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Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the...

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  • Free
  • Open Source

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  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Windows Mobile
  • iPhone
  • Symbian S60
  • BSD
  • iPad
  • Haiku
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  1.  Drawing 2D
  2.  Extensible window manager

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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about SDL, and it has gotten 36 likes

SDL was added to AlternativeTo by marevalo on and this page was last updated . SDL is sometimes referred to as Simple DirectMedia Layer. 

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Oktay Mercan
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Nice and support many platform.

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What is SDL?

Simple DirectMedia Layer is a cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer. It is used by MPEG playback software, emulators, and many popular games, including the award winning Linux port of "Civilization: Call To Power."