raylib version history

- Added new software renderer backend (`rlsw`) for CPU-only rendering - Introduced new platform backends: Memory, Win32, and Emscripten - Redesigned fullscreen modes and High-DPI content scaling - Overhauled skeletal animation system with blending and transitions

 One year after raylib 5.0 release, arribes `raylib 5.5`, the next big revision of the library. It's been **11 years** since raylib 1.0 release and in all this time it has never stopped growing and improving. With an outstanding number of new contributors and improvements, it's, again, the biggest raylib release to date. Some numbers for this release: - **+270** closed issues (for a TOTAL of **+1810**!) - **+800** commits since previous RELEASE (for a TOTAL of **+7770**!) - **+30** functions ADDED to raylib API (for a TOTAL of **580**!) - **+110** functions REVIEWED with fixes and improvements - **+140** new contributors (for a TOTAL of **+640**!) Highlights for `raylib 5.5`: - **`NEW` raylib pre-configured Windows package**: The new raylib **portable and self-contained Windows package** for `raylib 5.5`, intended for nobel devs that start in programming world, comes with one big addition: support for **C code building for Web platform with one-single-mouse-click!** For the last 10 years, the pre-configured raylib Windows package allowed to edit simple C proje

 It's been **7 months** since latest raylib release and **10 years** since raylib 1.0 was officially released... what an adventure! In the last 10 years raylib has improved a lot, new functions have been added, many new features and improvements implemented, up to **500 contributors** have helped to shape the library as it is today. `raylib 5.0` is the final result of all this incredible amount of work and dedication. Here it is the summary with the key features and additions of this NEW major version of raylib. Some numbers for this release: - **+200** closed issues (for a TOTAL of **+1540**!) - **+550** commits since previous RELEASE (for a TOTAL of **+6950**!) - **+35** functions ADDED to raylib API (for a TOTAL of **552**!) - **+60** functions REVIEWED/REDESIGNED - **+80** new contributors (for a TOTAL of **+500**!) Highlights for `raylib 5.0`: - **`rcore` module platform-split**: Probably the biggest raylib redesign in the last 10 years. raylib started as a library targeting 3 desktop platforms: `Windows`, `Linux` and `macOS`

**This is not a raylib release** This pre-release is created only for the tag before a BIG library redesign merge. `rcore` module has been split per-platform, this is one of the big changes comming to the future `raylib 5.0` release. Just creating this point in time in case everything needs to be reverted (hopefully not). So, time to merge changes for the new release...

 It's been **7 months** since latest raylib release. As usual, **many parts of the library have been reviewed and improved** along those months. Many issues have been closed, staying under 10 open issues at the moment of this writting and also many PRs from contributors have been received, reviewed and merged into raylib library. Some new functions have been added and some others have been removed to improve library coherence and avoid moving too high level, giving the users the tools to implement advance functionality themselfs over raylib. Again, this is a big release with a considerable amount of changes and improvements. Here it is a small summary highlighting this new **rayib 4.5**. Some numbers for this release: - **+100** closed issues (for a TOTAL of **+1340**!) - **+350** commits since previous RELEASE (for a TOTAL of **+6350**!) - **+25** functions ADDED to raylib API (for a TOTAL of **516**!) - **+40** functions REVIEWED/REDESIGNED - **+40** new contributors (for a TOTAL of **405**!) Highlights for `raylib 4.5`: - **`NE

**New raylib release!** Nine months after latest raylib, here it is a new version. It was supposed to be just a small update but, actually, it's a huge update with lots of changes and improvements. It has been possible thanks to the many contributors that have helped with issues and improvements, it's the **update with more contributors to date** and that's amazing! Some numbers to start with: - **+200** closed issues (for a TOTAL of **1230**!) - **+550** commits since previous RELEASE (for a TOTAL of **+6000**!) - **+20** functions ADDED to raylib API (for a TOTAL of **502**!) - **+60** functions REVIEWED/REDESIGNED - **+70** new contributors (for a TOTAL of **+360**!) Highlights for `raylib 4.2`: - **raylib extra libraries cleanup**: raylib has been on diet and all the _extra_ libraries included on previous releases have been removed from raylib. Now raylib only includes the original **7** raylib modules: `rcore`, `rlgl`, `rshapes`, `rtextures`, `rtext`, `rmodels` and `raudio`. But no worries, _extra_ libraries have not been deleted, they have been moved to their own repos for better maintainability and more focus on its functionality. The libraries moved ou

