Graphics libraries
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This is a list of libraries designed only to work with graphics. If you're looking for a library to be used for game development you should use a game framework or a game engine instead.
Graphics libraries
| Name | Developers | Platforms | License | Raster | Vectors | 3D | Supported File Formats | Color formats or framework |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AggPas | Milano | Windows, Linux, Mac OS | Custom | Yes | Yes | No | BMP, SVG, Flash (TXT), True Type Font | 8-bit grayscale, 15-bit, 16-bit, 24-bit RGB and 32-bit RGB with alpha |
| Andorra 2D | Team | Windows and Linux | Common Public License, GNU GPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, PNG, TGA | DirectX and OpenGL |
| BGRABitmap | Circular | Win32, Win64, Linux (Gtk & Qt), Mac OS (Carbon) | Modified LGPL | Yes | Yes | Yes | read-write: BMP (Windows, OS/2, MioMap), ICO/CUR, JPEG, animated PNG and GIF, PCX, LZP, ORA, OXO, SVG, TGA, TIFF (multipage), XWD, XPM; read-only: PDN, PSD; with library: AVIF, WebP | 8-bit grayscale, 32-bit BGRA, 64 and 128-bit RGBA, 64 and 128-bit XYZA, Canvas2d (like HTML5), CanvasBGRA (like TCanvas), OpenGL, ZenGL |
| fcl-image | Team | All platforms | Modified LGPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, JPG, PCX, PNG, TGA | Various formats up to 64-bit RGBA |
| fpVectorial | Yes | Yes | Yes | SVG, WMF, PDF, Corel Draw, DXF | Supports raster images placed inside the vectorial document. Supports documents with multiple pages. | |||
| Graphics32 | Team Graphics32 | Win32 and OS X | MPL and LGPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, JPG, WMF, EMF | 32-bit RGBA |
| Lazarus TCanvas | Lazarus developers | All supported by the LCL | Modified LGPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, ICO, ICNS, PNG, JPEG, GIF, etc | Represents the native canvas of the widgetset |
| Lazarus TLazCanvas+TLazIntfImage | Lazarus developers | All supported by the LCL | Modified LGPL | Yes | No | No | Only via fcl-image | Supports almost any pixel format. Cannot render to the screen directly, but instead is utilized in connection with something that can, like TCanvas or LCL-CustomDrawn |
| LazRGBGraphics | Abandoned (formerly Tom Gregorovic) | Modified LGPL | Yes | No | No | 8-bit grayscale and 32 bit RGB without alpha | ||
| Vampyre Imaging Library | Marek Mauder | Windows x86/AMD64, Linux x86/AMD64, FreeBSD x86/AMD64, Mac OS X on Intel | Mozilla Public License, GNU LGPL | Yes | No | No | BMP, JPEG, PNG/APNG, GIF, DDS, TGA, MNG, JNG, JPEG2000, TIFF, PSD, PBM, PGM, PPM, PAM, PFM, PCX, XPM, and more | 8, 16, 24, 32, 48 and 64 bit RGB and ARGB formats, indexed formats, grayscale formats, floating point formats (IEEE754 and half precision), compressed formats like DXT1/3/5, 3Dc, and BTC |
