Cinder (programming library)

{{Short description|Open-source C++ programming library}}

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{{Infobox software

| name = Cinder

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| author = Andrew Bell

| developer = Andrew Bell, Hai Nguyen, The Barbarian Group

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| latest release version = [http://libcinder.org/download/ 0.9.2]

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2020|04|13}}

| programming language = C++

| operating system = Microsoft Windows, OS X, iOS, Linux

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| genre = Application framework

| license = Simplified BSD License

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Cinder is an open-source{{cite web

|url = https://github.com/cinder/Cinder

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|website = GitHub

|accessdate = 2 September 2013}} programming library designed to give the C++ language advanced visualization abilities. It was released as a public tool in spring 2010 and can be viewed in many ways as a C++-based alternative to tools like the Java-based Processing library, Microsoft Silverlight or Adobe Flash. It is also comparable to the C++ based openFrameworks; the main difference is that Cinder uses more system-specific libraries for better performance while openFrameworks affords better control over its underlying libraries.

Unlike Flash and Silverlight, Cinder is generally used in a non-browser environment. This, combined with the speed provided by C++, makes the library more appropriate for heavily abstracted projects, including art installations, commercial campaigns and other advanced animation work.