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# SFML — Simple and Fast Multimedia Library

SFML is a simple, fast, cross-platform and object-oriented multimedia API. It provides access to windowing, graphics, audio and network. It is written in C++, and has bindings for various languages such as C, .Net, Ruby, Python.

## Authors

  - Laurent Gomila — main developer (laurent@sfml-dev.org)
  - Marco Antognini — OS X developer (hiura@sfml-dev.org)
  - Jonathan De Wachter — Android developer (dewachter.jonathan@gmail.com)
  - Jan Haller (bromeon@sfml-dev.org)
  - Stefan Schindler (tank@sfml-dev.org)
  - Lukas Dürrenberger (eXpl0it3r@sfml-dev.org)
  - binary1248 (binary1248@hotmail.com)
  - Artur Moreira (artturmoreira@gmail.com)
  - Mario Liebisch (mario@sfml-dev.org)
  - And many other members of the SFML community

## Download

You can get the latest official release on [SFML's website](http://www.sfml-dev.org/download.php). You can also get the current development version from the [Git repository](https://github.com/SFML/SFML).

## Install

Follow the instructions of the [tutorials](http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/), there is one for each platform/compiler that SFML supports.

## Learn

There are several places to learn SFML:

  * The [official tutorials](http://www.sfml-dev.org/tutorials/)
  * The [online API documentation](http://www.sfml-dev.org/documentation/)
  * The [community wiki](https://github.com/SFML/SFML/wiki/)
  * The [community forum](http://en.sfml-dev.org/forums/) ([French](http://fr.sfml-dev.org/forums/))

## Contribute

SFML is an open-source project, and it needs your help to go on growing and improving. If you want to get involved and suggest some additional features, file a bug report or submit a patch, please have a look at the [contribution guidelines](http://www.sfml-dev.org/contribute.php).