Cinder (programming library)

Open-source C++ programming library

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Cinder
Original author	Andrew Bell
Developers	Andrew Bell, Hai Nguyen, The Barbarian Group

Stable release	0.9.2 / April 13, 2020; 5 years ago (2020年04月13日)
Repository	github.com/cinder/Cinder Edit this at Wikidata
Written in	C++
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, Linux
Type	Application framework
License	Simplified BSD License
Website	libcinder.org Edit this at Wikidata

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.

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.