other render pipelines will never be supported.

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Projects made with KalaWindow

Send me an email at [email protected] or message me on discord at greenlaser if you want your game or program you made with KalaWindow to be listed here

• Circuit Chan

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Links

Donate on PayPal

Official Discord server

Official Youtube channel

Official website (currently down for maintenance)

Track development on the Trello board

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Docs

How to build from source

External libraries

Minimum requirements

KalaWindow Library Naming Scheme