<s>
raylib	B-Language
(	O
officially	O
named	O
all	O
lowercase	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
development	O
library	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
library	B-Library
was	O
made	O
to	O
create	O
graphical	O
applications	O
and	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
library	B-Library
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Borland	B-Language
BGI	I-Language
graphics	I-Language
library	I-Language
and	O
by	O
the	O
XNA	B-Device
framework	I-Device
,	O
and	O
it	O
's	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
suited	O
for	O
prototyping	O
,	O
tooling	O
,	O
graphical	O
applications	O
,	O
embedded	O
systems	O
,	O
and	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
plain	O
C	B-Language
(	O
C99	B-Language
)	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
distributed	O
under	O
a	O
zlib/libpng	B-License
OSI	O
certified	O
open-source	B-Application
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supports	O
compilation	O
to	O
several	O
target	O
platforms	O
,	O
including	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Linux	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
and	O
HTML5	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
50	O
programming	O
languages	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
bindings	B-Application
,	O
but	O
many	O
of	O
these	O
ports	O
are	O
not	O
stable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
development	O
was	O
started	O
in	O
August	O
2013	O
by	O
Ramon	O
Santamaria	O
to	O
support	O
a	O
game	O
development	O
course	O
,	O
focused	O
on	O
students	O
with	O
no	O
previous	O
coding	O
experience	O
and	O
artistic	O
profile	O
;	O
the	O
library	B-Library
acted	O
as	O
a	O
direct	O
replacement	O
of	O
WinBGI	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
course	O
,	O
raylib	B-Language
was	O
further	O
developed	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
feedback	O
of	O
the	O
students	O
and	O
by	O
June	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
library	B-Library
was	O
starting	O
to	O
be	O
showcased	O
in	O
several	O
game	O
development	O
events	O
in	O
Barcelona	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2013	O
and	O
it	O
featured	O
around	O
80	O
functions	O
for	O
window	O
and	O
inputs	O
management	O
,	O
basic	O
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
shape	O
drawing	O
,	O
texture	O
loading	O
and	O
drawing	O
,	O
font	O
loading	O
,	O
text	O
drawing	O
,	O
audio	O
system	O
management	O
and	O
audio	O
file	O
loading	O
and	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
raylib	B-Language
version	O
had	O
eight	O
subsequent	O
minor	O
releases	O
(	O
from	O
raylib	B-Language
1.1	O
to	O
raylib	B-Language
1.8	O
)	O
,	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
five	O
years	O
,	O
which	O
each	O
introduced	O
some	O
new	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
notable	O
improvements	O
were	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
WebAssembly	B-Language
and	O
Raspberry	B-Operating_System
Pi	I-Operating_System
support	O
,	O
multiple	O
OpenGL	B-Application
backends	O
,	O
VR	B-Application
support	O
and	O
ten	O
examples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
2.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2018	O
and	O
removed	O
all	O
external	O
dependencies	O
from	O
the	O
build	B-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
exposed	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
configuration	O
options	O
in	O
the	O
build	B-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
to	O
minimize	O
size	O
and	O
increase	O
support	O
,	O
supporting	O
various	O
continuous	O
integration	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
following	O
two	O
years	O
,	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
library	B-Library
were	O
reviewed	O
updated	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ecosystem	O
was	O
built	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
single	O
minor	O
release	O
,	O
raylib	B-Language
2.5	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
during	O
this	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2020	O
,	O
refactoring	O
many	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
to	O
improve	O
portability	O
and	O
bindings	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
received	O
a	O
minor	O
update	O
,	O
raylib	B-Language
3.5	O
,	O
in	O
December	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
4.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
complete	O
naming	O
review	O
for	O
library	B-Library
consistency	O
and	O
coherency	O
:	O
function	O
names	O
,	O
parameters	O
,	O
descriptions	O
,	O
comments	O
and	O
log	O
output	O
messages	O
were	O
reviewed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zig	B-Application
and	O
Odin	O
programming	O
languages	O
officially	O
support	O
raylib	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
the	O
biggest	O
update	O
of	O
the	O
library	B-Library
to	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
4.2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
offers	O
the	O
following	O
features	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
was	O
primarily	O
intended	O
for	O
education	O
on	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
graphics	O
programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
communities	O
exist	O
for	O
raylib	B-Language
on	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Reddit	B-Application
and	O
Discord	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
raylib	B-Language
website	O
,	O
a	O
handful	O
of	O
social	O
networks	O
are	O
listed	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
personal	O
sites	O
of	O
Santamaria	O
,	O
and	O
communities	O
dedicated	O
to	O
raylib	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
lists	O
over	O
120	O
projects	O
on	O
the	O
raylib	B-Language
topic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
consists	O
of	O
several	O
modules	O
that	O
are	O
exposed	O
to	O
the	O
programmer	O
through	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
rlgl	O
–	O
Handles	O
OpenGL	B-Application
backend	O
,	O
abstracting	O
multiple	O
versions	O
to	O
a	O
common	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
raylib	B-Language
has	O
bindings	B-Application
for	O
more	O
than	O
50	O
different	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
its	O
community	O
,	O
including	O
Rust	B-Application
,	O
Go	B-Application
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
and	O
Nim	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
list	O
of	O
bindings	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
BINDINGS.md	O
file	O
in	O
the	O
raylib	B-Language
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
raylib	B-Language
community	O
has	O
contributed	O
several	O
add-ons	O
to	O
extend	O
the	O
features	O
and	O
connection	O
of	O
raylib	B-Language
with	O
other	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
Santamaria	O
was	O
awarded	O
with	O
the	O
Google	O
Open	O
Source	O
Peer	O
Bonus	O
award	O
for	O
contributing	O
to	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
ecosystem	O
with	O
raylib	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
raylib	B-Language
was	O
awarded	O
with	O
an	O
Epic	O
MegaGrant	O
by	O
Epic	O
Games	O
to	O
support	O
its	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2022	O
,	O
raylib	B-Language
was	O
nominated	O
for	O
the	O
BEST	O
GAME	O
ENGINE	O
category	O
on	O
MOBILE	O
GAMES	O
AWARDS	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
