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Welcome to the Allegro 5 Wiki!

This wiki is a work-in-progress. It has been suggested that we port the articles from the Allegro.cc wiki. See the forum discussion. Remove this block once this wiki is substantial.

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

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

Tutorials

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

• Reference manual
• Installation in-depth
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Getting help

• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Allegro on StackOverflow (Q&A)
• Search the Allegro.cc forums
• IRC channels
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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
• Wiki maintenance
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