cinder (programming library)

Cinder is an open-source[1] 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 a 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.

This article is about the open source programming library. For OpenStack's block storage component, see OpenStack ยง Block Storage (Cinder).

Cinder
Original author(s)Andrew Bell
Developer(s)Andrew Bell, Hai Nguyen, The Barbarian Group
Stable release
0.9.2 / April 13, 2020 (2020-04-13)
Written inC++
Operating systemMicrosoft Windows, OS X, iOS, Linux
TypeApplication framework
LicenseSimplified BSD License
Websitelibcinder.org

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

References
  1. "Cinder". GitHub. Retrieved 2 September 2013.


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