SVGALib
| SVGAlib | |
|---|---|
| Original author | Harm Hanemaayer |
| Developer | Matan Ziv-Av |
| Initial release | 1992-1993 |
| Stable release | 1.4.3
/ June 2, 2001 |
| Preview release | 1.9.25
/ July 14, 2007 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | AmigaOS, Linux, FreeBSD |
| Platform | PPC, x86, x86-64 |
| Type | Library |
| License | Copyright by respective authors, generic permissive license |
| Website | www |
SVGAlib, styled as "Linux SuperVGA Graphics Library", is a legacy open-source low-level graphics library for accessing SuperVGA hardware on PC-compatible systems running on Linux, with later ports to AmigaOS and FreeBSD. SVGAlib allowed programs to change video mode to display full-screen graphics, without the use of a windowing system. Alongside X11 and the General Graphics Interface, it was one of the earliest libraries allowing graphical video games on Linux.
Although still available online, SVGAlib has seen no code releases since July 2006 (19 years ago) and would be considered superseded and discontinued.