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A graphics library is a program library designed to aid in rendering computer graphics to a monitor. This typically involves providing optimized versions of functions that handle common rendering tasks. This can be done purely in software and running on the CPU, common in embedded systems, or being hardware accelerated by a GPU, more common in PCs. By employing these functions, a program can assemble an image to be output to a monitor. This relieves the programmer of the task of creating and optimizing these functions, and allows them to focus on building the graphics program. Graphics libraries are mainly used in video games and simulations.

The use of graphics libraries in connection with video production systems, such as Pixar RenderMan, is not covered here.

Latest Graphics Library usage across Operating Systems:
OS	Vulkan	Direct X	GNMX	Metal
Windows 10	Free, Nvidia and AMD	Free, MS	no	no
Mac	Free, MoltenVK	no	no	Free, Apple
Linux	Free	no	no	no
Android	Free	no	no	no
iOS	Free, MoltenVK	no	no	Free, Apple
Tizen	in Development	no	no	no
Sailfish	in Development	no	no	no
Xbox One	no	Free	no	no
Orbis OS (PS4)	no	no	Free	no
Nintendo Switch	Free	no	no	no

Some APIs use Graphics Library (GL) in their name, notably OpenGL and WebGL.

Examples

Allegro
ANGLE
Cairo (graphics)^[1]
DFPSR https://dawoodoz.com/dfpsr.html — GUI toolkit and software renderer
DirectX^[2] — a library created by Microsoft, to run under Windows operating systems and 'Direct' Xbox
Display PostScript
emWin^[3] — an Embedded Graphics Library
FLTK^[4] — GUI Toolkit and Graphics Library
GTK — a GUI toolkit
Mesa 3D^[5] — a library that implements OpenGL and Vulkan
Qt^[6] — cross-platform application framework
Quartz (graphics layer)
SFML^[7]
SIGIL^[8] — Sound, Input, and Graphics Integration Library
Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)^[9]
Skia Graphics Library^[10]
X Window System

References

^ "cairographics.org". cairographics.org. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
^ "DirectX". DirectX Graphics and Gaming (Windows) - MSDN - Microsoft.
^ "emWin Graphics Library | www.LPCware.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29.
^ "FLTK GUI and Graphics Library | www.fltk.org".
^ "The Mesa 3D Graphics Library".
^ "Qt - Home".
^ "SFML".
^ "SIGIL: Sound, Input, and Graphics Integration Library". www.libsigil.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
^ "Simple DirectMedia Layer - Homepage".
^ "Skia Graphics Library".

[1] "cairographics.org". cairographics.org. Retrieved 2016-01-03.

[2] "DirectX". DirectX Graphics and Gaming (Windows) - MSDN - Microsoft.

[3] "emWin Graphics Library | www.LPCware.com". Archived from the original on 2016-03-29.

[4] "FLTK GUI and Graphics Library | www.fltk.org".

[5] "The Mesa 3D Graphics Library".

[6] "Qt - Home".

[7] "SFML".

[8] "SIGIL: Sound, Input, and Graphics Integration Library". www.libsigil.com. Retrieved 2016-06-21.

[9] "Simple DirectMedia Layer - Homepage".

[10] "Skia Graphics Library".

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 * [[GTK]] — a GUI toolkit
 * [[Mesa 3D]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.mesa3d.org|title = The Mesa 3D Graphics Library}}</ref> — a library that implements OpenGL and Vulkan
-* MIT [[X Window System]]
-* [[Quartz (graphics layer)]]
 * [[Qt (software)|Qt]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.qt.io|title = Qt - Home}}</ref> — cross-platform application framework
+* [[Quartz (graphics layer)]]
 * [[Simple and Fast Multimedia Library|SFML]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.sfml-dev.org|title = SFML}}</ref>
 * [http://www.libsigil.com SIGIL]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.libsigil.com|title=SIGIL: Sound, Input, and Graphics Integration Library|website=www.libsigil.com|access-date=2016-06-21}}</ref> — Sound, Input, and Graphics Integration Library
 * [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL)]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.libsdl.org|title = Simple DirectMedia Layer - Homepage}}</ref>
 * [[Skia Graphics Library]]<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://skia.org|title = Skia Graphics Library}}</ref>
+* [[X Window System]]
 ==See also==