Cinder
Free and open source library for creative coding in C++
Cinder launched on January 7, 2017 with 122 votes, #319 of 3,671 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 9 years on.
What it does
Cinder is a free and open source library for professional-quality creative coding in C++. Cinder is available under the BSD License for macOS and Windows. The latest version is 0.9.3. To keep up-to-date with Cinder’s development, consider working from the GitHub repository directly. This guide walks you through getting setup with Cinder and GitHub. Cinder is developed by the generous contributions of its global user community. In addition, we owe a huge debt to The Barbarian Group , who have been Cinder's biggest fans andfrom libcinder.org
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