OpenTK

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OpenTK
Original author(s) Stefanos Apostolopoulos
Stable release
4.8.1 / September 27, 2023;52 days ago (2023-09-27)
Repository
Written in C#
Type Software library
License MIT License
Website opentk.net

OpenTK, also known as The Open Toolkit library, is a C# graphics library superseding the Tao Framework. [1] It provides access to graphics tools contained in OpenGL, OpenCL, and OpenAL to a variety of CLR-based languages (C#, F#, etc.). [2] Particularly, it is usable with any language utilizing either of the .NET Framework or Mono frameworks [3] for versions prior to 4.0 and .NET Core 3.1 and up, continuing with .NET 5, for major version 4.

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References

  1. "Tao Framework". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  2. "OpenTK Sourceforge page". sourceforge.net. Retrieved 2015-02-16.
  3. "OpenTK project page". opentk.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2017-10-24.