It's been about 6 months since last raylib release and it's been **8 years since I started with this project**, what an adventure! It's time for a new release: `raylib 4.0`, **the biggest release ever** and an inflexion point for the library. Many hours have been put in this release to make it special, **many library details have been polished**: syntax, naming conventions, code comments, functions descriptions, log outputs... Almost all the issues have been closed (only 3 remain open at the moment of this writing) and some amazing new features have been added. I expect this **`raylib 4.0`** to be a long term version (LTS), stable and complete enough for any new graphic/game/tool application development. Let's start with some numbers: - **+130** closed issues (for a TOTAL of **+1030**!) - **+550** commits since previous RELEASE - **+20** functions ADDED to raylib API - **+60** functions ADDED to rlgl API - **+40** functions RENAMED/REVIEWED/REDESIGNED - **+60** new contributors (for a TOTAL of **+275**!) Highlights for `raylib 4.0`: - **Naming consistency and coherency**: `raylib` API has been completely reviewed to be consistent on naming conventions for d

April 2021, it's been about 4 months since last raylib release and here it is already a new one, this time with a bunch of internal redesigns and improvements. Surprisingly, on April the 8th I was awarded for a second time with the [Google Open Source Peer Bonus Award](https://opensource.googleblog.com/2021/04/announcing-first-group-of-google-open-source-peer-bonus-winners.html) for my contribution to open source world with raylib and it seems the library is getting some traction, what a better moment for a new release? Let's see what can be found in this new version: Let's start with some numbers: - **+100** closed issues (for a TOTAL of **+900**!) - **+400** commits since previous RELEASE - **+50** functions ADDED (**+30** of them to rlgl API) - **+30** functions REVIEWED/REDESIGNED - **+40** new contributors (for a TOTAL of **+210**!) Highlights for `raylib 3.7`: - **REDESIGNED: `rlgl` module for greater abstraction level**. This suppose an **important change in raylib architecture**, now `rlgl` functionality is self-contained in the module and used by higher-level layers (specially by `core` module), those upper layers are the ones that expose functionali

It's December 25th... this crazy 2020 is about to finish and finally the holidays gave me some time to put a new version of raylib. It's been **9 months since last release** and last November raylib become 7 years old... I was not able to release this new version back then but here it is. Many changes and improvements have happened in those months and, even, last August, raylib was awarded with an [Epic Megagrant](https://www.unrealengine.com/en-US/blog/epic-megagrants-fall-2020-update)! Bindings list kept growing to [+50 programming languages](https://github.com/raysan5/raylib/blob/master/BINDINGS.md) and some new platforms have been supported. Let's see this new version details: First, some general numbers of this new update: - **+650** commits since previous RELEASE - **+30** functions ADDED (for a TOTAL of **475**!) - **+90** functions REVIEWED/REDESIGNED - **+30** contributors (for a TOTAL of **170**!) - **+8** new examples (for a TOTAL of **+120**!) Here the list with some highlights for `raylib 3.5`. - NEW **Platform** supported: **Raspberry Pi 4 native mode** (no X11 windows) through [DRM](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Manager) subsy

After **10 months of intense development**, new raylib version is ready. Despite primary intended as a minor release, the [CHANGELIST](CHANGELOG) has grown so big and the library has changed so much internally that it finally became a major release. Library **internal ABI** has received a big redesign and review, targeting portability, integration with other platforms and making it a perfect option for other progamming [language bindings](BINDINGS.md). - All **global variables** from the multiple raylib modules have been moved to a **global context state**, it has several benefits, first, better code readability with more comprehensive variables naming and categorization (organized by types, i.e. `CORE.Window.display.width`, `CORE.Input.Keyboard.currentKeyState` or `RLGL.State.modelview`). Second, it allows better memory management to load global context state dynamically when required (not at the moment), making it easy to implement a **hot-reloading mechanism** if desired. - All **memory allocations** on raylib and its dependencies now use `RL_MALLOC`, `RL_FREE` and similar macros. Now users can easely hook their own memory allocations mechanism if desired, having more co