freeglut

Freely licensed alternative to the GLUT library

Freeglut is a completely open source alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library. GLUT was originally written by Mark Kilgard to support the sample programs in the second edition OpenGL Redbook. Since then, GLUT has been used in a wide variety of practical applications because it is simple, universally available, and highly portable. GLUT (and freeglut) allow the user to create and manage windows containing OpenGL contexts and also read the mouse, keyboard, and joystick functions on a wide range of platforms.