Crystal Space

Crystal Space
Developer(s)Jorrit Tyberghein et al.
Initial releaseAugust 26, 1997; 26 years ago (1997-08-26)[1]
Final release
2.0 / February 19, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-02-19)
Repository
Written inC++
PlatformCross-platform
Type3D engine
LicenseLGPL-2.0-or-later
Websitesourceforge.net/projects/crystal/

Crystal Space is an unmaintained[2] framework for developing 3D applications written in C++ by Jorrit Tyberghein and others. The first public release was on August 26, 1997.[1] It is typically used as a game engine but the framework is more general and can be used for any kind of 3D visualization. It is very portable and runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, UNIX, and Mac OS X. It is also free and open-source software, licensed under the GNU LGPL-2.0-or-later, and was SourceForge.net's Project of the Month for February 2003.[3] In 2019, one of the project's main developers described it as "effectively dead and has been for a good number of years".[2]

  1. ^ a b "History". gothapedia.com. Archived from the original on October 21, 2007. Retrieved October 21, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Sunshine, Eric (31 January 2019). "Crystal Space 3D SDK / Discussion". SourceForge. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Project of the Month, February 2003". SourceForge.net. Archived from the original on 2012-07-28. Retrieved 2012-07-30.