LWJGL

<p>The Lightweight Java Game Library (LWJGL) is an <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Library_(computing)/xRzL3P7q">software library</a> that provides <a href="/facts/Language_binding/V5HW4Wr4">bindings</a> to a variety of <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a> libraries for <a href="/facts/Video_game_developer/6gbHyvDu">video game developers</a> to <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>. It exposes <a href="/facts/Cross-platform/16zqdvNR">cross-platform</a> libraries commonly used in developing video games and multimedia titles, such as <a href="/facts/Vulkan_(API)/e188Vdpc">Vulkan</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a>, <a href="/facts/GLFW/Kx8N97Pv">GLFW</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenAL/dM93Da1W">OpenAL</a> and <a href="/facts/OpenCL/ns8y6np7">OpenCL</a>.
</p><p>The primary goal of the project is to provide a way for Java developers to get access to resources that are otherwise unavailable or poorly implemented on the existing Java platform. The main philosophy is to expose underlying technology as a thin wrapper, thus creating an <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">API</a> close to the original. It is also the basis of many high-level Java game engines and libraries, such as <a href="/facts/LibGDX/FRSHNUqt">libGDX</a> or the <a href="/facts/JMonkeyEngine/DcBwsnfp">jMonkeyEngine</a>.
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