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cinder (programming library)

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Cinder
Original author(s)Andrew Bell[disambiguation needed]
Developer(s)Andrew Bell[disambiguation needed], Hai Nguyen, The Barbarian Group
Stable release
0.8.4 / May 17, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-05-17)
Repository
Written inC++
Operating systemMac OS X, Microsoft Windows, iOS
Available inC++
TypeApplication framework
LicenseSimplified BSD License
Website[1]

Cinder is a programming library, designed to give the C++ language advanced visualization abilities. It was released as a public tool in spring 2010 and can be viewed in many ways as an open-source,[citation needed] C++-based alternative to tools like the Java-based Processing library, Microsoft Silverlight or Adobe Flash. It is also comparable to the C++ based openFrameworks; the main difference is that Cinder uses more system-specific libraries for better performance while openFrameworks affords better control over its underlying libraries.

Unlike Flash and Silverlight, Cinder is generally used in a non-browser environment. This, combined with the speed provided by C++, makes the library more appropriate for heavily abstracted projects, including art installations, commercial campaigns and other advanced animation work.

See also

Project site: http://libcinder.org