glad (standalone)

Pre-generated OpenGL/EGL loaders built with glad 0.1.36. Use this when you want a ready-to-build C/CMake package (no generator step) that you can drop into other projects via find_package(glad CONFIG REQUIRED).

Repository

Clone: git clone git@github.com:vertexnova/opengl-glad.git

What is inside

• OpenGL 4.6 compatibility profile loader
• Optional loaders: OpenGL ES 3, EGL 1.5, GLX 1.4, WGL
• Single library target: glad::glad
• No runtime dependencies beyond your platform OpenGL/EGL implementation

Build

cmake -S . -B build \
  -DGLAD_ENABLE_GL=ON \
  -DGLAD_ENABLE_GLES3=OFF \
  -DGLAD_ENABLE_EGL=ON \
  -DGLAD_ENABLE_GLX=ON \
  -DGLAD_ENABLE_WGL=ON \
  -DGLAD_BUILD_SHARED=OFF
cmake --build build
cmake --install build --prefix <install-prefix>

Quick static + OpenGL-only on macOS:

cmake -S . -B build -DGLAD_ENABLE_GL=ON -DGLAD_ENABLE_EGL=OFF -DGLAD_ENABLE_GLX=OFF -DGLAD_ENABLE_WGL=OFF
cmake --build build

CMake options

• GLAD_ENABLE_GL (ON) — build the OpenGL loader
• GLAD_ENABLE_GLES3 (OFF) — build the OpenGL ES 3 loader
• GLAD_ENABLE_EGL (default ON on non-Apple) — build the EGL loader
• GLAD_ENABLE_GLX (default ON on non-Apple) — build the GLX loader
• GLAD_ENABLE_WGL (default ON on Windows) — build the WGL loader
• GLAD_BUILD_SHARED (OFF) — build a shared library instead of static
• GLAD_INSTALL (ON) — generate install/export targets

Using in another project

find_package(glad CONFIG REQUIRED)
add_executable(app main.cpp)
target_link_libraries(app PRIVATE glad::glad)

Headers to include and loader calls:

• OpenGL: #include <glad/glad.h> and call gladLoadGLLoader(...) (or gladLoadGL() if you provide the loader globally)
• OpenGL ES 3: #include <glad/glad_es3.h> and call gladLoadGLES2Loader(...)
• EGL: #include <glad/glad_egl.h> and call gladLoadEGL() or gladLoadEGLLoader(...)
• GLX: #include <glad/glad_glx.h> and call gladLoadGLX(display, screen) or gladLoadGLXLoader(loader, display, screen)
• WGL: #include <glad/glad_wgl.h> and call gladLoadWGL(hdc) or gladLoadWGLLoader(loader, hdc)

Regenerating the loaders

These headers/sources were produced with https://glad.dav1d.de using:

• API: OpenGL 4.6 (compatibility), OpenGL ES 3, EGL 1.5
• Extensions: none (core only)
• Options: Generate loader, Local files, khrplatform on
• Backends: GLX 1.4, WGL, EGL

If you regenerate, replace the files under include/glad/ and src/ and rebuild.

License

Apache-2.0. See headers for details.