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Welcome to the Allegro 5 Wiki!

Allegro is a cross-platform game programming library written in C.

Install

Read the Quickstart to learn how to install Allegro and create a simple program.

Tutorials & guides

• Allegro Vivace - the Allegro library tutorial
• Learn C and C++
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Documentation

• Reference manual
• Allegro.cc reference manual - Includes useful references to forum posts, but is often out-of-date.
• Installation in-depth

Supplementary Libraries

Allegro GUI Libraries

Getting help

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Allegro on StackOverflow (Q&A)
• Search the Allegro.cc forums
• Mailing lists
• IRC channels
• Debugging and logging with A5

Developing Allegro

We welcome contributions to Allegro from anyone.

• Open an issue if you'd like to report a bug or suggest a feature.
  • Even better, fork the repository and submit a pull request.
  • Check first that nobody's submitted the same issue or pull request.
• Allegro's internal API structure
• Official list of contributors
• Most active contributors
• TODO list
• Wiki maintenance
• Wiki migration (from the old wiki - https://wiki.allegro.cc/)