This project is a cross-platform library designed for desktop application development, providing a unified interface for window management, input handling, and hardware-accelerated graphics. It serves as a foundational framework that abstracts platform-specific windowing protocols and graphics APIs, enabling developers to create interactive software that functions consistently across Windows, macOS, and Linux.
The library distinguishes itself by providing deep integration with low-level graphics APIs, specifically OpenGL and Vulkan. It manages the complexities of graphics context initialization, hardware extension discovery, and frame synchronization, while offering a modular backend that maps unified commands to native system calls. By encapsulating native operating system objects within platform-agnostic handles, it allows for consistent resource management without sacrificing the ability to access underlying system-specific features when necessary.
Beyond its core graphics capabilities, the project includes comprehensive systems for managing user interactions and display environments. It supports advanced input processing for keyboards, mice, and gamepads, alongside utilities for clipboard access, cursor customization, and file drop handling. The display management layer provides granular control over multi-monitor configurations, including resolution, refresh rates, gamma correction, and high-DPI scaling, ensuring that applications can adapt to diverse hardware setups.
The library is implemented in C and provides a stable, event-driven architecture that relies on polling loops and callback mechanisms to maintain application responsiveness. It includes robust support for library lifecycle management, custom memory allocation, and high-resolution timing, and is distributed with extensive documentation to assist in integrating its native handles with other system-level APIs.
