raylib dependencies

The following table lists the raylib dependencies. Most of them are single-file header-only public-domain libraries. All those libraries are included with raylib in src/external directory and they are compiled with raylib.

NOTE: Last updated on 4th February 2023 for the raylib 4.5 release.

Library	Version	License	raylib module	Notes/Comments
GLFW3	3.4	zlib/libpng	rglfw	Window and input management, only on PLATFORM_DESKTOP
glad.h	2.0.0-beta	MIT	rlgl	OpenGL extensions loading, only on PLATFORM_DESKTOP and OpenGL 4.3 Core
glad_gles2.h	2.0.2	MIT	rlgl	OpenGL extensions loading, only on PLATFORM_DESKTOP and OpenGL ES 2.0
msf_gif	2.2	MIT/public domain	rcore	GIF recording basic functionality
sdefl.h	1.00	MIT/public domain	rcore	DEFLATE compression algorithm
sinfl.h	1.00	MIT/public domain	rcore	DEFLATE decompression algorithm
rprand	1.0	zlib/libpng	rcore	Pseudo-random numbers generator
stb_image	2.30	MIT/public domain	rtextures	Multiple image formats loading
stb_image_resize2	2.12	MIT/public domain	rtextures	Image resizing functions
stb_image_write	1.16	MIT/public domain	rtextures	Image writing to multiple formats
stb_perlin	0.5	MIT/public domain	rtextures	Simplex Perlin noise generation
qoi	-	MIT	rtextures	QOI image data loading and saving
rl_gputex	1.0	zlib/libpng	rtextures	Compressed textures data loading
stb_truetype	1.26	MIT/public domain	rtext	TTF/OTF fonts data loading
stb_rect_pack	1.01	MIT/public domain	rtext	Rectangles packer, used on font packing
miniaudio	0.11.12	MIT/public domain	raudio	Audio device management
stb_vorbis	1.22	MIT/public domain	raudio	OGG audio data loading
dr_wav	0.13.16	MIT/public domain	raudio	WAV audio data loading
dr_mp3	0.6.39	MIT/public domain	raudio	MP3 audio data loading
dr_flac	0.12.39	MIT/public domain	raudio	FLAC audio data loading
jar_mod	0.01	public domain	raudio	MOD audio module loading, based on HxCModPlayer
jar_xm	0.3.1	public domain	raudio	XM audio module loading, based on libxm
qoa	-	MIT	raudio	QOA audio data loading and saving
par_shapes	-	MIT	rmodels	Geometric shapes generation
tinyobj_loader_c	-	MIT	rmodels	OBJ/MTL data loading
cgltf	1.14	MIT	rmodels	glTF models data loading
vox_loader	1.01	MIT	rmodels	VOX models data loading
m3d	1.0.0	MIT	rmodels	M3D models data loading

• NOTE 1: Most of these libraries are only used to load some specific file format (image, font, audio, model).
• NOTE 2: Some of the dependencies are specific to only one of the platforms that raylib supports or even to some specific compiler (i.e. dirent).
• NOTE 3: All the libraries licenses should allow raylib to be used on commercial projects without problem.

Platform specific dependency notes

• PLATFORM_DESKTOP: raylib uses on rcore module the outstanding GLFW3 library, embedded in the form of rglfw. For more details on GLFW usage, check GLFW dependency Wiki page.

• PLATFORM_ANDROID: raylib uses on rcore module the native_app_glue library (provided by Android NDK). Also, native Android libraries are used to manage window/context, inputs and activity life cycle.

• PLATFORM_RPI (RPI 0,1,2,3 - native): raylib uses on rcore module the native VideoCore library and EGL for window/context management. Inputs are processed using directly evdev Linux libraries.

• PLATFORM_DRM (RPI 4 - native): raylib uses on rcore module the native DRM subsystem and GBM API libraries for window/context management. Inputs are processed using evdev Linux libraries.

• PLATFORM_WEB (HTML5): raylib uses on rcore module the emscripten SDK provided libraries for several input events management, specially noticeable the touch events support.

There are also some platform-specific system libraries that do need to be linked when compiling raylib examples. The following table lists the required system libraries.

PLATFORM	platform dependencies	Notes
PLATFORM_DESKTOP:Windows	OpenGL, GDI32, WinMM, user32, kernel32	Required for window creation. Note that WinMM is only used to get a hi-res timer and it can be avoided commenting SUPPORT_WINMM_HIGHRES_TIMER config flag.
PLATFORM_DESKTOP:Linux	OpenGL, X11	Also requires linkage with libm(math), pthreads(POSIX threads), dl(dynamic loading), rt (realtime extensions: nanosleep()) and X11 specific libs: X11, Xrandr, Xinerama, Xi, Xxf86vm and Xcursor
PLATFORM_DESKTOP:FreeBSD	OpenGL, X11	Also requires linkage with libm(math), pthreads(POSIX threads), dl(dynamic loading), rt (realtime extensions: nanosleep()) and X11 window system specific libs: X11, Xrandr, Xinerama, Xi, Xxf86vm and Xcursor
PLATFORM_DESKTOP:macOS	OpenGL, Cocoa, IOKit, CoreAudio, CoreVideo	Required for window creation
PLATFORM_ANDROID	EGL, OpenGLES2.0, OpenSLES	Code must be compiled using Android NDK libraries. Requires linkage with native_app_glue, log, android, atomic, libc, libm(math) and dl(dynamic loading)
PLATFORM_DRM	EGL, OpenGLES2.0, DRM, GBM	Graphics run in native mode using DRM (no XWindows required) and inputs are also natively read (no XWindows input events), also requires linkage with libm(math), pthreads(POSIX threads), rt (realtime extensions: nanosleep()) and dl(dynamic loading).
PLATFORM_WEB (HTML5)	WebGL	Code must be compiled using emscripten SDK, dependencies linkage is automatically detected.

raylib is highly modular by design. Many modules can be omitted when they are not being used, and consequently, the libraries used by those modules will also be redundant.