openFrameworks

openFrameworks
Developer(s) Zachary Lieberman, Theo Watson, Arturo Castro
Stable release
0.9.3 / March 9, 2016 (2016-03-09)
Written in C++
Operating system Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android
Type Application framework
License MIT License
Website openframeworks.cc

openFrameworks is an open source toolkit designed for "creative coding". OpenFrameworks is written in C++ and built on top of OpenGL. It runs on Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android and Emscripten. It is maintained by Zachary Lieberman, Theo Watson and Arturo Castro with contributions by other members of the openFrameworks community.

openFrameworks running the OpenCV add-on example.

History

OpenFrameworks v0.01 was released by Zachary Lieberman on August 3, 2005. By February 2006, version v0.03 was in use by Lieberman's students at the Parsons School of Design, New York City. According to its authors, openFrameworks was developed:

(for) folks using computers for creative, artistic expression, and who would like low level access to the data inside of media in order manipulate, analyze or explore. That audience we felt was significantly underserved by the current crop of C++ libraries.[1]

Its emphasis on "creative" uses draws parallels to Processing as both projects present a simplified interface to powerful libraries for media, hardware and communication. openFrameworks's main difference from Processing is that it is written in C++, instead of Java. Users will find many similarities between the two libraries, for example what is beginShape() in Processing is ofBeginShape() in openFrameworks. The openFrameworks wiki includes an article for people coming to openFrameworks from Processing.[2]

Another similar project is Cinder, which is also a C++ library framework for creative programming. The primary difference is that openFrameworks has a larger number of dependencies on open source libraries, allowing advanced programmers more control and transparency, while Cinder is more dependent on libraries built into the operating systems it sits on top of, which generally means updates and bug fixes are more frequent and reliable with openFrameworks.

License

Openframeworks is released under the MIT license. The libraries used by the framework each have their own licenses.[1]

Real world projects

Notable projects created with openFrameworks:

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "openFrameworks FAQ". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
  2. ↑ "openFrameworks for Processing users". Retrieved 10 April 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.